Up Your Alley
jaidyn luke attardArming myself with books and words to confront the chaos of life—let's run wild, break some rules, spill some ink, and make some f*cking noise!
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 34 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 10 months ago |
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why you should read more indie books
Reading is cool and the school nerds are the in crowd. I always knew readers were the coolest cats out there, I was just waiting for everyone else to realise it too. This isn’t a joke about performative reading or aesthetic hauls on TikTok,...
man of many talents: a poem
i’m a man of many talents
and i’m adding a skill to the list:
cutting my own hair.
i hack away with craft scissors
after analysing my flaws
in white-tile mirrors everywhere.
i do this...
eavesdropping | writing about strangers
Humans gossip and bitch,
they banter and boast,
they talk and they talk
and they talk talk TALK.
They say it’s rude to eavesdrop
but my hearing isn’t so good
and people need to speak up or
repeat themselves for me to hear
whatever...
doing it yourself: reflecting on the indie author life
We are in the Age of the Rebirth of DIY. Authors today arguably have greater opportunities to oversee their own careers than those of the past, because the tools are more often in their hands.
When my poetry novel The Street Poet came out...
gone awol: on having a 'full plate'
The days were short, and then long, and now short again. My fig tree came into season and now the fruits have dropped. My books have jumped into boxes, crossed the highway, and resettled back onto my shelves in a new house. I’ve crossed all...
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street poet writing about my urban encounters on wurundjeri land. i leave poetry on the streets for people to find.
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