#elle sea poetry

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THE GODS OF THE SEELIE COURT & THEIR FCs // pt. 1

Balor - High King / Leader of the Fomorians/enemies of the Tuatha dé Danann

FC: Ian McShane from American Gods

Territory: all of Dubnos - AKA “the Hells”

Manannán mac Lir - Warrior King / God of the sea

FC: Jason Mamoa

Territory: Mag Mell & Emain Ablach ( island paradise of the Otherworld )

Aengus - God of youth, summer, love, and poetry

FC: Aneurin Barnard

Territory: Tír na nÓg

The Dagda - Chief/General of the gods

FC: Magnus Bruun Nielsen from The Last Kingdom

Territory: Mag Mell - land of greatness achieved through honorable death in battle

The Morrígan - Goddess Queen of war, magic, & death

FC: Anya Chalotra from The Witcher (main) Linda Cardellini (alt)

Territory: Mag Mell - land of greatness achieved through honorable death in battle

Lugh - Warrior King & God of the sun & arts

FC: Henry Cavill from The Witcher

Territory: Mag Mell - land of greatness achieved through honorable death in battle

Danu - High Queen of the faeries / head of the Tuatha dé Danann ( the people/children of the goddess Danu)

FC: Charlize Theron from Snow White and The Huntsman

Territory: all of Albios - AKA “the Heavens”

Brigid - Goddess of Healing, Fertility & Protection

FC: Elle Fanning from Sleeping Beauty

Terriroty: Tír na nÓg - paradise / “the land of youth, health, and beauty”

#the mórrigan. | fae queen of war & magic * #the dagda. | the druid king of war * #lugh tag tbh #canon & lore. | the fae * #canon. | world lore * #canon. | the seelie court * #canon. | the aos sí * #canon. | the otherworld * #i should make tags for all of them but nah #too much work atm lol #ooc. | * edits and art ! #canon. | gods & goddesses *

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#accepted

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QUEER MTL THINGS TO DO: May 2023

Goodbye April showers, hello May flowers! This month, Montréal is stuffed to the brim with events, parties and unique experiences painted in all the colours of the LGBTQ+ rainbow. From drag to community, circuit to underground, here’s some of our picks for the best LGBTQ+ things to do in the city. For further announcements, follow QueerMTL on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr! Got an event coming up? DM it our way!

EVENT OF THE MONTH:

😈 The Be!Zarre Ball: The Beastly Edition is the ballroom event of the spring, sure to haunt dreams and ignite imaginations as some of Montréal’s voguing community takes to the runway at Le National on May 13, 2023. Montréal’s ballroom scene—with a particularly strong showing in the Bizarre category—has grown from underground venues to some of the city’s top spots, and this is sure to become one of the communities’s top functions of the season, MC’d by Twysted Miyake-Mugler. Check the list of categories and get yourself ready to walk with pre-event workshop events including a Ballroom History Public Panel and a Hands On Workshop to make your own unforgettable kiki effect.

EVENTS

📚 Librairie Drawn & Quarterly’s Gay Reads Book Club will discuss Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 at La Petite Librairie D+Q. No registration required. 

✍️ HommeHomo brings Drink & Draw back to Bar Le Cocktail on Wednesday, May 3, 2023, featuring live models and drink specials. 

🎤 Lizzo brings The Special Tour with special guests Latto to Centre Bell on Thursday, May 4, 2023. 

🚀 Calling all sci-fi queers: Star Strip: Star Wars vs Star Trek takes over The Wiggle Room on Thursday, May 4, 2023. May the (naked) fourth be with you!

🎓 The History in the Making graduate students history conference returns for 2023, subtitled Whose History? / Who’s History? featuring keynote presentations from Montréal ballroom house mother Elle Barbara and artist August Klintberg on May 5-6, 2023 at Concordia University. Free tickets at Eventbrite for day 1 and day 2.

👠 The NYC Asian Burlesque Festival—The Montréal Edition is at Le National on Friday, May 5th, 2023. 

🎶 A queer cabaret and rave celebrating Asian History Month, Slaysiatique takes over the Diving Bell Social Club on Saturday, May 6, 2023. Doors at 8, show at 9, dance at 11! 

📚 The Violet Hour Book Club will meet and discuss To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at Librairie Saga Bookstore.

🐦 Queer Birders presents a Bird Sound Tour at the Technoparc Oiseaux Bird Feeder on Saturday, May 6, 2023. Find further info and more of their events on Facebook.

🎤  The mind-blowing Yves Tumor is sure to surprise at MTelus on Sunday, May 7, 2023.

👠 The Cabaret Queer, featuring Bobépine, Debbie Lynch-White, Fabien L’Amour, Sugar Vixen, Carmen Sutra, Mad Rose and others, guarantees a full night of entertainment at Cabaret Mado on Thursday, May 11, 2023. 

🎤 Get your beehive hairdo up for Miss Meow Productions’Amy Winehouse Burlesque on Saturday, May 13, 2023 at Café Cleopatra. 

👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 The Coalition des familles LGBT+ (CFLGBT+) celebrates their 25th anniversary with the Vernissage Fierté et résilience : 25 and d’histoires de familles LGBTQ2S+ at the Maison de la culture Janine-Sutto on Saturday, May 13, 2023. 

