Is there some in-joke in the #discworld universe concerning "could of" and "should of" instead of "could have" and "should have"?

It's wrecking my head! This spelling is only ever used in reported speech.

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As new associate editor of Frontier Poetry, I have the pleasure of writing their exceptional poetry column every month! My first one just came out; in it, I look at poems featuring #disability , #pluralsystem , #reproductivejustice and more. Check it out below.

https://www.frontierpoetry.com/2023/08/29/exceptional-poetry-from-around-the-web-august-2023/

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Exceptional Poetry From Around the Web: August 2023 | Frontier Poetry - Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry

Hello, everyone! I’m Cavar, Frontier’s new associate editor. I’m excited to be taking over Frontier’s Exceptional Poetry column, and can’t wait to share some of my favorite poem-finds with you. For the last few years, I’ve published a Substack with…

Frontier Poetry

The first excerpt from my forthcoming novel, FAILURE TO COMPLY, has been published in Travesties Magazine!

(cw: body horror in the text below and at the link)

https://travestiespress.com/brief-tale-of-a-tongue-by-sarah-cavar/1290/

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Brief Tale of a Tongue by [sarah] Cavar - Travesties?!

The Operator sewed a mouth. I don't know the woman whose mouth it was, but I know she was chalky and hollow in all the ways I had once wished to be.

Travesties?!

FAILURE TO COMPLY (featherproof books, 2024), my #transMad #abolitionist debut novel, now has a goodreads page!! please share/boost and tell your friends, and mark as 'want to read' if you have a gr account. so excited!

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/149754386-failure-to-comply

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Failure to Comply

Every story has its fugitives. I, a deviant self-hacker…

Goodreads

Thanks to Vorris Nunley and Beth Widmaier Capo for reading early drafts and to the #MELUS reviewers and editors for feedback and edits. #literature #amliterature #clifi #litodon

Pregnant Possibilities in Recent #ClimateFiction by Ward, Lepucki, Lee, and Erdrich

https://academic.oup.com/melus/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/melus/mlad010/7147288

Pregnant Possibilities in Recent Climate Fiction by Ward, Lepucki, Lee, and Erdrich

Jesmyn Ward’s Salvage the Bones (2011), Edan Lepucki’s California (2014), Chang-rae Lee’s On Such a Full Sea (2014), and Louise Erdrich’s Future Home of the Liv

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Starwater by Denise Low.

Poetry primarily about the Kaw River & environs; one of her early out-of-print collections. Really liked it, pick it up if you can find a copy -

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3329919416

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Bogi Takács's review of Starwater

Some of Denise Low's early work is hard to find, I came across this one tucked away in Lawrence Antique Mall. But it was so good!! If you come across this book, I recommend you pick it up right away. Many of the poems are focused on river water, a lot of them inspired by the Kaw River & environs. The blurbs say that this is a Kansas must-have, and I agree with that, but I'd also just say it's a poetry must-have, in general. You don't need to be a Kansan to find it relatable, though of course it's even more special if you happen to be. Also makes me want to reread The Turtle's Beating Heart...

hello friends, exciting news that I don’t think I’ve mentioned on here yet! My #debutnovel, FAILURE TO COMPLY, is going to be published in spring 2024 with featherproof books.

Does anyone (#litodon #literarymastodon) know of venues that would take unpublished excerpts of a #hybridgenre #speculativefiction novel? I think with #madness , #disabilityjustice , #abolition , and #antipsychiatry + use #poetics heavily. Tia!!

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I’m in the new #CharlesLamb Society Journal talking about ridiculousness! #Romantodon #Litodon #Histodon #AcademicChatter
Call for Articles on Drag! Planning details in next toot! #dragstodon #AcademicChatter #litodon #histodon #performance

Reminder: our Bun Break on school stories and crime fiction is happening this Thursday at 4 pm. Free, online, all welcome! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bun-break-with-mills-and-mcinnes-tickets-505903439807

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Bun Break with Mills and McInnes

Join Drs Rebecca Mills and Andrew McInnes to celebrate the publication of their essay on Robin Stevens' murder mysteries

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