I didn't start writing poetry (I put the "-try" in poetry) until I was 70, so I'm still learning. And YOU'RE gonna teach me whether you know it or not, 'causeI just bought Girl Soldier!
👏👏👏👏👏👏 A standing ovation for that most gracious and well-written introduction to Girl Soldier, Liza! We’ve all been waiting anxiously for this day! Girl Soldier from what I’ve read of it that you’ve shared with us is a masterpiece! You, your IG account, your Substack page, and your work are all criminally underrated! Girl Soldier is the culmination of much hard work and emotional struggles on your part and I look forward to reading it! I know the past couple years have been so stressful on you. With October 7th, the massive rise in antisemitism that followed that, moving to Chicago from NYC which you loved (though maybe not as much now), not being able to query an agent, getting a ton of hate from people online for no reason, being lied to by an agent who said you were the next Henry Miller and then he turned around and acted like a horse’s a** and abandoned you and your book, etc.
You didn’t deserve any of it. But Girl Soldier will show why it was all worth it to stick to it despite all these things being thrown at you. Girl Soldier deserves to be displayed front and center at every Barnes & Noble in the country and #1 on the best seller list for literature on Amazon and I have no doubt one day it will be! You really are a gifted writer and poet and I pray one day you’ll get to do that as your career and that’s what’ll primarily make you your income as I know that’s what you want more than anything in this world. I try not to get too close or emotionally invested in people I don’t know especially here on Substack and set boundaries as I’m sure you do as well. I also try not to sound like an obsessed fan or sound sycophantic or like a nut.
I understand that and I set boundaries again, I’m sure as you do. But I’m very proud to all you an internet friend and having learned a little bit (not anywhere close to the whole story) of your life and how you overcame and just a heads up I’m going to be talking about some traumatizing things here, your eating disorder, physical problems with your body, social anxiety, xenophobia, antisemitism, trying to come yo grips with your mixed Jewish, Azerbaijani and Russian heritage, and being treated with disrespect, neglect and emotional abuse by past boyfriends and bosses, to start a successful business in Invictus Prep and Substack with Pens 🖊️ and Poison ☠️. Not to mention the release of Girl Soldier today and writing two incredible books.
Thank you for sharing this piece of your soul with the world! You truly are a national treasure for this county and an amazing representative for the American Jewish community and the Russian-American Community. Your fiancé must be so proud! He always believed in you from the start and backed you up every step of the way! He even was willing to listen to all your random thoughts on literature such as this little gem 💎 “I’m convinced he’s just f***ing with us, Thomas Mann is just f***ing with us.” But he did it all because he knows who you are and what you are capable of as a writer, poet, thinker, and intellectual. You defend western civilization and it’s values and the western literary canon with gusto and an absolute fearlessness that is honestly so admirable! Thank you for Girl Soldier…and for just for being you! 🙌🙌🙌
You had me at "what is it like as a woman in the 21st century that doesn't hate men"
YES!!!!!
I didn't start writing poetry (I put the "-try" in poetry) until I was 70, so I'm still learning. And YOU'RE gonna teach me whether you know it or not, 'causeI just bought Girl Soldier!
Well it wasn't easy to find on the Amazon app but I managed to order it lol
👏👏👏👏👏👏 A standing ovation for that most gracious and well-written introduction to Girl Soldier, Liza! We’ve all been waiting anxiously for this day! Girl Soldier from what I’ve read of it that you’ve shared with us is a masterpiece! You, your IG account, your Substack page, and your work are all criminally underrated! Girl Soldier is the culmination of much hard work and emotional struggles on your part and I look forward to reading it! I know the past couple years have been so stressful on you. With October 7th, the massive rise in antisemitism that followed that, moving to Chicago from NYC which you loved (though maybe not as much now), not being able to query an agent, getting a ton of hate from people online for no reason, being lied to by an agent who said you were the next Henry Miller and then he turned around and acted like a horse’s a** and abandoned you and your book, etc.
You didn’t deserve any of it. But Girl Soldier will show why it was all worth it to stick to it despite all these things being thrown at you. Girl Soldier deserves to be displayed front and center at every Barnes & Noble in the country and #1 on the best seller list for literature on Amazon and I have no doubt one day it will be! You really are a gifted writer and poet and I pray one day you’ll get to do that as your career and that’s what’ll primarily make you your income as I know that’s what you want more than anything in this world. I try not to get too close or emotionally invested in people I don’t know especially here on Substack and set boundaries as I’m sure you do as well. I also try not to sound like an obsessed fan or sound sycophantic or like a nut.
I understand that and I set boundaries again, I’m sure as you do. But I’m very proud to all you an internet friend and having learned a little bit (not anywhere close to the whole story) of your life and how you overcame and just a heads up I’m going to be talking about some traumatizing things here, your eating disorder, physical problems with your body, social anxiety, xenophobia, antisemitism, trying to come yo grips with your mixed Jewish, Azerbaijani and Russian heritage, and being treated with disrespect, neglect and emotional abuse by past boyfriends and bosses, to start a successful business in Invictus Prep and Substack with Pens 🖊️ and Poison ☠️. Not to mention the release of Girl Soldier today and writing two incredible books.
Thank you for sharing this piece of your soul with the world! You truly are a national treasure for this county and an amazing representative for the American Jewish community and the Russian-American Community. Your fiancé must be so proud! He always believed in you from the start and backed you up every step of the way! He even was willing to listen to all your random thoughts on literature such as this little gem 💎 “I’m convinced he’s just f***ing with us, Thomas Mann is just f***ing with us.” But he did it all because he knows who you are and what you are capable of as a writer, poet, thinker, and intellectual. You defend western civilization and it’s values and the western literary canon with gusto and an absolute fearlessness that is honestly so admirable! Thank you for Girl Soldier…and for just for being you! 🙌🙌🙌
I pre-ordered a couple of months ago. Now eagerly anticipating its arrival!
Congratulations 🎈🎊🎉!!! I want to get it!!! I feel like poetry is hard to write! I do like reading them though!!!
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