🎤 The amazing Yaeji performs at the Corona Theatre on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. 

🎤 The lovely Feist performs at MTelus on Friday, May 19, 2023. 

🎤 Fierté Montréal presents the free Soirée Cabaret Queer featuring performances and DJs on Friday, May 19, 2023 at Pavilion Bois-Papineau. 

😆 A Very Pretentious Comedy Show #5, featuring queer and straight comedians and headlined by Dana Saleh, brings the laughs to The Diving Bell Social Club on Sunday, May 21, 2023. 

💃 Featuring a full program of comedy, music, poetry and drag in Spanish, Un Micro Abierto is at Notre-Dame-Des-Quilles on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. 

🎤 Dance the night away with Hot Chip (and special guest Cadence Weapon) at Corona Theatre on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. 

🎾 Throughout the month, Tennis Lambda hosts LIGUE DE DIMANCHE outdoor tennis on the courts at Parc Louis-Riel. Check Eventbrite for full dates and details. 

👠 Twice a month on every second Tuesday, Bring It! hosts an OTA night of ballroom and vogue with commentator and DJ. Follow their Instagram for dates and details. 

🎤 Most Tuesdays, check out Stand Up St. Henri Open Mic at Impro Montréal, focusing on women, non-binary, queer and allied comedians.

🏒 Feminist hockey collective Hockey pour Poches meets every Thursday for games in Villeray’s Parc de Normanville.

🏃🏾Join the Out-Run run and workout club for people relating to the queer / sapphic experience. Details on their Instagram!

😆 Every Sunday, La Gailaxie improv league hits the stage at Cabaret Mado. Details and times here. 

💃 Tango/Salsa Queer’s continue, with Salsa Queer on Monday nights from 20:30-21:30 and Tango (beginners/intermediate) on Tuesdays at 19:00-20:30. Contact [email protected] for prices and location.

PARTIES

🥳 FRKY is back for FRKY || SPRING with DJ sets from Moka, Plastik Patrik and Mario Galego at La Sala Rossa on Saturday, May 6, 2023. 

🥳 Light up the dance floor with other lovers of flow art at Club Cosmic—Jam Party Lumineux III—Luminous Jam on Saturday, May 6, 2023.

🥳  Queen & Queer’s LGBTQ Women Party returns with a fundraiser for Interligne on Friday, May 12, 2023 at Fabrik8.

🥳 Love Dumpster, Montréal’s new queer rave and techno night, returns to Cabaret Berlin for its second edition on Saturday, May 13, 2023. 

🥳 Cirque De Boudoir brings their Fantasyland Cyberpunk gala to Theatre Fairmount on Saturday, May 20, 2023. Come dressed in your cyberpunk best!

DRAG

👑 Gisèle Lullaby crowns the winner of MX Cabaret Mado 2023 on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. 

👑 The legendary Mado Lamotte marks the 21st Anniversary of Cabaret Mado, a mainstay home of drag in Montréal’s Gay Village, with a special party on Thursday, May 4, 2023. 

👑 The finale of the 2023 MX Cocktail will crown its winner at Bar Le Cocktail on Thursday, May 4, 2023. 

👑 The House of Gahd brings the Lizzo Cabaret to Bar Le Cocktail on Saturday, May 6, 2023, featuring performances by Uma Gahd, Selma Gahd, Miss Dupré Latour, Anaconda LaSabrosa, Envy the Clown and Seyoncé in honour of Lizzo!

👑 Jimmy Moore brings his spot-on recreation of Québec’s pop princess with Jimmy Moore personnifie Céline Dion at Cabaret Mado on Saturday, May 6, 2023.

👑 Rock en Espagnol Draglesque, featuring Velma CandyAss, Salty Margarita, Black Mamba and others, is at Café Cléopatra on Friday, May 12, 2023.

👑 Miss Butterfly brings her one-woman show Out of the Cocoon—featuring 12 costume changes!—to Bar Le Cocktail on Saturday, May 13, 2023. 

👑 Putting it simply, KINGS! at Cabaret Mado on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, gives the stage over to some of Montréal’s top drag king talent including Yannick Rockstor, Heaven Genderf*ck, Will Charmer and Clay Thorris. 

👑 Sasha Baga hosts Sashalicious on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at Cabaret Mado, featuring Scarlett Paris Evans, Alice Wildflower and Will Charmer. 

👑 Oops! Jimmy Moore does it again with Jimmy Moore personnifie Britney Spears at Cabaret Mado on Saturday, May 20, 2023.

👑 Commemorating 35 years in drag, Nana de Grèce hosts the Bal de la reine at Bar Le Cocktail on Sunday, May 21, 2023.  

👑 America’s Current Reigning Drag Superstar Sasha Colby is sure to pack the house on Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at Cabaret Mado. Advance tickets strongly advised—a 2nd show has already been added!

👑 Practice your français at Excuse My French! 2 with La Big Bertha, Soa de Muse, Elips and Gisèle Lullaby on Wednesday, May 31, 2023 at Cabaret Mado. 

👑 Every Tuesday, Canada’s Drag Race season 3 winner Gisèle Lullaby hosts Full Gisèle at Cabaret Mado. Tickets and schedule at Cabaret Mado’s website.

