Maya C. Popa

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A Rose By Any Other Name
Poetic Commons Updates; (Free!) Writing Exercises; Editing Poem-A-Day
Jan 9 • Maya C. Popa
Introducing Poetic Commons
A year-long poetry reading group
Jan 7 • Maya C. Popa
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How do we know that what happens to us isn’t good?
Jan 31, 2024 • Maya C. Popa
31 Writing Prompts That Work
Jan 2, 2025 • Maya C. Popa
"Go and Tell No One"
Mar 31, 2024 • Maya C. Popa
The Virtual Wound
Jul 5, 2024 • Maya C. Popa
The Poetry of Aging
Apr 11, 2025 • Maya C. Popa
"Fireflies" in The New Yorker
Apr 21, 2025 • Maya C. Popa

My book

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Books Need Early Believers
How preorders quietly determine a book’s life
Dec 2, 2025 • Maya C. Popa
Drawing Down the Moon
My poem in this week's issue of The New Yorker
Nov 8, 2025 • Maya C. Popa
I Can Finally Tell You About My Next Book
If You Love That Lady forthcoming from W.W. Norton · July 2026
Nov 4, 2025 • Maya C. Popa

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Q&A Replay
How to conceive of a newsletter, when to collate work, & how to silence your inner critic
May 4, 2025 • Maya C. Popa
Writing Poems From Fairy Tales
& how these timeless stories address uncomfortable truths
Mar 18, 2025 • Maya C. Popa
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2-hour craft class: Writing About the Holidays
Watch now (125 mins) | A two-hour craft class on writing originally, affectingly, and with our own literary signature
Jan 4, 2025 • Maya C. Popa

Writing Mindset

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Essays on Poetry

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Conscious Writers Collective

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