annie raab
@annieraab.bsky.social
Writing about art & culture for Urban Milwaukee, Shepherd Express, and Milwaukee Record. I publish a Substack about beauty.
Virginia Tech, Southampton Writers Workshop, Kenyon Review Workshop
Lake Michigan summertime sailor
Virginia Tech, Southampton Writers Workshop, Kenyon Review Workshop
Lake Michigan summertime sailor
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annie raab
@annieraab.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Follow me if you believe in preserving art and beauty in an era of billionaire-run algorithms and endless content slop. I write essays and art criticism and the occasional story, usually from and about the Midwest.
Looking for my people!
Looking for my people!
The blood of Christ is now officially Malort
May 8, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The blood of Christ is now officially Malort
Sometimes life is annoying but then I remember showing Amy Hempel this tweet after workshop once and both of us laughing.
April 11, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Sometimes life is annoying but then I remember showing Amy Hempel this tweet after workshop once and both of us laughing.
New essay on the ‘stack about art and beauty and media and monkin’
annieraab.substack.com/p/monkmaxxin...
annieraab.substack.com/p/monkmaxxin...
March 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New essay on the ‘stack about art and beauty and media and monkin’
annieraab.substack.com/p/monkmaxxin...
annieraab.substack.com/p/monkmaxxin...
A poem for the coming spring
March 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A poem for the coming spring
Reposted by annie raab
Happy to see this stretch of "the r/ver" in TIMBER 15.1.
With lots of cool work by @bhutong.bsky.social, @roxgom.bsky.social, @annieraab.bsky.social, @enchilada89.bsky.social, and many others. Check out the full lineup here: timberjournal.org
With lots of cool work by @bhutong.bsky.social, @roxgom.bsky.social, @annieraab.bsky.social, @enchilada89.bsky.social, and many others. Check out the full lineup here: timberjournal.org
February 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Happy to see this stretch of "the r/ver" in TIMBER 15.1.
With lots of cool work by @bhutong.bsky.social, @roxgom.bsky.social, @annieraab.bsky.social, @enchilada89.bsky.social, and many others. Check out the full lineup here: timberjournal.org
With lots of cool work by @bhutong.bsky.social, @roxgom.bsky.social, @annieraab.bsky.social, @enchilada89.bsky.social, and many others. Check out the full lineup here: timberjournal.org
The 7 person orgy in a hotel room while a child sits in a soundproof box designed to look like a spaceship episode of Nathan For You should be sent into space as a communication from earth to the aliens.
January 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The 7 person orgy in a hotel room while a child sits in a soundproof box designed to look like a spaceship episode of Nathan For You should be sent into space as a communication from earth to the aliens.
Working (only in my mind) on an essay called “I Gave Up Academia to Find My Wild Side and Never Looked Back”
January 11, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Working (only in my mind) on an essay called “I Gave Up Academia to Find My Wild Side and Never Looked Back”
I know I need to produce some shareable work soon but I’m so much happier writing without the pressure to publish
January 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I know I need to produce some shareable work soon but I’m so much happier writing without the pressure to publish
I wish I could hang out with my mom at this age
December 21, 2024 at 10:14 PM
I wish I could hang out with my mom at this age
writing has been really fun these days because, for what I'm working on, I need to basically induce insanity.
December 20, 2024 at 3:33 PM
writing has been really fun these days because, for what I'm working on, I need to basically induce insanity.
I genuinely do not understand why we should care at all about the US national debt
December 19, 2024 at 3:41 AM
I genuinely do not understand why we should care at all about the US national debt
Not a mother, not a career woman, but a secret third thing
December 17, 2024 at 2:34 AM
Not a mother, not a career woman, but a secret third thing
So sweet the local DJ who spends every weekday from 2-6pm playing the pixies and modest mouse and popping in every other song to say this is Milwaukee’s new music station
December 17, 2024 at 2:14 AM
So sweet the local DJ who spends every weekday from 2-6pm playing the pixies and modest mouse and popping in every other song to say this is Milwaukee’s new music station
What happened in the world to produce so many coffee shops with absolutely zero charm? Not even the plants are real anymore
December 14, 2024 at 6:44 PM
What happened in the world to produce so many coffee shops with absolutely zero charm? Not even the plants are real anymore
something we learned in the group chat today is that we all secretly want to be the kind of woman who can confidently pull off a pixie cut
December 6, 2024 at 10:01 PM
something we learned in the group chat today is that we all secretly want to be the kind of woman who can confidently pull off a pixie cut
Reposted by annie raab
So a really cool thing has happened—I just signed on as a Poetry Editor-at-Large for Texas Review Press today! This means I’ll have full freedom to acquire one poetry book a year and to edit one-on-one with the author throughout the whole process. I’m so so excited.
December 5, 2024 at 6:36 PM
So a really cool thing has happened—I just signed on as a Poetry Editor-at-Large for Texas Review Press today! This means I’ll have full freedom to acquire one poetry book a year and to edit one-on-one with the author throughout the whole process. I’m so so excited.
Some of those little free libraries should have cigarettes
December 5, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Some of those little free libraries should have cigarettes
This will be my last roundup for Urban Milwaukee. I have the itch to write bolder criticism going forward, some of which is exercised in the Charles Allis writeup here.
urbanmilwaukee.com/2024/12/03/m...
urbanmilwaukee.com/2024/12/03/m...
Monthly Art Guide: It’s Not Just About the Holidays
Harleys as art, a great sale of local artists and lots of verbiage from Allis Art Museum.
urbanmilwaukee.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:12 PM
This will be my last roundup for Urban Milwaukee. I have the itch to write bolder criticism going forward, some of which is exercised in the Charles Allis writeup here.
urbanmilwaukee.com/2024/12/03/m...
urbanmilwaukee.com/2024/12/03/m...
Happy Wrapped season. Oh, your top artist was Mozart? Are you a baby in the womb??
December 5, 2024 at 2:21 AM
Happy Wrapped season. Oh, your top artist was Mozart? Are you a baby in the womb??
Today I saw the guy in the car behind me clearly mouth the words “What would Joan Didion do? Who the fuck is Joan Didion?”
(I have a what would Joan Didion do bumper sticker)
(I have a what would Joan Didion do bumper sticker)
December 1, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Today I saw the guy in the car behind me clearly mouth the words “What would Joan Didion do? Who the fuck is Joan Didion?”
(I have a what would Joan Didion do bumper sticker)
(I have a what would Joan Didion do bumper sticker)
“Don’t let anyone stand between you and your dreams” well my dream is to be a modern Diogenes so actually I need a wall of people to stand firmly between me and my dream
November 27, 2024 at 5:12 PM
“Don’t let anyone stand between you and your dreams” well my dream is to be a modern Diogenes so actually I need a wall of people to stand firmly between me and my dream
first glass of wine in 3 months and I’m trippin…righteous gemstones dialogue sounds like it was written by AI
November 27, 2024 at 2:42 AM
first glass of wine in 3 months and I’m trippin…righteous gemstones dialogue sounds like it was written by AI
Now that I will soon be employed I want one of those crazy new manicures
November 26, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Now that I will soon be employed I want one of those crazy new manicures
Help! I'm in a book slump! ISO: a fun experimental jaunt; a thick winter classic; a writer I've never heard of with a great debut. Small presses preferred!
November 26, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Help! I'm in a book slump! ISO: a fun experimental jaunt; a thick winter classic; a writer I've never heard of with a great debut. Small presses preferred!
Trying to pick my Bluesky persona
November 24, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Trying to pick my Bluesky persona