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The Crowdfund’s Done. The Books Aren’t Here. Welcome to the Middle Bit.

The Crowdfund’s Done. The Books Aren’t Here. Welcome to the Middle Bit.

Labels, Boxes, Tote Bags, and the Spreadsheet That Ate My Life — plus a national flyering campaign powered by soft toys and blind faith.

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Apr 13, 2025
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Starting a literary magazine from your bedroom has a particular kind of intimacy. You look around in the morning and there are still poems printed out for proofing on the floor, lists of names and choices, fragments of hope, offerings to some poetry god. And you think—I did this. But I should probably clean.

It’s not just that your workspace bleeds into …

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