Not everyone’s querying journey is a handful of years! Many authors have experiences like Rita’s: a 14-year span of trial, error, and a whole lot of persistence. Join host Sheridan Sharp as guest Rita Feinstein talks publishing, poetry, connecting in a post-truth world.

Resources

Rita’s Debut: Meet Me in the Fourth Dimension

Sylvia Path

Anne Sexton

The Quiet Damage by Jesselyn Cook

Website: https://ritafeinstein.com/

Twitter/X: @RitaFeinstein

Instagram: @longlostdragonprincess

Support your local indie bookstore

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo

We Are All So Good At Smiling by Amber McBride

Jeannine Hall Gailey

About Rita

Rita Feinstein is the author of the poetry collections Life on Dodge and Everything is Real, both from Brain Mill Press, and the young adult novel-in-verse Meet Me in the Fourth Dimension (Page Street 2024). Her stories and poems have appeared in Permafrost, The Normal School, and Willow Springs, among other publications, and have been nominated for Best of the Net and Best New Poets. She is also the Regional Manager of Writopia Lab DC, a nonprofit that runs creative writing workshops for children and teens. She lives with her husband, who is a lawyer, and her dog, who is not.