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[erenkwilson]

an idiosyncratic literary project

So, I'm at a writing retreat with my editor. We're staying on a farm in rural Virginia, and one of the ways that I'm assisting him in return for his help is making him a website. In making his website, I came across a piece that he wrote for Neutrons Protons. I'm used to reading and proliferating more of his righteous articles that ruthlessly expose corruption in New Orleans. But this piece of his is extremely personal, and made me sad in the way that New Orleans often does.

Highly recommended.

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DREAMS ARE MADE OF by Nick Thomas

B and G walk, hand in hand. G: The sky is so beautiful right now. So blue and velvet. Don’t you agree? B: (distracted) Yes. Beautiful sky. G: It’s brilliant. Literally. It is teaching us lessons as we speak. B: Such a smart sky, yes...

For the rest of this short play about love, click here.

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BRIEF HISTORY OF TYPEWRITERS AND MEN by E. Gross

for J The relationship began out of boredom after school on the carpeted staircase (gray, coarse business carpet) between the benefactor’s home and attic office space, where my mother worked. Either someone set it up for me or I just found it there out of way on the landing, this giant electric typewriter ungraceful as a lawnmower, but not as loud. The typewriter kept me quiet...

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SHIVERS by Maggie Lloyd

When I remember that night, I remember hands. Ours. Your right hand, my left hand, so close I swore I could feel your pulse rustling the air. The half-inch of cracked leather seat between our pinky fingers buzzed alive, begging to be covered. If I close my eyes, I can watch my left hand sliding another quarter-inch along the gritty tan seat...

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HEMINGWAY VALENTINES by Lianna Patch

You have eyes. – E. Hemingway

Read the rest of Earnie's valentines here.

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Didja know? We've extended the deadline through the end of February! Give us your best on the subject of LOVE.

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The Glass Mountain by @streetoverjen

Check out the rest of The Glass Mountain here!

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A Love Letter by @ArielSElias

My darling dearest, It has been two days since you died. Passed. Forcefully and suddenly ripped away from me, leaving me empty-handed with not a clue of how to proceed. I cannot bear to leave the house, finding myself lost in every sense of the word the moment I step outside of these walls, knowing you shall never again be at my side...

For the rest of this touching love letter, click here.