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Sabrina Hicks @sabrinahicks.bsky.social · 2d

“If you ask me about love, I’ll show you late winter light on the farmland—some liminal thing.”

Love the longing in this beautiful @dinalrelles.bsky.social piece.

Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 8d

it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home.

you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures

Departures
by Dina L. Relles
handed you the promised coffee with an apology: no sugar, no milk, I’m sorry.

I don’t need those things, you said, and I fell in impossible love with you all over again.

I’d come from my room carrying everything I wanted to happen that didn’t. Now the lobby was too bright and smelled like grapefruits and your face was weary in a way that felt intimate.

You spoke quietly to me in the taxi, then held me twice at the terminal, which I took to mean you loved me too, despite.

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 2d

Sabrina! thank you, dear one 🖤

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 2d

🖤🖤

Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 2d

thank you, thank you, Split Lip!! 🖤😘

Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 2d

echoes of Linda Gregg is all i could ever ask for in my work…thank you for this close read & kindness, alina! you made my day—and that Gregg poem is a forever favorite 🖤

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 2d

Chris! thank you, thank you, dear friend. that means the world 🖤

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Split Lip Magazine @splitlipthemag.bsky.social · Aug 19

Oh, do we love a new book to celebrate coming back from break!! Former Managing Editor @mossyair.bsky.social's debut novel COVER GIRL came out on August 5th 🥳 Find all the info here ➡️ buff.ly/szixFW9

The book cover of The Cover Girl by Amy Rossi. A blue background with several photos of a young woman.

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 3d

literally everything is better when i’m reading a good book

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 5d

anyone who can render desire in sharp sentences is extremely my shit

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 5d

bookmarked !! 🙏

Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 5d

i need to credit @mazzymaple.bsky.social for the lead…she was posting about this book on IG, which prompted my purchase 🙏🖤

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 5d

that is a totally appropriate response

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 5d

i’m reading it so s l o w l y and savoring…

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Sudha Balagopal @sudhab.bsky.social · 6d

If you ask me about love, I’ll show you late winter light on the farmland—some liminal thing…..
beautiful! @dinalrelles.bsky.social @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social

Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 8d

it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home.

you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 6d

thank you so much for this kindness & the careful reading, Eileen! 🖤

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 6d

Sudha!! thank you so much, love 🖤🖤

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 6d

thank you so much for spending time with it, Jennifer! means the world 🖤

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 6d

thank you so, so much for sharing this so generously, Timothy. grateful for your attention to my work 🖤🖤

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 6d

“…the beauty of things that are ending.” — Annie Ernaux, Getting Lost

He didn’t say he would call. (In spite of myself, I think of my mother, the last time I saw her, in April ‘86. I said, “See you Sunday,” and she did not reply.) However, he did ask me if I was going to Salon due livre, meaning that we wouldn’t see each other before then.

And yet, and yet, what tenderness, the last time. But that’s just it: the last planned meetings have the beauty of things that are ending.

What if I were never to see him again, as with Claude G in the past? That is like death. I fear the worst (he’s leaving France, ditching me, etc.)

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 6d

thank you, friend 🖤

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sara lippmann @saralippmann.bsky.social · 6d

if you always wanted to know what it’s like to write in the dim glow of dawn alongside other ungodly masochists here’s your chance (free, no frills, donations support @writingco-lab.bksky.social) www.writingco-lab.com/classes/ungo...

East Coast Ungodly Writing Club early morning weekday write-in with Sara Lippmann
5:30-7:00 am EST, October 13th-24th
writingco-lab.com/classes

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Aarik Danielsen @aarikdanielsen.bsky.social · 8d

Absolute beauty from @dinalrelles.bsky.social

Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 8d

it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home.

you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 7d

thank you, thank you, Avitus, for spending time with this & sharing it so generously 🖤🖤

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Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 7d

thank you so very much, Elizabeth! 🖤

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Joshua Jones Lofflin @jjlofflin.bsky.social · 7d

"I loved a man I would have to leave. (Or: I loved a man because I would have to leave.) (Or: Because I had to leave this man, I would always love him.)"

the longing in this excellent piece from @dinalrelles.bsky.social

Dina L. Relles @dinalrelles.bsky.social · 8d

it’s been a minute since i’ve published anything, so i’m especially grateful that @matchbooklitmag.bsky.social gave this little musing on love + leavings a home.

you can read the full piece here: matchbooklitmag.com/mb/relles/departures

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