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sophie klahr

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wrote TWO OPEN DOORS IN A FIELD (University of Nebraska), MEET ME HERE AT DAWN ( YesYes Books) and co-wrote THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD ( Fiction Collective Two ). For online poetry classes, manuscript consultation & more ---> sophieklahr.com

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Sep 8

Looking for some literary assistance? An editor for 3 poems or a whole manuscript? Office Hours? Submission management? I've got you <3 www.sophieklahr.org/editorialser...

sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · 2d

thank you! 🖤

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HAD @havehashad.com · 2d

two amazing new prose poems today from Sophie Klahr!

here's the first of the two: https://www.havehashad.com/7nv8q

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Tanya Žilinskas @tanyazilinskas.com · 2d

Loved the thin line between humor and disaster in these two pieces by Sophie Klar:

HAD @havehashad.com · 2d

two amazing new prose poems today from Sophie Klahr!

here's the first of the two: https://www.havehashad.com/7nv8q

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · 3d

If you're new to publishing in literary journals, or want to know how to get started, register now for this afternoon seminar on November 16th! www.sophieklahr.org/registration

sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · 6d

Happy second birthday to THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD ( @fictioncollective2.bsky.social )You can get 31% off (+ free shipping) til Nov. 1st with code 'spooky' 👻
www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366203...

There Is Only One Ghost in the World

One ghost, infinite echoes—where memory, myth, and identity collide.There Is Only One Ghost in the World follows the fragmented meditations of a multilayer...

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GW @gwoltjer.bsky.social · 11d

Dang. This poem by @sophieklahr.bsky.social hits hard. Absolutely beautiful.

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · 6d

<3 thanks for reading

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · 19d

New work from @sophieklahr.bsky.social, 2022 Sukenick Contest winner for THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD, co-authored with Corey Zeller. 👻 Our Sukenick Contest and Doctorow Prize are OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS until NOVEMBER FIRST !! Send your poetic prose to us! fc2.org/prizes

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · 20d

Thanks to American Literary Review for featuring this flash from the new book i'm working on ! 🗝️

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · 24d

REMINDER!
fc2.org/prizes/

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · 28d

New poem from our 2022 Sukenick Contest winner THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD co-author @sophieklahr.bsky.social in Alaska Quarterly Review.
( Poets writing prose ~ this is your sign to submit to our contests: fc2.org/prizes/ )

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · 29d

In the latest issue of Alaska Quarterly Review - my poem on gratitude, devastation, & reality.

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Sep 14

won a thing at a time (aka now) when i really needed a win 🥲

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · Sep 8

Bright idea: hire our 2024 Sukenick Contest winning co-author of THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD @sophieklahr.bsky.social as your editor, then submit your shined-up manuscript to the Sukenick Contest, OPEN NOW! fc2.org/prizes/

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · Sep 2

In which Kazim Ali, final judge of our Doctorow Prize, tells us what he is hungry to read 🎼 Submit now, until November 1st! fc2.org/prizes/#doct...

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Sep 8

Looking for some literary assistance? An editor for 3 poems or a whole manuscript? Office Hours? Submission management? I've got you <3 www.sophieklahr.org/editorialser...

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Chembu🌺🧶 @chembarathi.bsky.social · Jul 9

I'll say a sonnet is a little song
to hold a thing that otherwise cannot be held: a lonely thing; a death; a bear.

-Tender by Sophie Klahr
#Poetry #LiteratureSky 💙📚👀

Tender

I spend late morning weeping with the news: a black bear with burnt paws is euthanized along the latest wildfire's newest edge. It was crawling on its forearms, seeking

a place to rest. I Google more; reports leak out: the bear had bedded down behind a house, below a pine, to lick its paws. In hours before its end, officials named it Tenderfoot, though some reports report just Tender. Later, I will teach a class where we'll discuss the lengths of lines in poems.

I'll say a sonnet is a little song to hold a thing that otherwise cannot be held: a lonely thing; a death; a bear.

-Sophie Klahr

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Sep 4

<3 thank you for sharing

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Bull City Press @bullcitypress.com · Aug 7

We are big fans of @sophieklahr.bsky.social and one of our former interns worked closely with her. It was life changing. Highly recommend.

sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Aug 7

If you sign up for my NEWSLETTER ~ you will get some EXCLUSIVE discounts on my summer editorial services!
www.sophieklahr.org#/contact/

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Aug 8

😍 the feeling is mutual!

sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Aug 7

If you sign up for my NEWSLETTER ~ you will get some EXCLUSIVE discounts on my summer editorial services!
www.sophieklahr.org#/contact/

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Read A Little Poetry @readalittlepoem.bsky.social · Aug 2

Today’s poem is selected by Sophie Klahr (@sophieklahr.bsky.social) as part of the 20th anniversary of Read A Little Poetry.

“Prayer Bones” appeared in The New Yorker Magazine, 2005. Shared here with deep gratitude.

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Aug 2

💙. thank you for asking me to contribute!

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Fiction Collective Two @fictioncollective2.bsky.social · Jul 30

*One day left* to get 50% off poetry by co-author of our 2022 Sukenick Contest winner THERE IS ONLY ONE GHOST IN THE WORLD. Read @sophieklahr.bsky.social's poetry collection from @univnebpress.bsky.social alongside her winning book co-authored with Corey Zeller www.uapress.ua.edu/978157366203...

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sophie klahr @sophieklahr.bsky.social · Jul 29

Here's a summer sonnet - "Summer Job, June" - which won a contest in Washington Square Review:
www.washingtonsquarereview.com/sophie-klahr/ This poem appears in my book MEET ME HERE AT DAWN (@yesyesbooks.bsky.social). If you'd like a copy, I'm happy to send you one! Venmo $18 to sophie_klahr !

Sophie Klahr — Washington Square Review

www.washingtonsquarereview.com

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