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Thank you Witness Magazine!

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Here’s a video of me reading my poem, “The New Avenues the Only Avenues We Have,” for the launch of the new online issue of Witness. It meant a great deal to me to make this video. This poem about old and new friendships is very close to my heart and I made the recording shortly after the death of a very dear old friend.

Thank you to the editors of Witness for giving this poem a home and for hosting this virtual launch. I hope you all enjoy the video. Check back each weekend in February for more Witness Weekends video readings from the new issue…which you can read in its entirety online!

“The Effect Lasting Half a Minute” accepted at Barrow Street!

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As the temps drop into the single digits here in sunny Syracuse, I’m warmed by the news that my poem “The Effect Lasting Half a Minute” has just been accepted at Barrow Street! Huge thank yous to Michael Broek and the other Barrow Street editors and readers. This poem’s inspired by, among other things, pumpkin pie, whipped cream, and an episode of the “In Our Time” Podcast about Feathered Dinosaurs, in which we learn the evolutionary function of the wishbone.

Sarah E Ruhlen’s “The Man Stealer” published in DIAGRAM!

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Massive congratulations to my darling Sarah whose short story “The Man Stealer” has just been published online today in the new issue of DIAGRAM!!! Before the New Year’s Eve champagne kicks in, give it a read! It’s crammed with sizzling shipwrecks, pirates, mathematical formulae, rum, secret societies, etc. Happy new year!

Read her story HERE.

 

Getting closer to…If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun!

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I’m giddy-thrilled to have just sent in my comments on the latest round of proofs for my second book of poetry, If We Had a Lemon We’d Throw It and Call That the Sun, winner of the 2019 Antivenom Poetry Award from Elixir Press. It’s really starting to feel real. I can almost touch it!

Sarah E Ruhlen’s short story “The Ailments of Thomas Pepys” in Guesthouse!

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Huge congratulations to my sweetie whose short story, “The Ailments of Thomas Pepys,” has just been published today in the new online issue of Guesthouse. They also nominated it for a Pushcart Prize! The new issue contains tons of awesome stuff, including poems by my friend Steve Castro! Yes!

https://www.guesthouselit.com/i6-ruhlen-sarah-e-fiction

My lyric essay “What You’re Thinking Now Is a Chunk of Marble” published Southeast Review!

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I’m thrilled to share that my lyric essay “What You’re Thinking Now Is a Chunk of Marble” has just been published in Southeast Review‘s new online issue. This essay is from my series inspired by the four fundamental forces. This is the gravity essay, so naturally it touches on…stuff that’s fallen on my head, visiting the local apple festival, Kansas meteorites, buying a house, hanging out on rooftops, Cal Tjader, Yves Klein, middle school science fair, and so on and so on. I wanna say a huge thanks to Zach Linge, Dyan Neary, and everyone at SER!

Read it HERE!

“The New Avenues the Only Avenues We Have” in Witness!

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My poem “The New Avenues the Only Avenues We Have” has just been published in the new online issue of Witness Magazine. This poem is especially close to my heart, as among other things it celebrates old and dear friendships. Having just recently lost an old and dear friend, this publication is doubly poignant for me. I hope you enjoy the poem. Thank you to Lindsay Olson, Tamar Peterson, and the whole Witness team!