Desperate Writer: A Magazine for Creatives

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DESPERATE WRITER is a magazine for creatives about art, writing and culture. SHOCKY'S CORNER is for poetry; PEN & PAINT is for writers and artists, FOR THE RECORD is for essays, and LETTERS TO POTENTIAL FRIENDS is literature with a Brazilian twist.

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  • Paid subscribers are invited to a monthly Zoom group to share works-in-progress.

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About Rachel Rose

Award-winning poet turned award-winning fiction writer. In the best book club in town. Woods walker, ocean swimmer, avid reader. Interested in everything to do with books and those who read and write them.

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