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Can I tell you a secret?
a story as short as a long, deep breath
Jan 13 • Shannan Mann
Just do this one thing...
I swear to god this is good for you
Mar 19 • Shannan Mann
The Only Poetry Curriculum You Need
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Oct 14, 2025 • Shannan Mann
Not Your Mama's...Writing Advice
10 tough little loves
Mar 16 • Shannan Mann
A Reading List for Poets Who Want To Be Novelists
20 books to entertain, uplift & maybe just kick your poet-brain into novel-mode
Feb 19 • Shannan Mann and Karan Kapoor
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Against the Cult of Productivity in Writing
Nov 7, 2025 • Shannan Mann
In Defense of Being Boring at Parties
Aug 19, 2025 • Shannan Mann
The Only Poetry Curriculum You Need
Oct 14, 2025 • Shannan Mann
13 Reasons to Keep Making Art Even If No One Gives a Shit
Jun 24, 2025 • Shannan Mann
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Sure, Sylvia Plath's great, but have you tried...
More writers for you who love the rage & the mythos & the more, more, more
Feb 11 • Shannan Mann
Ranking Every Book I Read in 2025
+ 5-Second Book Reviews
Feb 5 • Shannan Mann
Behold the lie
I fear I will turn to maggots
Jan 30 • Shannan Mann
I'm kind of over the sad girl canon
Confession time, unironically
Jan 26 • Shannan Mann
Being a lover of literature has always been a melancholic, bittersweet affair
On publishing, the future of Substack, God, writing, the true self, & Ursula K. Le Guin
Dec 31, 2025 • Shannan Mann
Little Blue Dot
I am not hiding from anyone
Dec 24, 2025 • Shannan Mann
Stop Writing Bad Sad Poems!
Observations & inspirations to translate grief to the page
Dec 17, 2025 • Shannan Mann
The Best & Worst of Substack
Some recommendations & ruminations | Substack Wrapped 2025
Dec 5, 2025 • Shannan Mann
All Blue, Ana
She is salt in the sea, invisible but everywhere
Nov 26, 2025 • Shannan Mann
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