Bringing Ghosts to Life in Your Writing

2023

Oct 18

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is a budding poet, writer, and former Editorial Fellow for The Poetry Lab. Her stories have appeared in ¡Pa'lante!, The Plentitudes, Press Pause Press, and elsewhere. She has been a Harriet Williams Emerging Writer awardee by Literary Women Long Beach. Marilyn is the Fiction Editor for The Plentitudes and is currently working on a collection of short stories that contemplate womanhood, the body, Mexican Catholicism, and the power of blended language. Marilyn uses she/her pronouns.

@marilyniramirez

Hey poets!

It’s spooky season! Say hello to your new source of inspiration: ghosts!

Marilyn explores the use of ghosts in literature, focusing on their versatility and significance in different genres.

She teaches you how to create a ghost with intention, regardless of whether they are physical or psychological manifestations, and she reminds you that the spookiest ghosts may be where you least expect them.