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Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · Aug 5

Love Best of the Net and love this poem by my friend and mentor Diane Seuss. "I'm teacher. I/ had no God-given authority./ I had to self-generate it, like God." Ain't that the fucking truth.

Little Fugue with Jean Seberg and Tupperware – Best of the Net

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Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · Jul 3

This writing residency in Homer, Alaska was an experience I'll never forget. Apply, apply!

Storyknife Writers Retreat @storyknife.bsky.social · Jun 24

Applications open next week for 2026 Residencies. 💚
Please check out how to apply: storyknife.org/how-to-apply/.
And Frequently Asked Questions: storyknife.org/frequently-a...

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Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thank you so much for reading it! <3 It'll be a chapter in my forthcoming memoir Drag Thing, coming next April! :)

Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · May 29

Amazing list here. @dseuss.bsky.social Imma make a playlist with your answer to the culture question.

Meet the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize finalists.

Last month, the Griffin Poetry Prize—the world’s largest international prize for a single book of poetry published in English—announced its 2025 shortlist. The winner will be announced at a ceremon…

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Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · May 22

A book deal! My next book has found the most perfect publisher, thanks largely to my agent Markus Hoffmann. I am grateful to him and all the mentors and readers who have helped me prepare the proposal. Bursting with gratitude for him and the other mentors and readers along the way. ❤️

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Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · May 19

@anmlymag.bsky.social <3

Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · May 19

So excited that my latest essay in ANMLY, "Object Permanence," was selected for Memoir Monday in Memoirland. The whole text can be found here. anmly.org/ap40/gabe-mo...
Here are the other stellar essays: memoirland.substack.com/.../a-fresh-....

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Jim Musil Painter @jimmusilpainter.bsky.social · May 19

My painting SPRING RIDE

A colorful acrylic painting by Jim Musil depicting a woman riding her bike through blossoming pink trees. The grass is a bright yellow green for Spring.

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Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · May 19

Just finished this amazing book, and Lidia's right: books find us. Especially the swimmers. 10/10 recommend.

Lidia Yuknavitch @lidiamiles.bsky.social · Feb 5

This book—like my life—emerged weirdly. Had to cancel readings, launch. If you feel able or want to, you can help this little book with a big heart along by sharing? Maybe you know someone who could use a story like this right now. Books find us. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726930...

Hi. Not gonna lie. This book—like life—has had an unusual emergence into the world. Nothing went as planned, and my life wavered, but that’s happening to all of us, in 100 different ways. If you feel able or want to, you can help this little book with a big heart along by sharing news of her nascence? Maybe you know someone who could use a story like this right now. I am of the opinion that books find us when we need them to. In a hundred different ways. Sometimes underground or hand to hand ways. Or heart art ways. I’m grateful as ever for every single reader. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726930/reading-the-waves-by-lidia-yuknavitch/

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Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · May 13

Thank you so much for saying that and for reading ❤️

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Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · May 12

I grew up next to artists who were hoarders. This essay is about them, the artists who shaped me, being perceived and being the perceiver. Thank you @anmlymag.bsky.social for publishing it!

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Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · May 10

Thank you, @jacqdoyle.bsky.social!

Jacqueline Doyle @jacqdoyle.bsky.social · May 10

ICYMI (I did) "When I arrived at the gay bar for my first time competing at the open stage show, I did not really look like a drag king." @gabemontesanti.bsky.social in SOLSTICE.

Diane Seuss @dseuss.bsky.social · Apr 4

Great graphic drag memoir from Gabe Montesanti.

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The Rumpus @therumpus.net · May 9

"It occurred to me that performing drag could be a way not of fighting, but unfreezing."

From "Long-Term Art Project," a new original comic by @gabemontesanti.bsky.social.

➡️ buff.ly/CMJeHBh

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Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · May 8

I feel so lucky today to have a graphic piece in The Rumpus about getting struck by a pellet gun on a busy street in St. Louis, drag, and fierce friendship.

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Long-term Art Project - The Rumpus

She hid out in a bathroom, calling out for her father. She called him "daddy," a term she hadn't used since she was a child.

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Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · May 7

Daily inspiration

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Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · May 5

Graphic Lit prize is open for another month @solsticelitmag.bsky.social which has been a joy to work with. Submit.

Solstice Literary Magazine @solsticelitmag.bsky.social · May 2

A graphic novelist was among this year's Whiting Award recipients -- we love reading graphic lit. at Solstice, too!

The prize for the winning graphic lit. entry in our summer contest is $500 and will be selected by final judge Bhanu Pratap.

Submit: solsticelitmag.submittable.com/submit/19575...

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Diane Seuss @dseuss.bsky.social · Mar 19

What an honor to be included on the longlist for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Excited to see my former student and good friend, Aaron Coleman, on the list as well, and Oksana Maksymchuk, among all the other briliiant writers.

2025 Longlist Announcement - Griffin Poetry Prize

The Griffin Poetry Prize is pleased to announce the 2025 Longlist. Judges Nick Laird (Northern Ireland), Anne Michaels (Canada), and Tomasz Różycki (Poland) each read 578 books of poetry, including 47...

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Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · May 4

New to Bsky, here's my poem in the esteemed @okaydonkey.bsky.social from a few weeks ago!

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Gabe Montesanti @gabemontesanti.bsky.social · May 4

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