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Your life has a soundtrack. We're here to press play. Major 7th Magazine is a literary mixtape that explores the relationship between music + memory. We're open to all forms, as long as they're flash. ā Ready to send us your jam?
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Is the cure for male loneliness just listening to Red Hot Chili Peppers' "By the Way" over and over for days on end? Check out my contribution to the
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mixtape, and thank you to the amazing
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Jeremy Mauser
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Iām stoked to have a poem featured in the latest issue of Major 7th! Please check out all the sick pieces in this issue!
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New mixtape up for you! It will be one of our last. Details in my editor's letter Now playing: Volume 27
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Literary Mixtape Volume 27
On folding.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/literary-mixtape-volume-27
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āYou handed me a tissue and asked if I needed to go to the emergency room. I said I was fine. I wanted to show you that I was doing my therapy tasks.ā Davi Schweizer closes out Volume 26 with a piece so cold, it burns: "Winter Solstice" ⢠Phoenix
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"Winter Solstice" ⢠Phoenix (by Davi Schweizer)
You said I really needed to stop being the security, I was the bartender only.
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Devastating beauty from Amy Laessle-Morgan in Volume 26, Side B: "The Tracks of My Tears" ⢠Smokey Robinson & The Miracles šæ
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"The Tracks of My Tears" ⢠Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (by Amy Laessle-Morgan)
And I want to be held.Ā And I want someone to hold onto.
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friday five for ya. new volume coming end of the month!
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Friday Five: April 10, 2026
Five stories, five albums, one fave.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/friday-five-april-10-2026
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Danielle McMahon
about 1 month ago
An acceptance today from
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for my poem after Me & Bobby McGee. Thanks Kirsti! The idea came from something a friend told me once. After a breakup, she told me not to fret--he was just my Bobby McGee. In other words, puppy love!
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Daniel Miller
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I love M7 and so itās especially exciting to see Basking in Glory included in todayās Friday 5 !! Go check out Major 7th for some of the most interesting and exciting music writing!
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Justin Karcher
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Cool news: I got an acceptance from
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āHereās something. It will take the edge off.ā He tucks the pen into his coat pocket. āMotherās Little Helper.ā š Erin Dawkins takes us into the exam room in "Mother's Little Helper" ⢠The Rolling Stones. Read it in Vol. 26!
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"Mother's Little Helper" ⢠The Rolling Stones (by Erin Dawkins)
Hereās something. It will take the edge off.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/mother-s-little-helper-the-rolling-stones-by-erin-dawkins
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someone told me Geese sounds like if The Sheepdogs went to art school and now I can't unhear it
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Friday Five: April 3, 2026
Five stories, five albums, one fave.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/friday-five-april-3-2026
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if you are waiting to hear back on a submission, I am aiming to respond by next week thx for your patience xo
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āIt has always been there, that sense that things are off. That there were forces at play that I couldnāt quite grasp.ā Get paranoid with
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in "Ballad of a Thin Man" ⢠Bob Dylan
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"Ballad of a Thin Man" ⢠Bob Dylan (by Sheldon Birnie)
When did my life begin to unfurl?
https://www.major7mag.com/post/ballad-of-a-thin-man-bob-dylan-by-sheldon-birnie
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āI remember dancing my pants off and almost dancing off a beautiful strangerās until she figured out I was lying about not speaking good English.ā
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ās piece "Night Fever" ⢠Bee Gees is sick. š„š¤ Check it out in Vol. 26!
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"Night Fever" ⢠Bee Gees (by JuliÔn Martinez)
You think Iām a sick puppy?
https://www.major7mag.com/post/night-fever-bee-gees-by-juli%C3%A1n-martinez
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playing greatest hits today xo
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Friday Five: March 13, 2026
Five stories, five albums, one fave.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/friday-five-march-13-2026-1
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āDrag pipes. No mistaking when Ray's in the neighborhood. The neighbors go inside.ā Wade Harris gives us a riot of a toxic friendship in "Twice as Hard" ⢠The Black Crowes. Read it in Vol. 26.