👑 Bar Le Cocktail’s regular weekly events include Butterfly de nuit with Miss Butterfly every Thursday, Vendredi Fou with Michel Dorion on Fridays, Drôles de Drags with a rotating cast of queens on Saturdays and Dimanche Show with Michel Dorion on Sundays. Check listings for specific details, and pick up tickets here.

👑 Uma Gahd hosts weekly screenings of Drag Race All Stars Season 8 at Bar Le Cocktail on Friday nights starting Friday, May 12, 2023. Come early for a ticket and laugh along all season!

👑 Every Monday at the Diving Bell Social Club, Bambi Dextrous hosts Trivia Night! Be sure to  book your team table in advance.

👑 On Friday and Saturday nights, the legendary Mado Lamotte hosts Mado Reçoit at her namesake club, Cabaret Mado. Each week, she shares the stage with a hand-picked roster of queens. Tickets and lineup info here.

👑 Sunday nights brings the amazing Tracy Trash’s Le Tracy Show to Cabaret Mado, preceded by Ligue d’impro Gailaxie at 7:30 PM. Grab combo tickets here.

QUEER MTL : à faire en mai 2023

Dites adieu à avril et ses journées grises; en mai, les fleurs sont de mises! Ce mois-ci encore, Montréal propose une foule d’événements, de soirées et d’expériences uniques qui font briller toutes les nuances de l’arc-en-ciel LGBTQ+. Entre prestations drag et activités communautaires, festivals bien en vue et événements underground, voici notre sélection des choses les plus gaies à faire dans la ville. Pour rester à l’affût de tout ajout, suivez QueerMTL sur Instagram, Twitter, Facebook et Tumblr! Vous présentez un événement? Écrivez-nous!

L'ÉVÉNEMENT DU MOIS

😈 Le Be!Zarre Ball: The Beastly Edition est LA soirée du printemps dans la communauté du ballroom. Grâce à son thème «bestial», l’événement promet de hanter vos rêves et de stimuler votre imaginaire, alors que la communauté du voguing se donne rendez-vous sur les passerelles au National, le 13 mai 2023. La scène ballroom de Montréal (bien représentée dans la catégorie Bizarre) a bien grandi, passant de salles underground à des lieux plus grands, et ce n’est pas près de s’essouffler. Twysted Miyake-Mugler est aux commandes de la soirée. Consultez la liste des catégories en vedette et parfaites vos connaissances grâce au panel (Ballroom History) et à l’atelier (Hands On) présentés avant la soirée afin de participer, vous aussi, au kiki!

ÉVÉNEMENTS

📚 Le club de lecture Gay Reads de la Librairie Drawn & Quarterly s’intéresse au bouquin Our Wives Under the Sea de Julia Armfield le mercredi 3 mai 2023 à La Petite Librairie D+Q. Aucune inscription nécessaire.

✍️ HommeHomo présente de nouveau Drink & Draw au bar Le Cocktail le mercredi 3 mai 2023. Modèle vivant et spéciaux sur les verres.

🎤 Lizzo amène sa Special Tour au Centre Bell le jeudi 4 mai 2023. Latto est son invitée spéciale.

🚀 Avis aux adeptes de science-fiction : la soirée Star Strip: Star Wars vs Star Trek prend d’assaut la Wiggle Room le jeudi 4 mai 2023. Que la force (burlesque) soit avec vous!

🎓 La conférence des finissant·es en histoire History in the Making revient avec comme thème Whose History? / Who’s History?. Au programme, les 5 et 6 mai 2023 à l’Université Concordia, des discours de la house mother du ballroom montréalais Elle Barbara et de l’artiste August Klintberg.

Billets gratuits sur Eventbrite pour les jour 1 et jour 2.  

👠 L’édition montréalaise du festival NYC Asian Burlesque se déroule au National le vendredi 5 mai 2023. 

🎶 Slaysiatique, un cabaret et rave queer qui célèbre le Mois du patrimoine asiatique, est présenté au Club Social Le Scaphandre le samedi 6 mai 2023. Les portes ouvrent à 20h; le spectacle débute à 21h et la soirée dansante, à 23h. 

📚 Le club de lecture The Violet Hour se rassemble pour discuter du livre To Be Taught, If Fortunate de Becky Chambers le samedi 6 mai 2023 à la librairie Saga.

🐦 Queer Birders proposent la Bird Sound Tour aux mangeoires du Technoparc Oiseaux le samedi 6 mai 2023. Pour obtenir plus d’info et consulter les autres événements de l’organisme, rendez-vous sur Facebook.

🎤 Toujours épatant, Yves Tumor en mettra plein la vue au MTelus le dimanche 7 mai 2023. 

👠 Le Cabaret Queer, mettant en vedette Bobépine, Debbie Lynch-White, Fabien L’Amour, Sugar Vixen, Carmen Sutra, Mad Rose et quelques autres, promet une soirée bien divertissante au Cabaret Mado le jeudi 11 mai 2023. 

🎤 Ajustez votre coiffure pour la soirée Amy Winehouse Burlesque de Miss Meow Productions le samedi 13 mai 2023 au Café Cléopâtre. 

👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 La Coalition des familles LGBT+ (CFLGBT+) célèbre son 25e anniversaire lors du Vernissage Fierté et résilience : 25 and d’histoires de familles LGBTQ2S+ à la Maison de la culture Janine-Sutto le samedi 13 mai 2023. 

