List: Boosted and Uplifted | Curated by Laurie Perez — Novelist

Oct 1, 2024

17 stories

Boosted and UpliftedA collection of work graced by the boost! Deeply grateful to each and every Editor who took the time to recommend these posts and help them reach a wider audience. Let's be stars to each other!
PS: stories were "recommended for distribution" back in the day—they're here, too✨
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The Brain is a Noodle
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
The Ruby Dares MeWhen love is truly satisfying, you’ll settle for nothing less
May 29, 2021
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May 29, 2021
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Scrittura
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
Hope is a RailingThe air stirs all around — keep climbing
Jan 9, 2024
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Jan 9, 2024
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Rainbow Salad
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
Bear Up New LoveFirst thoughts after experiencing Ava DuVernay’s transcendent film, Origin
Feb 1, 2024
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Feb 1, 2024
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The Brain is a Noodle
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
Soul-Perked LibertyFrom bean to fire to liquid uplift — find your tipping point
Jan 14, 2024
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Jan 14, 2024
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Scrittura
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
And So the Dark Matter of My SoulA poem of surrender
Jun 18, 2021
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Jun 18, 2021
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The Junction
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
Undersea Volcano“This is all I asked of night. It was not enough.”
May 25, 2021
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May 25, 2021
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P.S. I Love You
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
Lost and Right at HomePoetry Sunday
Apr 11, 2021
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Apr 11, 2021
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P.S. I Love You
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
One Thread-bare ThingFollowing their mother’s suicide, two brothers grow up to be very different men
Apr 18, 2021
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Apr 18, 2021
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
No More Than Breath and BoneA night in Monument Valley
May 28, 2022
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May 28, 2022
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Scrittura
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
Surreal SynthesisThe dream began awake, three decades later on a mud-dug road near Abiquiu
Jan 12, 2022
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Jan 12, 2022
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The Junction
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
ForgettingThere’s an honesty between us
that out of hand instantly forgives
all the lies she’s telling me.
Apr 28, 2021
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Apr 28, 2021
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
Cast Their Whispers to the VoidIn your loving you will be immense
Aug 24, 2021
5
Aug 24, 2021
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SNAPSHOTS
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
A Muse of Water“I drink the air before me, and return…”
Jun 16, 2021
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Jun 16, 2021
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The Junction
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
Lucid CowboyProse, Poetry and Coffee
Jun 12, 2021
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Jun 12, 2021
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
Trust the audience, honeyStephen King says the scariest time is just before you start. Baloney!
Jul 25, 2018
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Jul 25, 2018
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The Startup
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
When Life is Overwhelming, Take the BounceWhen you’re feeling small-minded, fenced in, burned out, mad, angry, lost or out of control — invoke this new perspective and shift the…
Jun 25, 2019
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Jun 25, 2019
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Laurie Perez — Novelist
Centrifugal SaintsFrom the other side of the room she calls to me. Iris, messenger of the gods. With his great fingers, Rodin has pried her open…
Jun 13, 2019
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Jun 13, 2019
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Boosted and Uplifted

A collection of work graced by the boost! Deeply grateful to each and every Editor who took the time to recommend these posts and help them reach a wider audience. Let's be stars to each other! PS: stories were "recommended for distribution" back in the day—they're here, too✨

The Ruby Dares Me

When love is truly satisfying, you’ll settle for nothing less

Hope is a Railing

The air stirs all around — keep climbing

Bear Up New Love

First thoughts after experiencing Ava DuVernay’s transcendent film, Origin

Soul-Perked Liberty

From bean to fire to liquid uplift — find your tipping point

And So the Dark Matter of My Soul

A poem of surrender

Undersea Volcano

“This is all I asked of night. It was not enough.”

Lost and Right at Home

Poetry Sunday

One Thread-bare Thing

Following their mother’s suicide, two brothers grow up to be very different men

No More Than Breath and Bone

A night in Monument Valley

Surreal Synthesis

The dream began awake, three decades later on a mud-dug road near Abiquiu

Forgetting

There’s an honesty between us that out of hand instantly forgives all the lies she’s telling me.

Cast Their Whispers to the Void

In your loving you will be immense

A Muse of Water

“I drink the air before me, and return…”

Lucid Cowboy

Prose, Poetry and Coffee

Trust the audience, honey

Stephen King says the scariest time is just before you start. Baloney!

When Life is Overwhelming, Take the Bounce

When you’re feeling small-minded, fenced in, burned out, mad, angry, lost or out of control — invoke this new perspective and shift the…

Centrifugal Saints

From the other side of the room she calls to me. Iris, messenger of the gods. With his great fingers, Rodin has pried her open…

Laurie Perez — Novelist