Poet | Editor | Music Journalist | Writer
HR THORN
ABOUT
Heather Rose Thorn is a published poet, editor, and writer originally from New Jersey. She is a current Creative Writing B.F.A student at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, where she studies poetry and creative nonfiction, minoring in publishing. She is the author of one poetry collection, What Happened Was, via Bottlecap Press. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, listening to (punk) rock & roll, gallivanting around New York City, visiting graveyards, and petting every cat she sees.
WORDS
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My debut collection “What Happened Was” is out now!
Check out the poetry tab to read my published work.
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I’m a huge fan of all things rock and roll, and I spotlight my favorite artists who have shaped the genre on my weekly radio show Stop, Rock, & Roll.
Currently, I’m a team writer for Milk Crate and a music journalist for Trill Mag.
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I write for Your Magazine, covering topics from romance to living to style. I seek to investigate how moments and everyday experiences alter the ways in which we see the world!
WORK
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Expanding client outreach and the transformative impact of poetry in New York City
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Curating the creative direction of Concrete’s next print issue, managing the daily operations and workflow of six editorial departments
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Curating Your Magazine’s romance section, strengthening editorial consistency and clarity, mentoring writers’ drafting and revision processes
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“Consider yourself lucky if you have a calling you can hear. Consider yourself luckier if it’s a creative calling, as there’s no greater joy than looking at art you made with your own hands. And consider yourself one of the luckiest if you have the means to pursue your passion”
—An Interview with Heather Thorn, Dulcet Literary Magazine
Photo: Julia Herndon
PHOTOS
Graveyard photography of my favorite artists, including writers Edgar Allan Poe, Sylvia Plath, and Oscar Wilde, to rockstars Joey Ramone and Jim Morrison…& more.