🎤 L’incomparable Yaeji se produit au Théâtre Corona le mardi 16 mai 2023. 

🎤 La merveilleuse Feist est en spectacle au MTelus le vendredi 19 mai 2023. 

🎤 Fierté Montréal présente la Soirée Cabaret Queer avec prestations et DJ le vendredi 19 mai 2023 au Pavillon du Bois-Papineau. Gratuit.

😆 A Very Pretentious Comedy Show #5, mettant en scène des humoristes queers et hétéros, y compris la tête d’affiche Dana Saleh, dilatera la rate du public du Club Social Le Scaphandre le dimanche 21 mai 2023. 

💃 Un Micro Abierto, une soirée d’humour, de musique, de poésie et de drag en espagnol, se tient au Notre Dame des Quilles le mardi 23 mai 2023. 

🎤 La soirée sera dansante grâce à Hot Chip, qui visite le Théâtre Corona le mardi 30 mai 2023. Invité spécial : Cadence Weapon.

🎾 Tout le mois, Tennis Lambda présente la LIGUE DE DIMANCHE, du tennis extérieur sur les courts du parc Louis-Riel. Consultez Eventbrite pour les dates et détails. 

👠 Deux fois par mois, un mardi sur deux, Bring It! propose une soirée de ballroom et de voguing avec MC et DJ. Consultez la page Instagram pour les dates et détails. 

🎤 Présentée presque tous les mardis, la soirée Stand Up Saint-Henri, à Impro Montréal, met l’accent sur les femmes, les personnes non binaires et queers ainsi que les allié·es de l’humour.  

🏒 La ligue de hockey féministe Hockey pour Poches se rassemble tous les jeudis au parc de Normanville pour quelques parties. 

🏃🏾 Joignez-vous au club de course et d’entraînement Out-Run pensé pour les personnes queers et saphiques. Détails sur Instagram!

😆 Tous les dimanches, la ligue d’improvisation La Gailaxie se produit au Cabaret Mado. Consultez les horaires et les détails ici. 

💃 Tango et Salsa Queer se poursuivent : Salsa Queer est présenté les lundis de 20h30 à 21h30 et Tango Queer (personnes débutantes et intermédiaires) les mardis de 19h à 20h30. Écrivez à [email protected] pour les tarifs et les lieux.

DRAG

👑 Gisèle Lullaby couronne la lauréate du MX Cabaret Mado le mercredi 3 mai 2023. 

👑 La légendaire Mado Lamotte souligne le 21e anniversaire du Cabaret Mado, repaire par excellence de la drag dans le Village, lors d’une soirée spéciale présentée le jeudi 4 mai 2023. 

👑 La finale du MX Cocktail est tenue au bar Le Cocktail le jeudi 4 mai 2023. 

👑 La House of Gahd présente le Cabaret Lizzo au bar Le Cocktail le samedi 6 mai 2023, mettant en vedette by Uma Gahd, Selma Gahd, Miss Dupré Latour, Anaconda LaSabrosa, Envy the Clown et Seyoncé!

👑 Jimmy Moore rend hommage à la reine de la pop québécoise lors de son spectacle Jimmy Moore personnifie Céline Dion. Au Cabaret Mado le samedi 6 mai 2023.

👑 Rock en espagnol draglesque, avec Velma CandyAss, Salty Margarita, Black Mamba et d’autres artistes, est présenté au Café Cléopâtre le vendredi 12 mai 2023.

👑 Miss Butterfly présente son one-woman show Out of the Cocoon (comprenant 12 changements de costumes!) au bar Le Cocktail le samedi 13 mai 2023. 

👑 KINGS!, présenté au Cabaret Mado le mercredi 17 mai 2023, met en lumière le talent des drag-kings de Montréal. Au programme : Yannick Rockstor, Heaven Genderf*ck, Will Charmer et Clay Thorris. 

👑 Sasha Baga anime Sashalicious le jeudi 18 mai 2023 au Cabaret Mado et accueille Scarlett Paris Evans, Alice Wildflower et Will Charmer. 

👑 Oops! Jimmy Moore récidive avec Jimmy Moore personnifie Britney Spears. Au Cabaret Mado le samedi 20 mai 2023.

👑 Pour commémorer ses 35 ans de drag, Nana de Grèce présente le Bal de la reine au bar Le Cocktail le dimanche 21 mai 2023.  

👑 La gagnante de la plus récente édition de Drag Race, Sasha Colby, mettra sans aucun doute le feu aux poudres du Cabaret Mado le mercredi 24 mai 2023. Réservation chaudement recommandée – un deuxième spectacle a déjà été ajouté. 

👑 La France est en visite à Montréal. Excuse My French! 2, avec La Big Bertha, Soa de Muse, Elips et la reine québécoise Gisèle Lullaby, est présenté le mercredi 31 mai 2023 au Cabaret Mado. 

👑 Tous les jeudis, la gagnante de la saison 3 de Canada’s Drag Race Gisèle Lullaby anime Full Gisèle au Cabaret Mado. Billets et horaires sur le site web du Cabaret. 

