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Claudia Monpere

@claudiamonpere.bsky.social

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San Francisco Bay Area writer and educator. Flash fiction and cnf in SmokeLong, Bending Genres, Atlas and Alice, The Forge, Ghost Parachute, Craft & elsewhere.Poetry in journals such as New Ohio Review, Plume, Hunger Mountain and Cincinnati R. (she/her)

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 1d

"One of the benefits of getting older is the perspective it brings. I have many things I want to express, hopefully in a way that touches or changes others in some way." Terrific interview b/w @patriciaqbidar.bsky.social & @swethaamit.bsky.social
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Interview with Patricia Q. Bidar about her forthcoming book, Pardon Me for Moonwalking

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 1d

Can't wait for your launch, Melissa!!!

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Melissa Llanes Brownlee @lumchanmfa.bsky.social · 4d

Squeeee!! My book trailer is so cool❤️❤️❤️

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SFWP @sfwp.bsky.social · 4d

The countdown starts now: BITTER OVER SWEET by @lumchanmfa.bsky.social will be releasing in 25 DAYS!

Preorder BITTER OVER SWEET today! buff.ly/l1yCQXL
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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 1d

Yaaaaay!!!

Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 2d

Are you going to AWP this year? I remember how fun it was to see you a couple years ago there.

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 2d

"I feel frantic and beautiful, flitting around my bedroom in different hats, pushing escaped eucalyptus leaves back under the bed where Mom promises they’ll ward off fleas." Dazzling! @megpokrass.bsky.social in @gonelawn.bsky.social
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Gone Lawn 61 : Meg Pokrass

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 2d

"As she went back to the chickweed, Ethel’s gaze passed over the peonies. One of them looked odd." -Nature's Ways

"I saw a nest of black hair tucked under your arm. This was a first in fifth grade, and it terrified me"-New Girl
Terrific micros by Luanne Castle

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Gone Lawn 61 : Luanne Castle

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 2d

What a title. Looking forward to reading.

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 2d

How about a memoir to close ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY? Contributor Erin Slaughter’s memoir THE DEAD DAD DIARIES is out now from @autofocusbooks.bsky.social 💗 Get your copy now: buff.ly/gIYuqsL

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 2d

Yaaaaay! Can't wait to read!

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · 2d

We're celebrating book news for ACCOMPLISHMENT SUNDAY 🙌 Contributor Vanessa Hua has sold her new book, UPROOTED: A CHINESE AMERICAN STORY OF SURVIVAL AND RESISTANCE, to @tinhouse.bsky.social!! 🥳

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 2d

"I was a student scraping by on a slim budget, crafting / a self out of used books while you and I laid on a bare mattress in your grandmother’s / apartment." A stunner @erinvachon.bsky.social Prose sestina? @anmlymag.bsky.social

ANMLY @anmlymag.bsky.social · 4d

"Young, we shapeshifted. We made our bodies. Corporate grandiosity / couldn’t claim us. Our manager was one rabid man afraid of wet places, trained to gain from every grand / opening..."

—Erin Vachon

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Erin Vachon – ANMLY

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 2d

This is absolutely hysterical!

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Frances “Poet Laureate of the Robot Alliance” Klein @fklein907.bsky.social · 4d

“I thought life would be easier than this”

6, overhead trying to put a hanger back in the closet

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you, Daniel. I love these beavers! Love the form, too.

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 3d

I loved this, Daniel. Chilling, sad-- yet some hope at the end about family connections. Many thanks for sending this!

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 3d

"Weeds grew out of the asphalt on the rubbish-strewn single street &the smell of diesel that used to permeate the village was gone.Water was almost topping the harbour wall,fishing boats sold off or scrapped."Powerful flash on sea level rise @ruralunease.bsky.social
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Managed Retreat

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks so much for sharing this, Jackie.

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Jacqueline Doyle @jacqdoyle.bsky.social · 9d

ICYMI "In his pockets: loose change, a book of matches, and the ace of spades. The card is grimier than when I saw it earlier." Read this stunning flash by @claudiamonpere.bsky.social in @lostballoon.bsky.social
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The Ace of Teeth by Claudia Monpere

My brother and I attempt awkward conversation at a Chinese restaurant near the dive motel where he lives. I try not to stare at his teeth: gray, chipped, missing. Dark, square caves in his mouth. H…

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Matt Kendrick @mattkendrick.bsky.social · Sep 7

Really looking forward to my "Story Shapes" workshop in October where I'm going to get writers writing Cinderella narratives against the clock and crafting stories across different sized bits of paper.

7th Oct 7pm BST or 11th Oct 9am BST.

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Write Beyond the Lightbulb. Story Shapes. Pyramids, Fishes, Spirals and Trees. Online workshop on creating story structure and emotional build.

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 16d

"When you en garde your business card and ask me for mine, my feet have already turned into a bitter, hard-shelled pointed end plate, a telson at the end secreting musky and glandular." Love this winning story @pleomorphic2.bsky.social @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social

Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social · 16d

ICYMI @gooseberrypielit.bsky.social annual writing award winner by the wonderful @pleomorphic2.bsky.social

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The Undulating Movement Of The Predatory Arthropod At The 10-Year College Reunion - Gooseberry Pie Lit Magazine

Photo be Pexels.com: Cottonbro by Sumitra Singam When you walk into the reunion with your husband like a phalanx and your apple-pie-posed photos of your 2.3 kids and dog like armour, I kick my heels o...

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 16d

Amazing story, Sumitra! Congratulations!

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Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 23d

Dawn! How did I miss this. Gorgeous and so imaginative. And heartbreaking. Many thanks.

Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 23d

Stunning! So much conveyed in this micro. Thank you, Sharon.

Claudia Monpere @claudiamonpere.bsky.social · 23d

Oh Sharon, what a heartbreak. And beautifully written. I look forward to teaching this. Many thanks.