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"Twice as Hard" ⢠The Black Crowes (by Wade Harris)
No mistaking when Ray's in the neighborhood.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/twice-as-hard-the-black-crowes-by-wade-harris
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@rachelturney.bsky.social
gives us "Run, Run, Run" ⢠Nico & The Velvet Underground via a single, quiet, perfect moment. on Side A of Volume 26. šāāļø Listen here:
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"Run, Run, Run" ⢠Nico & The Velvet Underground (by Rachel Turney)
Rachel Turney, Ed.D. (she/her) is an educator and artist located in Denver. Her poems, research articles, reviews, and drawings can be found in a variety of publications. Rachel is passionate about im...
https://www.major7mag.com/post/run-run-run-nico-the-velvet-underground-by-rachel-turney
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āwhen the volta comes / we are not readyā In "Fruit Fly" ⢠Nada Surf,
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breaks our hearts. Read it in Vol. 26!! ššŖ°
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"Fruit Fly" ⢠Nada Surf (by Erika Gill)
five months not speaking twenty generations of fruit flies
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friday mixtape for ya! five albums, five stories, one fav (snuck three in there oop)
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Friday Five: February 20, 2026
Five stories, five albums, one fave.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/friday-five-february-20-2026
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āAnd I couldnāt have the blood and pain of a bite / ruin the show. Iād put faith in / our bodiesāfour tall boys to one small girlāto keep / time.ā Visceral, multilayered storytelling in this piece from Riayn Spaero! Read āBarbarellaā ⢠Scott Weiland in Vol. 26.
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"Barbarella" ⢠Scott Weiland (by Riayn Spaero)
Iād put faith inĀ our bodiesāfour tall boys to one small girlāto keepĀ time.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/barbarella-scott-weiland-by-riayn-spaero
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āWhen everything went dark I didnāt follow the light, I stayed behind.ā Guy Cramer plays with how scary the attention economy can be in āGhost of a Texas Ladies Manā ⢠Concrete Blonde. Donāt say we didnāt warn you. In Vol. 26!
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āGhost Of A Texas Ladies Manā ⢠Concrete Blonde (by Guy Cramer)
Every day thereād be new content of me scaring the bejeebies out of her in unexpected places.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/ghost-of-a-texas-ladies-man-concrete-blonde-by-guy-cramer
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good morning, folks five albums, five stories, one fav! :)
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Friday Five: February 13, 2026
Five stories, five albums, one fave.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/friday-five-february-13-2026
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Volume 26 of Major 7th Magazine is out NOW! Words. Sounds. Defiant artmaking. Spin it up right here:
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Hi folks - quick note We received a higher than average volume of submissions last call window If you are waiting on a response for a submission from last window, they're still in queue and being considered for next issue Thanks for your patience xo
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Slulder Bilnie
3 months ago
If youāre not paranoid, youāre not paying attention, bud. Thanks to
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for believing in this ongoing paranoid fever dream.
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"Ballad of a Thin Man" ⢠Bob Dylan (by Sheldon Birnie)
When did my life begin to unfurl?
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Now playing: Volume 26 ten writers for you to enjoy xo
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Literary Mixtape Volume 26
On acts of resistance.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/literary-mixtape-volume-26
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ON REPEAT: Ashley Varela in Volume 7 We could read this tender, triumphant poem every single day. Send it to someone who needs it. Hit repeat:
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Got a couple of sonic remedies for anxiety in here. I hope it helps, even a little. five albums, five stories, one fav. yours to enjoy xo
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Friday Five: January 30, 2026
Five stories, five albums, one fave.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/friday-five-january-30-2026
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ON REPEAT:
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in Volume 21. A poem as delicate as it is electric. We love this one. Hit repeat:
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ON REPEAT: Glenn Orgias in Volume 11 Evocative, haunting, and image-rich, this story has stayed with us like a bad dollar bill.
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Hit repeat:
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five albums, five stories, one fav work from Glenn Orgias, Claire Hopple, Lyndsay Hall, Benjamin Niespodziany, and Bud Smith
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Friday Five: January 16, 2026
Five stories, five albums, one fave.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/friday-five-january-16-2026
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ON REPEAT: Lauren Theresa in Volume 4 This one from
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still hits us in the guts, embodying the spirit of Major 7th in an arresting visual style. Hit repeat:
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On chasing the unknown, unquantifiable thing - and one dirty little secret from this editor's Spotify wrapped. Five albums, five stories, one fav. Let's go!
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Friday Five: January 9, 2026
Five stories, five albums, one fave.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/friday-five-jan-9-2026
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happy new year kids we love ya five albums, five stories, one fave. run it up!
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Friday Five: January 2, 2026
Fives and Faves.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/friday-five-january-2-2026
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āLife wasnāt perfect, she realized, but every imperfect moment held the promise of something better, and those were the things worth living for. That, and the epic amount of candy she bought from Woolworthās.ā āLeave a Light Onā ⢠Belinda Carlisle by Jennifer Lai
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"Leave a Light On" ⢠Belinda Carlisle (by Jennifer Lai)
She, too, understood how loud silence could be.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/leave-a-light-on-belinda-carlisle-by-jennifer-lai
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āDamn man stop interrupting me Iām trying to tell a story here! So she reappears dressed in scrubs yāknow like Comet-green nurse garbā Isaac Offskiās āNatural Disastersā ⢠Unwound is a hell of a lot of fun to read. Find it in Volume 25.
