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Literary Journals Are Struggling—So Why Do We Still Need Them?
By Tyra Douyon There is a lot of vitriol in the poetry world about literary journals and magazines. Typically, people lament how long it takes to get a poem published (it can be double or triple the wait time if it’s a print journal, sometimes stretching from six months to over a year). But there’s also smoke for how weird and dramatic submission callouts can be (“We want your heart on a string. Send us your magic spells and potions. We want to find you in the dark, counting
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Aug 274 min read
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