Holly Lyn Walrath

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The Smallest of Bones

Full-Length Poetry

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"ABSOLUTELY. FRAKKING. STUNNING POETRY." —Rebecca Crunden, author of These Violent Nights

"A striking meditation on the body and its ghosts, this collection is a blossoming of bones and the trauma we hold inside, a gorgeous homage to the fever dreams and nightmares we collect, break, and survive with each and every day." —Stephanie M. Wytovich, author of The Apocalyptic Mannequin

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News & Updates

6/29/21 - New article up at Medium: Revising Poetry and Wildness

6/28/21 - New article up at Medium: Writing Successful Book Reviews

6/23/21 - New article up at Medium: What Makes a Poem Memorable? It's in the Science of the Brain

6/20/21 - Thanks to Bethany's Bookshelf for this review of The Smallest of Bones!

5/19/21 - Thanks to Kendra Preston Leonard for this review of my book!

6/11/21 - I have a new interview up with Stephanie Wytovich at her blog!

5/10/21 - My new book The Smallest of Bones is on NetGalley!

5/9/21 - I have a new flash fiction for Mother's Day: Speaker for the Unborn

5/6/21 - I have a new poem up at Barely South Review - Sacrum

5/1/21 - I have a new poetry series this month - #SerialKillerSummer, blackout poems from true crime files

3/19/21 - I have a new poem up at Mithila Review, Issue 15 - We're Refugees Who Found Love Searching for Atlantis

3/19/21 - I have a new interview up with artist Oleg Tsoy over at IFP

3/12/21 - I have a new interview up with artist Maria Anisimova over at IFP

2/3/21 - New Workshop: A Feminist Poetry Reading Primer: Writing With Our Foremothers

2/3/21 - Shoutout HTX interviewed me on poetry and writing advice.

1/1/21 - What I published in 2020 - Awards Eligibility Post

12/23/20 - I updated my submission guide, this time for poets

11/17/20 - Listen to my World Fantasy Convention 2020 Presentation on Marketing for Indie Writers and Publishers

11/10/20 - Simple Steps for Promoting Short Fiction and Poetry

10/8/20 - How Poetry is Different than Other Genres

10/7/20 - Not Sure How to Market as a Writer? Get a Pet.

8/31/20 - The Best Speculative Poetry Engages in Experimental Forms

8/15/20 - Check out my Fall 2020 Workshops for writers

8/15/20 - My Poetry Barn Resistance/Erasure workshop is now available self-paced for $99

8/11/20 - I have a new poem up at Twisted Moon Mag - We Hold Up Eternity

7/31/20 - I have a new poem in the latest Star*Line - "Dear Future"

7/8/20 - Erasure of the Harper's Cancel Culture Letter

6/22/20 - I'm writing a queer poem a day on Instagram for Pride Month, follow along!

6/22/20 - New poem at Liminality - Acacia

6/1/20 - New story at Curious Fictions - Tarot of the Animal Lords

6/1/20 - New poem up at Write Wild - She Learns How to Disappear (Excerpt from Glimmerglass Girl)

6/1/2020 - New article up at Write Wild - Are Writing Contests Worth Entering?

5/4/20 - New story at Curious Fictions - knick knack, knick knack

4/28/20 - New article up at Write Wild - My Favorite Poetry Writing Prompt is Also the Simplest

4/16/20 - New story at Curious Fictions - We Never Are What We Intend

4/16/20 - New article up at Coffeelicious - "Creatives, You Need to Slow Down."

4/15/20 - I have a new poem up at Eye to the Telescope - "Now the Patient Recounts the Houses in Her Mind."

4/15/20 - Thanks to Kendall Reviews for this write-up of the Coppice & Brake Anthology, featuring my story "The Red Shoes"

4/2/20 - New Story up at Curious Fictions - Stardust

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