👑 Parmi les événements hebdomadaires réguliers du bar Le Cocktail, notons Butterfly de nuit avec Miss Butterfly (les jeudis), Vendredi Fou avec Michel Dorion (les vendredis), Drôles de Drags avec des artistes différents chaque semaine (les samedis) et Dimanche Show avec Michel Dorion (les dimanches). Consultez les horaires et les détails, puis procurez-vous des billets ici.  

👑 Uma Gahd anime chaque semaine les projections de la saison 8 de Drag Race All Stars au bar Le Cocktail. Les vendredis à partir du 12 mai 2023. Arrivez tôt afin de ne rien manquer de la saison! 

👑 Chaque lundi, au Club Social Le Scaphandre, Bambi Dextrous anime la Trivia Night! Réservez une table pour votre équipe.

👑 Les vendredis et samedis, la légendaire Mado Lamotte anime Mado Reçoit au Cabaret Mado. Chaque semaine, elle partage la scène avec des artistes différents. Pour les billets et les détails, c’est ici.  

👑 Les dimanches, la merveilleuse Tracy Trash anime son Tracy Show au Cabaret Mado après le match de la Ligue d’impro Gailaxie présenté à 19h30. Achetez vos billets pour les deux événements ici. 

#montreal #queermtl #2slgbtq #thingstodo #mtlmoments #community #listings #drag #dragqueen #drag queen #drag king

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📅 2024 Schedule - Explore and Apply:

We believe in multi-genre workshops, so you are welcome to apply to any of the residencies below.

August 16th-24th: Mentor Marisa Renee Lee

Marisa Renee Lee is a called-upon grief advocate, entrepreneur, and bestselling author of the award-winning book Grief is Love, Living with Loss. In addition to her work in the grief space, Lee is a Former Deputy Director of Private Sector Engagement and a Senior Advisor on the Domestic Policy Council under President Obama and the Founder and CEO of Beacon Advisors, a mission-driven consulting firm focused on strategic planning and partnerships, change management, and coaching and advisory services for leaders. Lee regularly contributes to Elle, Vogue, The Atlantic, MSNBC, and CNN and serves as an expert for Ritual's well-being app. She is a graduate of Harvard College

August 16th-24th: Mentor Krishan Trotman

Krishan Trotman is the Vice-President and publisher of Legacy Lit. She joined Hachette Books in 2016. In 2020 she launched Legacy Lit, an imprint dedicated to books that give voice to issues, authors, and communities that have been marginalized, underserved, and overlooked. This includes BIPOC authors, all women, and any group that they believe deserves a spotlight. She is the co-author of the Queens of the Resistance series and she has been featured in New York Times, Essence Magazine, New York Magazine, Publisher’s Weekly, Salon, Shondaland, Cheddar TV, MSN, CSPAN, and more.

September 6-13th: Mentor Jenny Zhang

Jenny Zhang is the author of the story collection Sour Heart and the poetry collection My Baby First Birthday. She is the recipient of the Pen/Bingham Award for Debut Fiction, the LA Times Art Seidenbaum Award for First Fiction, and an O. Henry award. Her work appears in The New York Times, Poetry, Harpers, N+1, Best American Poetry, and other publications. She’s written television and film for A24, HBO, Netflix, Apple, and Amazon. She holds degrees from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and Stanford University.

September 24-31: Mentor Adam Leipzig

Adam Leipzig is a filmmaker, producer, educator, and author. He has been a senior executive at Walt Disney Studios, the president of National Geographic Films, and has worked independently as a producer, distributor, or supervising executive on 38 films that have disrupted expectations, including March of the Penguins, Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, Dead Poets Society, Titus, The Way Back and A Plastic Ocean. Adam's movies have won or been nominated for 10 Academy Awards, 11 BAFTA Awards, 2 Golden Globes, 2 Emmys, 2 Directors Guild Awards, 4 Sundance Awards, and 4 Independent Spirit Awards.

September 24-31: Mentor Ben Taub

Ben Taub is a staff writer at the New Yorker. He has written for the magazine about jihadism, crime, conflict, climate change, exploration, and human rights, on four continents and at sea. In 2020, he won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing, for his work on the lasting effects, on former detainees and guards, of American abuses in Guantánamo Bay. He has also received a National Magazine Award, two consecutive George Polk Awards, a Livingston Award, a Robert F. Kennedy Award, an Overseas Press Club Award, and other honors, and his work has appeared in recent editions of “The Best American Magazine Writing” and “The Best American Travel Writing.” Taub also received the ASME Next Award for Journalists Under 30, and was named one of Forbes's 30 Under 30 in Media.

October 2-9: Mentor Heather Aimee O'Neill

Heather Aimee O’Neill has worked with hundreds of novelists, memoirists, short-story and essay writers in her roles as the assistant director of the Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop and as an independent editor and writing coach. She helps writers start, finish, polish, and find publication for their work. Many of her students and clients have gone on to publish with major publishers, including Viking, W.W. Norton, Harper Collins, Double Day, Flatiron Books, and Simon & Schuster, among others. As a Lambda Literary Poetry Fellow, Heather co-authored the poetry collection "Obliterations" with Jessica Piazza, published by Red Hen Press. Additionally, her poetry chapbook, "Memory Future," earned the University of Southern California’s Gold Line Press Award.

