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Allyson Paty

Allyson Paty’s poetry appears in publications including in Poetry and The Yale Review, and in several chapbooks, most recently Five O’Clock on the Shore. Her garbage can be found on Instagram at @trash_days.

See Your Trash

November 1, 2021
Every time I throw something away, I take its photograph. I’ve been doing this since February 2016. I post the images of each day’s trash to Instagram. Almost six years later, the account comprises the most detailed and consistent diary I have ever kept. The ritual began in ...