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Natalie York

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Natalie York is a breakout author and artist, debuting as a poet with her celebrated book, ‘a year in the life,’ proclaimed “a book about myself; it may also be a book about you.”

She would describe herself as a lover of the arts, but writing has always been her first love.

In addition to poetry, she also writes prolific fantasy and sci-fi, and was featured as a top finalist for the highly prestigious Writers of the Future contest in LA as of 2022.

She loves to meet fellow writers and can be followed for regular updates on Instagram at @natalieyorkofficial or online at natalieyorkauthor.com.

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Natalie York At the moment, I'm a dual-project gal. On the one hand, I am busily working on the sequel to a year in the life, my poetic debut: a to-be-titled upcom…moreAt the moment, I'm a dual-project gal. On the one hand, I am busily working on the sequel to a year in the life, my poetic debut: a to-be-titled upcoming illustrated book of poetry slated for 2023, which includes quite a lot of brainstorming, writing, sketching, storyboarding, and illustrating. On the other hand, I have been in the early stages of a new science-fiction/fantasy novella which I hope to be able to begin submitting for publication at the Writers of the Future foundation later this year. Last year, my previous sci-fi novella came within five spots of being accepted, so I am determined to get it right.(less)

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Natalie York My most recent book, a year in the life, actually came about very suddenly. I had been keeping a new kind of journal last year, in which I wrote down …moreMy most recent book, a year in the life, actually came about very suddenly. I had been keeping a new kind of journal last year, in which I wrote down one particularly interesting thought for each day (rather than recording what events happened that day, as usual). The result was a little like a real-time mindscape, and by October, I realized that the journal was becoming a story in its own right. Thus, the concept for 'a year in the life' was born: a book of poetry and free verse, both humorous and real, winding along a path of terrifying self-discovery, crippling loneliness, and dogged healing as I fought through molasses; torn between settling for satisfaction and stretching for happiness.(less)

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“As it happens, I am trying to walk on stars.
Which I think, personally, is more impressive than trying to walk on water.
It's just simple math.
Stars are pretty far apart, you know.
Anyways, I'll let you know how it goes.”
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“be a lover like the sun
sunlit hands stretching over oceans
and i will be the flower that comes alive under your touch
i will be the ship that follows you across the very world”
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“This Just In! The Man With No Face Who Lives In The Depths Of Your Closet Is Getting Tired Of Being Blamed For Your Sleep Paralysis. "Your Problems Are Your Own," Says The Faceless Man In Your Closet, "I'm Just Trying To Make An Honest Living Here.”
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No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

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