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[kayliemusing]

Book Questions Part 1:

book you’ve reread the most times? - There's a few actually. 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne, The Risk by Elle Kennedy, and The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L. Armentrout.

top 5 books of all time? This is so stressful omg. Okay here's my list but in no specific order: - 99 Percent Mine by Sally Thorne (tbh I love every book by Sally Thorne. Honourable mention: The Hating Game, but I cut it from my list because I love Tom Valeska more...oops) - The Bridge Kingdom by Danielle L. Jensen (from The Bridge Kingdom series. PS. I loved the second book The Traitor Queen just as much as the first one - they tie.) - The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon (from The Bone Season series) - A Crown of Bitter Orange by Laura Florand (La Vie en Roses series) - Faking Normal by Courtney C Stevens (I haven't read this book in a long time, but this story always stands out in my mind because the moral of the story was so strong) (Honourable mentions: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, the Veronica Speedwell mystery books by Deanna Raybourn)

what is your favourite genre? - If you couldn't tell it's romance. (Currently I'm really into Fantasy Romance, but I also love contemporary romance)

what sections of a bookstore do you browse? - Romance, YA, and poetry mostly, but I also like to look at the reference section for books on writing craft as well.

where do you buy books? - Apple Books, Kindle, and Indigo Chapters

what books have you read in the last month? - The Bridge Kingdom series by Danielle L. Jensen which was the best decision I ever made, The Girl Who Belonged to the Sea by Katherine Quinn (unfortunately I didn't like this book and couldn't finish), The Prison Healer by Lynette Noni, The Plated Prisoner by Raven Kennedy, and unfortunately Hooked by Emily McIntire which was the worst book I have ever read in my entire life. (I'm currently reading The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton, but it's the last day of May so does it actually count because I just started it literally this morning.)

is there a series/book that got you into reading? - Maximum Ride by James Patterson and The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins were definitely influences, but tbh I used to read Wattpad stories and it just kind of exploded my love for romance and reading.

what is the first book you remember reading yourself? - Going way back to when I was way younger, I remember loving The Magic Treehouse by Mary Pope Osbourne (yes, I had to look that up) and also Robert Munsch books, but the actual books that I think actually influenced me to start reading for fun was definitely Maximum Ride. I was 12 and it was the first time I was reading something that I literally did not want to put down ever.

when do you tend to read most? - Romance, as you can see.

do you have a guilty fav? - A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas. People give her slack and I will admit to all the valid points people have made, but that doesn't erase the fact that she writes incredible characters and she also created the love of my life Cassian.

#surveys #questions #book questions

[elleseapoetry]

March 9, 2014

I am not remarkable,

   once you write on me it stays forever.

Words seared into my brain eternally,

   I don’t always remember

      but when I do

         I can’t stop 

            Thinking. 

#poem #my poem #poetry #short poem #elle sea poetry

[eastrose]

elle est retrouvee.

quoi? l'eternite.

c'est la mer allee

avec le soleil.

...poetry leads to the same place as all forms of eroticism — to the blending and fusion of separate objects. it leads us to eternity, it leads us to death, and through death to continuity. poetry is eternity; the sun matched with the sea.

george bataille, “erotism: death and sensuality”.

#george bataille #erotism: death and sensuality #eroticism #poetry

[woundedtolove]

tag people you want to get to know better—

Tagged by: Elle (ty @carwreckhousefire 🖤)

Favourite colour: all shades of red

Currently reading: The Oresteian Trilogy in Robert Fagles' translation (I've found his introductions to be very useful before so I'm sticking with him); East of Eden; Michael Dickman's poetry collections & anything by Louise Glück...

Last song: Kinda Outta Luck (Is it wrong wrong that I think it's kind of fun when I hit you in the back of the head with a gun?)

Last movie: The Witch Who Came from the Sea. David Lynch's Blue Velvet right before it.

Last series: Supernatural (tv shows that come with bibliographies my beloveds)

Sweet, savoury or spicy?: savoury

Craving: another coffee

Tea or Coffee: can't live without either but i'm fussier about tea flavours. coffee i drink whatever so i'm sure most of it is gross by any other standards. plain, no milk or sugar.

Currently working on: oh idk anymore. just figuring out where to go from here. getting my driver's license (if that counts?)

Tagging: whoever has not been tagged??

#p

[dandeeliion]

Hi elle 🤍 what are the books and films you’re hoping to check in 2022? Have a great day!!

n!!! 🤍💞💛⭐️💝💝 my love! i hope you are well :) i’m actually reading the red country right now at your recommendation ! here are some of the many on my list:

el ladrón (i’m currently reading the spanish translation of the thief by mwt)

the odyssey (i haven’t read this yet, but @katabasiss recommended a translation !)

sea of caliphs by christophe picard

stolen air: a poetry anthology by osip mandelstam (thank u @dustorange for the rec !)

jhumpa lahiri’s other essays and novels - i’ve read the namesake and this essay is a personal favorite

mermaids by sophia kingshill - another kris rec

a bigger message: conversations with david hockney by martin gayford (@venusmoon’s rec !)

if we were villains by m.l. rio

as for films, i’m looking forward to the sequel to knives out and across the spiderverse coming out this year! i’ve yet to see the green knight, i also have to watch slumdog millionaire with my dad <3 i hope your day is amazing ! 💛🧡💞💖

#thank you so much for the ask!! #🥺🥺🤍 #i’m also planning to read the orphan’s tales and arcadia at your recommendation 🥰🥰 #asks #book club

[elleayechwriting-blog]

#Elle Ayche #Poetry #Poem #Trophy #Sea #Ocean #Freedom #Free #Quote #Writing #Not Your Trophy #appearances

[magicveiled]

Quick (n lazy) Breakdown of the pantheon of Gods & Goddesses in my muses' canon (pt. 1/idk bruv )

Below I've listed the main Baddies / most powerful rulers in the Otherworld, their titles, their domains, and what they're known for as well as their FCs. Some don't have FCS yet and more than likely I will change shit over time but this is to give you a rough idea of who the "all powerful" rulers of the universe are in my muses' canon. Once I make actual bio pages for them I'll go into more details about their relationships with the other gods and all that fun stuff.

