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Dec 19, 2022Liked by Taco Bell Quarterly

your peerless narrative catharsis IS transcendent

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Dec 19, 2022·edited Dec 19, 2022Liked by Taco Bell Quarterly

You should be seriously proud of this year and everything that led you here. You're pulling in tons of readers to the world of literary magazines through being relatable, unpretentious and joyful and sharing dope work that fills that vision. That's fucking beautiful, making literature feel like something to sincerely enjoy for everyone. Even the people who don't get it benefit, whether they understand that or not. Y'all are amazing.

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Thank you for this. As a poet and essayist who isn’t writing // can’t write (thanks long-standing depression and general life shittiness) I find your words immensely comforting. // Live Mas.

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I love your refreshing, no bullshit stance on writing and the "literary" world. Thank you for everything you do. I will keep putting out trash for fuel...

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Dec 19, 2022Liked by Taco Bell Quarterly

VIVA MÁS BASURA

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Dec 20, 2022Liked by Taco Bell Quarterly

Legit - you’re the shit

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Dec 19, 2022Liked by Taco Bell Quarterly

Live mas. And carry on. Thanks for your words.

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Dec 19, 2022Liked by Taco Bell Quarterly

You're an inspiration, and i mean that genuinely, to shitty/struggling/listless writers like myself.

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My first story will be published 2023.

Is it the pain or the publishing that makes me literary?

I don't think I'll ever know. Live más.

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“The free floating horror of longing to be perceived”. I love that we now have a name for this. Also, this post vibes with me a lot. This year, life took over in a major way and I barely wrote anything, and haven’t got a single work of fiction accepted anywhere. I felt like all my progress of the previous year had been erased by this shitty one (writing-wise). But I’m learning to approach things in a more nuanced way. Thank you for posting!

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One of the best things about being a digital writer is that the gatekeepers are rendered useless. We don't need to go through any specific gate any more; we can walk around them. They not it, and that's why their hackles are raised.

Don't have a book deal? That's okay. Start a Substack instead. Didn't graduate from Bennington? It doesn't matter as long as you can bend words to your will. Don't have friends in moneyed places? Use the social media flywheel to build a network- at least this one won't leave you feeling dirty inside.

As for you & TBQ specifically; I hope on some level you realize the joy/hope/inspiration you bring to all of us. Sometimes it's LOL funny. Other times it's nice to know I'm not the only one rolling that rock up the hill. It's like modern day Enchrito; gluttonous and nourishing all at once.

I know you'd prefer cash. Wouldn't we all.

Nevertheless.

Here's to another year of throwing rocks at the self-deigned arbiters of taste; many of whom couldn't write a Wikipedia article if their life depended on it.

(raises a Baja Blast in your direction)

#LiveMas

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