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I’ve been listening to Leonard Cohen since I was a kid and grew up wanting to be the subject of one of his songs— or any song really. Then I met the Suzanne behind “Suzanne” and she changed everything. Thank you for reading @Longreads

And she inevitably disappeared under the weight of Cormac’s projects and from his constant leaching of her trauma. This was not a love story—it was a muse story that reveals both the power of muses and what they inevitably end up sacrificing to the artist.

The problem with the VF Cormac McCarthy muse piece is that Britt chose a novice writer who did not have the experience to fact check her story and didn’t want to bc he obviously fell in love with her and fell in love with the way Cormac viewed her.

This was never a love story—it’s a story about survival and the myths Britt had to create around an abusive relationship in order to survive it. This is a story about a woman who has never had an identity or even purpose outside of Cormac McCarthy.

If anyone wants to read a piece that gives into the complications and trauma of being a “muse” I wrote about Suzanne Verdal, the woman behind Leonard Cohen’s “Suzanne.” guernicamag.com/suzanne-takes-…

Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death, The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies, We, the people, must redeem The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers. … All, all the stretch of these great green states— And make America again! - Langston Hughes

@jeremyoharris The return of jezebel James

If you were a billionaire and could just pay a creator to finish a series that was cancelled too soon which would you choose?

@GuardianJessica Have written for Vogue, New York Mag, Guernica, The Conversationalist and more

@GuardianJessica I did during COVID! we had planned a big wedding but I’m so glad we were pushed into eloping! It was so intimate and special—just for us and we didn’t end up spending a fortune to be a cog in the wedding machine.

@d2dawson @gurriersband You do realize these are Irish bands right? They are from an entirely different country and do not share our constitution. Their declining to join the event literally has nothing to do with Americans first amendment right. Your post is gibberish

@gurriersband Freedom has never been free. Musicians and others exercising their “free speech” can only do so because our Constitution enshrines that right. Perhaps it’s best that those who see SXSW as a political rally stay home and leave participation to those who love music and fellowship.

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@victorlavalle @EllenDatlow My little heart sings at this interaction!!

Today, in an old box, I found my first submission letter sent when I was 16. I wrote @EllenDatlow , editor at Omni magazine. It didn’t work out then but she did edit The Ballad of Black Tom years later. I love the earnestness of my 16 yr. old self. Took time, but he made it.

@amil Amen!!!!!

Ppl asked if we’re planning on moving to a bigger place/getting a bigger car now we’re having a 3rd kid. Our home and car are fine, I grew up in a small apt sharing a room + it was great. We’ve convinced ourselves parenthood must include a suburban style existence + it doesn’t

@jessesposato @LucasWMann Love Riff Raff!

@LucasWMann @lacywarner14

🚨SOME PRETTY BIG NEWS🚨 My brilliant, amazing wife, Ottavia De Luca, and I are taking over Riffraff Bookstore and Bar in Providence! It is the most beautiful place in the world to find a great, weird book, grab a drink, and hang! Plz share this and come hang with us!

@_triangle_house Is this a volunteer position?

Just a reminder that Triangle House Review is looking for new editors!! Apply, apply, apply! triangle.house/blog/thr-seeki…

@eddbagenal @RyanTrecartin Now I live down the street from RISD!

As we approach 20 years of @GuernicaMag, we’re honored to be a 2023 recipient of the Whiting Literary Magazine Prize! Thank you for reading Guernica, uplifting our writers, and engaging with decades of writing from  around the world. whiting.org/WLMP

We’re so honored to announce that @GuernicaMag has been awarded the 2023 Whiting Literary Magazine Prize! Our heartfelt thanks to @whitingfdn for empowering independent magazines like ours. whiting.org/WLMP

@hbrenhouse Omg I am so sorry that sound horrible!!

My kid is one year old and I finally feel ready to tell you that four days before my due date I drove to Vermont, slept in our van in the woods, woke up in the middle of the night to pee, and wiped myself with a handful of poison ivy

@yumcoconutmilk I’m so sorry—they truly are heartbreaking sending love

The continued loss of full-time staff writers at American media companies with ghoulish executives is going to make the country an even dumber, less democratic place in addition to hastening our health insurance crisis.

@liz_dosta I need more info!!!!