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Cheryl Pappas

@cherylpappas.bsky.social

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Writer. Book: THE CLARITY OF HUNGER Word West Press (2021). MacDowell Fellow ‘23. Email: [email protected] Novel-in-progress: Abandon www.cherylpappas.net

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

I have a new (six-sentence) story up at
@gooseberrypielit.bsky.social, titled "I Dreamt of Dust."

Thanks to editor Jeff Harvey for publishing it!

gooseberry-pie.com/i-dreamt-of-...

A story titled "I Dreamt of Dust" features a black and white photograph of a field.

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 1h

Ha! It's exactly what it reminded me of, too.

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 1h

I have no business researching my next book, but look at what was fit to print in 1931 in a North Adams, Mass. newspaper.

A newspaper section titled "Personal Paragraphs" lists the vacation plans of four people.

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Maggie Tokuda-Hall @maggietokudahall.bsky.social · 2d

Sometimes the right person gets the right prize and you know what, it's great to see.

The Oaklandside @oaklandside.org · 2d

Each of the 2025 MacArthur Fellows, which also include a UC Berkeley researcher, receives $800,000 with no-strings-attached.

Oakland author chosen for ‘genius grant’

Each of the 2025 MacArthur Fellows, which also include a UC Berkeley researcher, receives $800,000 with no-strings-attached.

oaklandside.org

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much, Patricia. It's the little things!

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you! I don't think I'm going back 😆

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 2d

Ditched the blonde and went red and it feels so much better!

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chira 🎋 @artofchira.bsky.social · Jun 1

I'm absolutely convinced what makes Shakespeare inaccessible to a lot of audiences isn't the iambic pentameter old english it's the fact most plays are rehearsed as spoken verses and not acted with meaning

because when actors actually act out what they're saying it is So Clear

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Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 3d

If you're interested in what we've published recently in this vein, I'd highly recommend:

YOU WANT MORE: Selected Stories of George Singleton
GOOD WOMEN: stories by Halle Hill
JUNAH AT THE END OF THE WORLD by Dan Leach

www.hubcity.org/books

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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 3d

“These books ask questions about what it means to belong to somewhere, whether you are welcomed or not, what it means to stay or leave, or to exist in-between.”

15 Small Press Books You Don’t Want to Miss This Fall - Electric Literature

These books ask what it means to belong, to stay or leave, or to exist in-between

buff.ly

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

I am rooting for the short novel to have a moment.

Meg Reid 🦦 @megireid.bsky.social · 3d

The clearest place the burnout from our times is showing up in my line of work is in acquisitions. Readers and editors are tired just thinking about a 400-page novel. The question does this even matter? feels more complex than ever. We need to keep making art, but the artmakers are worn out.

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much, Jill!

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

Wonderful use of objects, Timothy. Excellent story!

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

Love this, Kim!

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks, Sabrina ❤️

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much, Dan!

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Jeff!

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Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Ronita!

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

❤️❤️❤️

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

Ah, Patricia! Thank you so much. Rumi definitely inspired this one!

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

Eileen! Thanks so much for reading.

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Jaye!

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Ben. That means a lot. ❤️

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much, Nick!

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

Dina, thanks so much. What an honor.

Cheryl Pappas @cherylpappas.bsky.social · 3d

Timothy, thank you so much for reading!