#anthological

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[labyrinthaze]

quote of the year

[reputayswift]

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY

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[stil-lindigo]

the calamity.

a comic about being seen.

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[imamirrorballxoxo]

Taylor calls herself crazy all throughout TTPD, but maybe I’m just as insane because I actually think she’s quite normal? Because if I ended a once happy 8 year relationship because the love was gone and we were both no longer in love to then get with a situation-ship who has been pinning for you for years only for them to abandon you when they finally got you, I’d commit full arson.

[taylornation]

It’s 2am. ✌️🕑

Now that you’re a member of THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT, you may access 15 additional files from the Chairman. THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: The Anthology is out now! 🤍

[livluvlavgh]

I hate it here is for all the girlies who grew up reading books as a precocious child and dreamt of worlds that exist only in a sophisticated imagination, for the girls who live in delusions

[joytri]

running with my dress unbuttoned

[kvothes]

louise glück was an tremendous poet in her own life and also taught, advised, and nurtured uncountable other poets. her picking richard siken’s crush for the yale younger poets prize is a well known fact, but she selected a number of other poets for publication during her tenure as the contest judge that i think are worth knowing.

peter streckfus, cuckoo (2003)

richard siken, crush (2004)

jay hopler, green squall (2005)

jessica fisher, frail-craft (2006)

fady joudah, the earth in the attic (2007)

arda collins, it is daylight (2008)

ken chen, juvenilia (2009)

katherine larson, radial symmetry (2010)

poetry is a community! read her—and also read the poets she wanted to promote.

[littleoldme-posts]

she just fucking rhymed Aristotle with Grand Theft Auto😭😭😭😭

[yuribuny]

global forcefemming now

[reputayswift]

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT + literary references (part 1)

(sources: cassandra, who's afraid of little old me, peter, the prophecy)

[darlingrxby]

AARON DESSNER I'LL GET YOU THAT GRAMMY FOR PRODUCER OF THE YEAR EVEN IF ITS THE LAST THING I DO IN THIS LIFE

[pangur-and-grim]

I wrote a short story about a college dropout who develops a homosexual interest in a bridge troll who then gets crushed after a Tesla drives over its bridge too many times (triggering a collapse), and the woman organizing the anthology said “thank you very much for submitting this but it does not fit our theme of tragic queer horror”

[crimsonclad]

I keep seeing Takes about how recent media like Glass Onion and The Menu aren’t taking “eat the rich” seriously enough to launch real change or revolution and like?? yeah??? popular crowd-pleasing entertainment where horrible rich people Suffer A Comeuppance for the pleasure of an audience is one of the oldest tropes in all of human history???? It is a crowd pleaser! It is the bread (ha) and butter of the Western canon! It is in Chaucer it is in Dante it is in Shakespeare it is the stuff of Dickens and 95% of Agatha Christie and almost every teen movie ever made??????? “look at these horrible rich idiots and hypocrites…and now enjoy their DESTRUCTION” transcends time and space and historical moments! It is so strange to be surprised that Hollywood returns to this well without any intention of seeking anything more transgressive than an audience having a hearty chuckle lmao

[yoyokslut]

she was like "yeah, i don't give a shit" 😭