Ashe Vernon's Blog, page 151
September 11, 2015
The Dance Interview Series with Ashe Vernon
Check out this interview with my literal actual fave latenightcornerstore w/ one of my literal actual favorite small presses wordsdancemag
Letter from the Editor: September Edition
This month marks 2 and ½ years since Where Are You Press
released it’s first book. Thank you to everyone who has supported us since then
and everyone who has discovered us, supported and shared our work in the past
two years. For a small press to be doing so well after just two years is very
uncommon, and we owe that to you.
This brings me to our news this month:
Because we have grown so much, the number of orders we are processing through
our online store, www.whereareyoupressstore.com, are simply overwhelming. As many of you know, we have been back-ordered on a few
of our bestselling books for over a month now, and while we are working to
correct the problem, we are also changing the way we do business so that things
like this don’t happen again.
From now on, our books will be much more readily available through larger
corporations who can handle the shipping for us, such as Lulu, Amazon, and
Barnes & Noble. We are hoping to have all our products available through
those channels by October, in time for the start of the Christmas rush. For
now, the best way to support us and our artists is through these stores.
As always, if you have any questions, email us at
whereareyoupress@gmail.com.
Love Always,
Clementine von Radics
Why did you pick 'latenightcornerstore'? And have you ever changed your URL?
Hi! No, I’ve never changed my URL on this blog and the username came from a poem that’s in my first book. The line is “you are a far distant country and I am the late-night corner store in the town I grew up”
Thank you for leaving breadcrumbs for us to find our way home.
Of course, darling. I hope there’s a warm hearth and an open door waiting for you at the end of this.
Tonight was the first night in a long time I looked in the mirror and was able to genuinely like what I saw staring back at me. Sorry. I had to share this with somebody
Baby, I am so, so proud of you. That’s amazing; that’s such a big thing.
I want you to know something, okay? Hold on to this feeling. Remember this. Because all the good things that you see? They are ALWAYS there. They are a part of you. And even on the days when you struggle to see it, it’s still there.
Self-love is so hard. I am so, so proud.
September 10, 2015
"You and I aren’t ever
going to work out, and I know that.
It’s why I don’t call the number
I still..."
going to work out, and I know that.
It’s why I don’t call the number
I still have in my contacts
(even if I sometimes text it. I’m not quite
strong enough to cut you out, yet.)
I haven’t talked to you in weeks, but this morning,
I caught myself imagining your voice
on the other end of the phone. I imagined fixing
all the sideways scaffolding in my chest that
only felt like clutter, after you finally left.
I imagined moving in with the boy you are, instead
of the one I wanted you to be.
When we were dating, I told my parents that
you were the only person I could ever see myself
settling down with.
And I wish I didn’t still believe that.”
- LONELY POET WRITES TO THE ONLY BOY SHE EVER (ACTUALLY) LOVED by Ashe Vernon (via latenightcornerstore)
"I rarely crave things like love, but
I am always aching to be touched.
I’m looking for excuses..."
I am always aching to be touched.
I’m looking for excuses to
kiss almost everyone.”
- LONELY POET TRIES TO PUT WORDS TO WHAT SHE WANTS by Ashe Vernon (via latenightcornerstore)
September 9, 2015
"This is a prayer to
anyone who will listen:
I am so heavy. And
I’m not asking
for someone to carry..."
anyone who will listen:
I am so heavy. And
I’m not asking
for someone to carry me,
but I could use a hand to hold.”
- LONELY POET CONTEMPLATES HER PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE by Ashe Vernon (via latenightcornerstore)
"I’ve never known what to do with love.
I leave love in the sun ‘till it curdles,
and then I wonder..."
I leave love in the sun ‘till it curdles,
and then I wonder why it is
so hard for me to swallow.
.
I’ve stopped expecting to fall in love in Texas.
Something about the heat has me
dizzy and unfriendly. I have always
burned
so easy.”
- LONELY POET BLAMES FORCES BEYOND HER CONTROL by Ashe Vernon (via latenightcornerstore)
Hi, Where can I read metropolitan mermaid in full? I've had no luck trying to search for it!
Here you go, little dove! [try saying it out loud, it’s a fun tongue twister]
