Ephemera Newsletter Iss Jan.3

(Creativity and Motivation Weekly)

Welcome to the Ephemera Newsletter, Dost! (Hindi for “friends”)

We’re switching it up this week and leading with a poem from our January Poet, Sam Stokley, at the top of the letter. Normally, our poems are more of an entremets, but sometimes a taste of art at the front can be focusing. You can see more about Sam at his dedicated post on our substack page. We thank you for checking out Sam’s work.

Poetry by Sam Stokley

Prairie-locked

we learned

how to tell a coyote

from a wolf

from a person

all predators

who can’t help

but— 

The wolf sustains,

a lunar vibrato.

Coyotes yip,

scatter jagged.

And sapiens, we—

What I mean is I

hear the truth.

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And here are some reminders:

• Call For Submissions: Poetry at Ephemera. January 31 is the deadline for March. If you are a paid subscriber to Ephemera, you can submit to poetry @ Ephemera for free as a membership perk! (We email you a secret link at the end of the month). Free subscribers and anyone else can submit, too, with the reading fee and can submit up to 10 poems. Paying the reading fee will grant you 1-month paid access to Ephemera’s full letter. Learn more or:

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In Brief…this week’s features:

• Thoughts on Johnny Mathis and his cool-soft, low-key rendition of “Light My Fire.”

• Thoughts on Chip Kidd and his decades of iconic book cover art.

• January’s poet, Sam Stokley and his third of four poems, “Prairie-locked”

• Our weekly lists:

  • 3 magazines with open calls

  • 3 awards/prizes

  • 3 recent job listings for editors and writers.

• **No sponsor this issue: Sponsor our letter! Reach out to info@Litbreaker.com to advertise with us.**

• More ephemera: check out an Interesante selection which is an art vending machine company doing some cool art entrepreneurism; Book Recs, bonus content, and our mini-essays to start!

• Support us and brick and mortar bookstores on Bookshop - See our past book recs and favorites. A highly curated list.

• In case you missed it, last week’s issue.

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Merci. Danke. Kiitos. 고마워 Go-ma-wo. Cảm ơn. Xiè xiè.

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Ephemera

Dear Readers,

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