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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

Our words, a collective rogue engagement in the boundless digital expanse, carry the untamed spirit of guerrillas weaving through the underbrush of the mainstream. Substack, the wild jungle where we orchestrate our literary ambushes, emerges as the canvas for our joint poetic insurgency. This is no mere dalliance with words; it’s a revolution in stanzas and verses, each line a battle cry snapping in the gale of societal apathy. We are not mere poets; we are the vanguard of verse, the Che Guevaras of sonnets, waging relentless war against the banal with the might of our combined wit and the power of our collective voice.

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Lorraine Evanoff's avatar

Great piece Tara! This such important TRIPLE subject matter. Not only for the sketchy publishing industry, but also the sanctioned bribing of public officials (see Greg Olear: https://gregolear.substack.com/p/robes-gallery?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2), AND the questionable Amazon ratings system. Regarding your point below, see piece of shit book "Triggered" by Don Jr. on Amazon, which has maintained an unheard of almost perfect 5-star rating, clearly loaded by fake reviews. Meanwhile Amazon tosses legitimate reviews of my books by real readers without explanation. Infuriating!

"Despite always getting awful reviews, the books rocket to the top of all of the bestseller lists because the RNC bought them all up."

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