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Isabella from Red Ink Writing - Between the Stacks
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Isabella from Red Ink Writing - Between the Stacks

Talking with Isabella about her beginnings on Wattpad, starting to post her poetry on Substack, and the thing her writing mentor told her that she will always remember.

Hi fellow Stackers,

I hope you enjoyed the first interview series with one of my IRL friends, Isabella, who writes Red Ink Writing. She stuck with me through my first Zoom interview and was my guinea pig to make sure everything was working before doing interviews with my NON-IRL friends.

I have two interviews I am conducting this week that will be out to you soon! As always, if you want to hop on and chat with me, send me a message. I’m still working to connect with those who have already contacted me.

In the meantime, read Isabella’s work! My favorite poem of Isabella’s is “Brown Paper Bag”, which she hasn’t posted yet (booo, I’ll let you know when she does post it) but my favorite of her published pieces is the follow:

Red Ink Writing
Anatomy of the Teenage Vanity Drawer
Thin slivers of weightless worlds dusted in forgotten wonder, Broken spines letting earth’s dead words slip out from under Silk faces ripping against intruding indexes. Dull teeth digging into one another, a naked jaw Hungry in my palm while smooth, docile, Wings command when the mouth can eat One sharp tooth crescent above the sun, unblemished as …
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I also think she should start posting chapters from her novel “As Ink Bleeds” which I was lucky enough to read the first three chapters of. Bully her into posting it in the comments.

Read my most recent post about road trips here:

Road trips will solve all your problems

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Mar 9
Road trips will solve all your problems

The first road trip I went on completely by myself was from St. Louis, MO to Gunnison, CO in the summer of 2021 after completing my freshman year of college.

Yours truly,

Calihan

p.s. ignore all the giggles, we can’t talk to each other without bursting into laughter.

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