Big Score
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Print lit mag, 2x/year, reading submissions w author names concealed
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Today’s haul from The Strand and @bookculture.com - Primo Levi, Iris Murdoch, Sam Lipsyte, and Yukio Mishima
January 10, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Today’s haul from The Strand and @bookculture.com - Primo Levi, Iris Murdoch, Sam Lipsyte, and Yukio Mishima
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Sent this out via the newsletter earlier and no one really responded to it, so here it is. Someone said writing a poem wasn't an act of resistance, likening it to a fart in the wind; true, but I didn't write this as an act of resistance. I wrote it because I didn't know how else to process it all.
January 9, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Sent this out via the newsletter earlier and no one really responded to it, so here it is. Someone said writing a poem wasn't an act of resistance, likening it to a fart in the wind; true, but I didn't write this as an act of resistance. I wrote it because I didn't know how else to process it all.
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Today’s purchase at the wonderful @flyleafbooks.bsky.social while here in Chapel Hill, NC - The Mezzanine by @nicholsonbaker.bsky.social (which I’ve read and plan on teaching next semester), and Lost in the City, by Edward P. Jones (which I’ve not yet read and I can’t wait to fix that)…
December 27, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Today’s purchase at the wonderful @flyleafbooks.bsky.social while here in Chapel Hill, NC - The Mezzanine by @nicholsonbaker.bsky.social (which I’ve read and plan on teaching next semester), and Lost in the City, by Edward P. Jones (which I’ve not yet read and I can’t wait to fix that)…
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"Literature is fragile. It serves no obvious purpose. It does not feed us or clothe us or, unless you get very lucky, enrich us. But literature is also as close to immortal as any cultural endeavor of humankind has ever been."
Gerald Howard
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Gerald Howard
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | The Dogged, Irrational Persistence of Literary Fiction
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
"Literature is fragile. It serves no obvious purpose. It does not feed us or clothe us or, unless you get very lucky, enrich us. But literature is also as close to immortal as any cultural endeavor of humankind has ever been."
Gerald Howard
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Gerald Howard
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Literary Poetry feat. @paranoidxtree.bsky.social @bigscorelit.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Literary Poetry feat. @paranoidxtree.bsky.social @bigscorelit.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/poetry/fee-free-literary-poetry-Vd05AZrM
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December 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Literary Poetry feat. @paranoidxtree.bsky.social @bigscorelit.bsky.social et al. https://duotrope.com...
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Late-breaking update from a litmag now open for submissions (no fee to submit; pays for published work): bsky.app/profile/bigs...
We are currently open for poetry subs for our spring '26 issue & will remain so until Dec. 15th or the moment, nay the very second, we hit 300 subs...
bigscorelit.net/2025/12/03/p...
bigscorelit.net/2025/12/03/p...
Poetry subs for Spring ’26 issue close on Dec. 15th (if not before!)
Without so much fanfare, we’ve opened for poetry subs for our Spring issue, and will remain open until Dec. 15th, or until such time as we hit 300 subs. Currently, at around 125 and digging w…
bigscorelit.net
December 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Late-breaking update from a litmag now open for submissions (no fee to submit; pays for published work): bsky.app/profile/bigs...
We are currently open for poetry subs for our spring '26 issue & will remain so until Dec. 15th or the moment, nay the very second, we hit 300 subs...
bigscorelit.net/2025/12/03/p...
bigscorelit.net/2025/12/03/p...
Poetry subs for Spring ’26 issue close on Dec. 15th (if not before!)
Without so much fanfare, we’ve opened for poetry subs for our Spring issue, and will remain open until Dec. 15th, or until such time as we hit 300 subs. Currently, at around 125 and digging w…
bigscorelit.net
December 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
We are currently open for poetry subs for our spring '26 issue & will remain so until Dec. 15th or the moment, nay the very second, we hit 300 subs...
bigscorelit.net/2025/12/03/p...
bigscorelit.net/2025/12/03/p...
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New publisher listing for: Big Score Lit @bigscorelit.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays sometimes). #WritingCommunity
New Publisher Listing: Big Score Lit
New publisher listing for: Big Score Lit @bigscorelit.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays sometimes). #WritingCommunity
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July 5, 2025 at 4:22 AM
New publisher listing for: Big Score Lit @bigscorelit.bsky.social (Fiction Poetry Nonfiction; pays sometimes). #WritingCommunity