Poetry Month, Pre-Orders, and More
Please read all the way to the bottom. I've got something special for y'all in this one!
Something Old
I hate to say it, but I only wrote ONE line of poetry this month. During National Poetry Month! Shaking my head.
It's all good though. The thing I've learned about poems is that they come when they want to. And I respect that.
Also, I've been suuuuuper busy this month:
Something New
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I eloped this summer, and now I'm moving to NOLA and buying my very first house!! So that's been a whole thing. If you really love me and want to buy something, click here to go to our registry. But listen, if you can't afford it, please don't send anything. It's all good. Seriously.
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I was featured in The Rumpus for their National Poetry Month series! This was a huge honor to me because The Rumpus always puts me on to new poets I haven't read before. Now I'm one of those poets being shared with the world!
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I got a new puppy! A German Shepherd. He's a handful that's just as smart as he is adorable. I've only had him for three weeks and he already knows sit, touch, come here, down, off, wrong, leave it, paws down, and is damn near potty-trained.
Something for Me
My chapbook, Black Under, is available for pre-sale! This collection comes out in September, buuuuuuut I get a commission if I get 50 or more pre-orders.
If you order Black Under, send me an email with your order receipt.
Something for You
If I get 50+ pre-sales, I'll host a private reading and Q&A session for those who ordered the book.
If I get 75+ pre-sales, I'll host an open-mic night for those who bought the book.
If I get 100+ pre-sales, everyone who orderd Black Under will get free entry to one of my virtual writing classes.
So tell ya kids, ya wife, ya mama, ya baby mama, ya baby mama's mama, and everybody else what's going down!
Pre-sale numbers help determine how many copies the publisher will print and how much they'll be willing to spend on extra promotion, so I need your help! Let them know this book's poppin' and it's in everybody best interest to get their hands on a copy. I appreciate y'alls help and support.
With peace and light and love, Ashanti www.ashanticreates.com