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☀️ When: Thursday, June 4, 2026, 7PM ET/4P...
The Raft Weekly is the Saturday “goody bag” for the online community of author Phyllis Cole-Dai. Ride the river of a creative life, buoyed by her latest writings as well as nudges for your own expressive practice, boosts of curated poetry a...
Enjoy this replay of Thursday’s Poetry Pick-Me-Up. (Click the play button on the video.)
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“The Gift” (Ma...
☀️ When: Thursday, June 4, 2026, 7PM ET/4P...
The Raft Weekly is the Saturday “goody bag” for the online community of author Phyllis Cole-Dai. Ride the river of a creative life, buoyed by her latest writings as well as nudges for your own expressive practice, boosts of curated poetry a...
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I began pecking away on an old manual typewriter in childhood and never stopped. An author in multiple genres, I live with my scientist-husband and our cat in a cozy apartment in Catonsville, MD.
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