Danu - High Queen of the faeries / head of the Tuatha dé Danann ( the people/children of the goddess Danu) FC: Charlize Theron from Snow White and The Huntsman Territory: all of Albios - AKA "the Heavens"

Ériu - Goddess of "the Isle" / Ireland FC: undecided/open to suggestions Territory: Tír na nÓg - paradise / "the land of youth, health, and beauty" & Bitu "world of the living beings"

Elatha - King of the Fomorians & God of the sun FC: undecided / open to suggestions Territory: Dunbos / The Hells

Delbáeth AKA Belenus - Fomorian King & God of Fire FC: undecided / open to suggestions Territory: Dunbos / The Hells

The Dagda - Chief/General of the gods FC: Magnus Bruun Nielsen from The Last Kingdom Territory: Mag Mell - land of greatness achieved through honorable death in battle

The Morrígan - Goddess Queen of war, magic, & death FC: Anya Chalotra from The Witcher (main) Linda Cardellini (alt) Territory: Mag Mell - land of greatness achieved through honorable death in battle

Lugh - Warrior King & God of the sun & arts FC: Henry Cavill from The Witcher Territory: Mag Mell - land of greatness achieved through honorable death in battle

Brigid - Goddess of Healing, Fertility & Protection FC: Elle Fanning from Sleeping Beauty Terriroty: Tír na nÓg - paradise / "the land of youth, health, and beauty"

Balor - High King / Leader of the Fomorians/enemies of the Tuatha dé Danann FC: Ian McShane from American Gods Territory: all of Dubnos - AKA "the Hells"

Manannán mac Lir - Warrior King / God of the sea FC: Jason Mamoa Territory: Mag Mell & Emain Ablach ( island paradise of the Otherworld )

Aengus - God of youth, summer, love, and poetry FC: Aneurin Barnard Territory: Tír na nÓg

#canon. | the otherworld * #canon. | the aos sí * #canon. | the seelie court * #canon. | the unseelie court * #canon. | world lore * #canon. | gods & goddesses * #canon & lore. | the fae *

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Souvent une ascension est née d'un rêve, d'une exaltation, d'un désir spontané, parfois irraisonné : un joli nom, une forme, une histoire, un souvenir et nous voilà à l'ancre d'un sommet ; mais vient le temps où il doit devenir un calcul, le rapport précis entre le but et les moyens de l'alpiniste ; de ce rapport découle la décision. L'alpiniste doit toujours se rappeler cette formule, déplaisante à énoncer dans sa sécheresse, mais capitale, car elle conditionne le départ.

En cet instant, plus de charme dans ce monde enchanté, plus de poésie dans cet univers ; d'un froid calcul dépendent la vie de l'alpiniste et celle de ses compagnons. Mais qu'il est beau ce dialogue intime entre l'homme et les forces de la nature !

- Gaston Rébuffat, La montagen est mon domaine

Often an ascent is born from a dream, from an exaltation, from a spontaneous desire, sometimes irrational: a pretty name, a form, a story, a memory and here we are at the anchor of a summit; but the time comes when it must become a calculation, the precise relation between the goal and the means of the mountaineer; from this report follows the decision. The mountaineer must always remember this formula, unpleasant to state in its drought, but capital, because it conditions the departure.

At this moment, there’s more charm in this enchanted world, more poetry in this universe; a cold calculation depends the life of the mountaineer and that of his companions. But how beautiful is this intimate dialogue between man and the forces of nature!

**Known internationally by its German name the Matterhorn, it owes its fame to its almost perfect pyramid shape. Its four-sided, ridged rocky peak towers 4,478 metres above sea level, in perfect isolation in the midst of a quite singular alpine panorama.

#rebuffat #gaston rebuffat #french #quote #alps #matterhorn #mountaineering #mountaineer #mountain #snow #outdoors #nature #adventure #danger #icon #alpine

[shellibisshe]

bold the aesthetic that applies to your muse. italisize what can sometimes apply to your muse. repost. don’t reblog.

tagged by @stvnningstrike thank you!

I used Elle last time so I’ll use her sister this time

Captain Emily L. Parker

𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐕𝐀𝐋.

tired eyes. coffee stains on the table. listening to the bustle of the city. unmade beds. ponytails. sunlight seeping through the curtains. chapped lips. walking barefoot across the floorboards. dusty dictionaries. black and white reruns. huge sweaters. the ticking of the clock. hearing birds in the morning. fireplaces. falling asleep during class.

𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐀𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄.

freckles. the sun rising. watching the sea. taking shots of the city. historical museums. bright eyes. looking up at the clouds. walls covered in artworks. drawing in the middle of lessons. tracing your fingers on the sand. painting for hours. staying in uncrowded coffee-shops. worn paperbacks. messy braids. going to bed with your kneesocks on.

𝐁𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐐𝐔𝐄.

dark hair. a little sophisticated. always observing the world around you. intricate designs. high ceilings. extravagant musical pieces. dim lights. colorless photographs. fancy furniture. pale skin. hearing soft footfalls coming from outside the room. mischievous looks. bitten nails. candlelight dinners. dark shades of lipstick.

𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋.

chandeliers. the clinking of a teacup mug. laced clothing. modern architecture. light hair. watching the view from the terrace. hidden birthmarks. drinking tea in the morning. wandering about in an empty building. botanical gardens. old films. ancient marble sculptures. expensive perfume. breakfasts in bed. reading stories about mythology.

𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂.

compassion. short writings on scraps of paper. blushed cheeks. a bouquet of roses. reading collections of poetry late at night. loose hair. carpeted floors. attending operas. faint music playing in the background. staying under the covers until midday. the night sky. streetlights. picking flowers. dancing around in silk dresses. scented candles.

tagging @deputycolt @starsandskies @teamhawkeye @decertatio @chazz-anova @amistrio @smithandrogers @mr-arainai @seedlingsinner @space-vinyls @xbaebsae @geronimo-11 @trialandseed @joeyhxdson @minilev @spicevalleys @nightwingshero @returnofthepd3 @troyebakers @chyrstis @chuckhansen and anyone else! sorry for any double tags

#tag game #captain emily parker #far cry new dawn #fcnd

[septembersung]

Asks for writers: 2, 3, 6, 13, 32

Thank you!!

2: dialogue or descriptionDescription. Dialogue is Hard, because how do normal people even talk??, and, since my primary genre is poetry, description just feels more familiar.

3: favorite character you’ve ever writtenI’m really fond of the cast of Eleyus, especially Ell, Bennen, and Dimmle, whose name I’ve changed at least twice but I keep calling him Dimmle anyway.

6: favorite character name you’ve come up withAnna-Lucia (from Generations), and Amaryllis “Ryll” Harper (from All The Light That Came Before)

13: favorite line you’ve writtenThis is really hard?? A solid contender, from a sonnet: “Rivers cold with light run beside the antlered deer”A solid contender from Generations, just and only because I actually think about this all the time: “Space was dark and empty, a lot of nothing between points of light unimaginably far apart. The farther you went out into space, the farther you were from anything at all. But here on the warm earth, starlight was abundant, sweet as honey and cool as milk. She could reach out and touch it. She was floating on a vast, steady raft in the midst of a warm indigo sea.” 

32: epilogues or prologuesWhen drafting, prologue, but I always seem to write myself out of it. Like with essays - I tend to write backwards, and my initial intro becomes the draft of a conclusion when the body is finished.

#my writing life #fictionadventurer #conversations

[jaycatubigan2001-blog]

THOUGHTS OF HANOI by NGUYEN THI VINH

The night is deep and chill

as in early autumn. Pitchblack,

it thickens after each lightning flash.

I dream of Hanoi:

5 Co-ngu Road

ten years of separation

the way back sliced by a frontier of hatred.

I want to bury the past

to burn the future

10 still I yearn

still I fear

those endless nights

waiting for dawn.

Brother,

15 how is Hang Dao now?

How is Ngoc Son temple?

Do the trains still run

each day from Hanoi

to the neighboring towns?

20 To Bac-ninh, Cam-giang, Yen-bai,

the small villages, islands

of brown thatch in a lush green sea?

The girls

bright eyes

25 ruddy cheeks

four-piece dresses

raven-bill scarves

sowing harvesting

spinning weaving

30 all year round,

the boys

ploughing

transplanting

in the fields

35 in their shops

running across

the meadow at evening

to fly kites

and sing alternating songs.

Analysis

A thought of hanoi is a poem about the war and the inner struggles of the characters on how to balance their emotions. In the first line" the night is deep and chill as in early autumn. Pitch black, it thickens after each lighting flash" the author is giving a clear image about the war and chaos it tell us thatw ar is difficult to imagine.

According to Angela Janovsky(2019) Genre is a broad term refers to any works that share certain characteristics. A main literary genre is a poetry wherein it is written and stanzas instead of sentences and paragraph " athoughts of hanoi" written by Nguyen thi vinh is a narrative poetry it ells tye emotion state of the person while goin to war. This poem was written in a free-verse, with 6stanzas and 70 line.

As cited by andrews Motion (2016). Theme is defined as main ideas 9r an underlying mean of literary work, which may be directly or indirectly. Theme is the testing the limits of the love and friendship during the war. The character reminisced they are close of bond pf friendship and it was ironic that they are going to be enemies because of war. The author has given us an idea that war is chaotic maybe tomorrow your friends will be turned into enemies

As cited in the literarydevices.net (2018) stated that the subject tye readers a complete idea of what the work is all about, or about whom is the author is writing. Understanding how the subject is used is necessary to write a cohesive literary piece. The subject is the war and the author is giving an idea about what is war and how chaotic it is. Wat ha smany killings and destruction.

-Marjhon Narvaez

--John Carlo Lacson