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"Natural Disasters" ⢠Unwound (by Isaac Offski)
Damn man stop interrupting me Iām trying to tell a story here!
https://www.major7mag.com/post/by-isaac-offski
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five albums, five stories. happy holidays, kids! feat. stories by
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,
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, Daniel O. Bailey,
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,
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Friday Five: December 26, 2025
Fives and Faves.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/friday-five-december-26-2025
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āi believe in things like āthe universeā hope that doesnāt turn you offā
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returns to M7 with a self-portrait of a poem in āNothing Betterā ⢠The Postal Service. Now playing in Volume 25.
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"Nothing Better" ⢠The Postal Service (by Romy Rhoads Ewing)
i am only detail-oriented in pursuit of ruining myself
https://www.major7mag.com/post/nothing-better-the-postal-service-by-romy-rhoads-ewing
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happy friday before xmas, pals. something to distract you (we know you're not doing any work, anyway)
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Friday Five: December 19, 2025
Fives and Faves.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/friday-five-december-19-2025
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HAD
5 months ago
one of our fave journals! get working on something short and music-related and send their way!!
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You still have a chance to do something cool before the year is over: send your work to us. The rules: the piece needs to be short, about a song, and the song title/artist is the title of the piece. (As long as we haven't played it yet!) Submit by Jan 1!
www.major7mag.com/submit
#callforsubmissions
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Your Friday Five for Dec - five albums, five stories. feat. Tyler Dempsey, Naomi Skwarna, Madeeha Hashmi, D.T. Robbins, Franz JĆørgen Neumann
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Friday Five: December 12, 2025
Fives and Faves.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/friday-five-december-12-2025
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āThey donāt argue about the music because they both agree that these songs are at best bad-adjacent. Sure, not horrible, but the kind of hits you never want to hear again because hits are for the weak.ā Read this one from Tex Gresham &
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"You're Still the One" ⢠Steely Dan (by Tex Gresham and KKUURRTT)
They fight over the joke.Ā Not the music.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/you-re-still-the-one-steely-dan-by-tex-gresham-and-kkuurrtt
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āRest your head on the back of your palms, and breathe deep that rainwater earth.ā Marco Visciolaccio meditates on disappointing your mother while traversing the Yalu River, bordering China and North Korea, in "You Are My Sunshine" ⢠Gene Autry. In Volume 25!
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"You Are My Sunshine" ⢠Gene Autry (by Marco Visciolaccio)
Itās a drinking song, you reply, which is the honest-to-God, massaged truth.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/you-are-my-sunshine-gene-autry-by-marco-visciolaccio
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something new - your M7 Friday Five five albums, five stories (one fav!)
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Friday Five: December 5, 2025
New experiment on Fives and Favs.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/friday-five-december-5-2025
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āGet back out there. Pull the ghosts from the 8-track.ā Scott Laudati brings us a heartfelt ode to a childhood hero in āCommon Knowledgeā ⢠Conor Oberst. Read it in Volume 25.
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"Common Knowledge" ⢠Connor Oberst (by Scott Laudati)
Get back out there. Pull the ghosts from the 8-track.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/common-knowledge-connor-oberst-by-scott-laudati
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Hey, share this with all your friends. Submissions to Major 7th Magazine are open until January 1st. Have a flash piece or poem inspired by a song? Send it to us.
www.major7mag.com/submit
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Your life has a soundtrack. We're here to press play. Major 7th Magazine is a literary mixtape that explores the relationship between music + memory. We're open to all forms, as long as they're flash. ā Ready to send us your jam?
www.major7mag.com/submit
#litmag
#callforsubmissions
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hi lovers, volume 25 is live xo
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Literary Mixtape Volume 25
On self-discipline.
https://www.major7mag.com/post/literary-mixtape-volume-25
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"we are greenā thumbs in our ears // to the tune of the losing football game" now playing: āTrue Solaceā ⢠Linden Hollow (by James Croal Jackson)
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āTrue Solaceā ⢠Linden Hollow (by James Croal Jackson)
thumbs in our ears to the tune of the losing football game
https://www.major7mag.com/post/true-solace-linden-hollow-by-james-croal-jackson
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