Ra Avis
@rarasaur.substack.com
She/her. Achingly human. Dinosaur hearted. Also: Formerly incarcerated; Chicana desi; Autistic; TBI survivor; Blogger; Zinester; Prison abolitionist; Widow. Cofounder, Biggest Little Zine Fair. Founder, Kites Zine Library. Rarasaur.com
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Join Split This Rock for Shaping the Pulse of Your Work, a virtual writing workshop where we will explore revision as a path toward uncovering the hidden heartbeat of our poems.
Led by Ra Avis on 2/25/26, 6:30-8 pm EST. Open to all levels. Register: bit.ly/4pw3z0z
#Poetry @rarasaur.substack.com
Led by Ra Avis on 2/25/26, 6:30-8 pm EST. Open to all levels. Register: bit.ly/4pw3z0z
#Poetry @rarasaur.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Join Split This Rock for Shaping the Pulse of Your Work, a virtual writing workshop where we will explore revision as a path toward uncovering the hidden heartbeat of our poems.
Led by Ra Avis on 2/25/26, 6:30-8 pm EST. Open to all levels. Register: bit.ly/4pw3z0z
#Poetry @rarasaur.substack.com
Led by Ra Avis on 2/25/26, 6:30-8 pm EST. Open to all levels. Register: bit.ly/4pw3z0z
#Poetry @rarasaur.substack.com
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Choose your writing adventure from our newest slate of virtual writing workshops Jan-Feb 2026! Join us to explore modern fairy tales, what makes a poem a poem, how poets can conduct language as symphony, blues poetry & revising to uncover your poem's hidden heartbeat. Learn more: bit.ly/4i3UBEK
December 12, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Choose your writing adventure from our newest slate of virtual writing workshops Jan-Feb 2026! Join us to explore modern fairy tales, what makes a poem a poem, how poets can conduct language as symphony, blues poetry & revising to uncover your poem's hidden heartbeat. Learn more: bit.ly/4i3UBEK
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before the fire // handcut paper collage on recycled paperboard [mail art], october 2025
#collage #queerart #abstraction #mailart
#collage #queerart #abstraction #mailart
October 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
before the fire // handcut paper collage on recycled paperboard [mail art], october 2025
#collage #queerart #abstraction #mailart
#collage #queerart #abstraction #mailart
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Today was a hard day. Regulations that we passed unanimously last year, after 7 years of advocacy, were largely gutted. The FCC capitulated to the correctional telecom industry in roughly doubling rate caps for prison and jail calls. I'm truly sorry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
F.C.C. Changes Course on the Price of Prisoners’ Phone Calls
www.nytimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Today was a hard day. Regulations that we passed unanimously last year, after 7 years of advocacy, were largely gutted. The FCC capitulated to the correctional telecom industry in roughly doubling rate caps for prison and jail calls. I'm truly sorry.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
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"The national food insecurity survey is a critical, reliable data source that shows how many families in America struggle to put food on the table.”
USDA cancels survey tracking how many Americans struggle to get enough food
The Department of Agriculture said it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey. Experts say the move will obscure the effects of recent changes that will lead to people losing food aid.
www.npr.org
September 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
"The national food insecurity survey is a critical, reliable data source that shows how many families in America struggle to put food on the table.”
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Yoshimasa Tsuchiya’s sculptures are so full of wonder and whimsy, I just want to befriend this little guy!
#art #beautifulbizarre #yoshimasatsuchiya #sculptor #sculpture #surrealism #surrealart #fantasycreature #artlovers #sculpting
#art #beautifulbizarre #yoshimasatsuchiya #sculptor #sculpture #surrealism #surrealart #fantasycreature #artlovers #sculpting
September 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yoshimasa Tsuchiya’s sculptures are so full of wonder and whimsy, I just want to befriend this little guy!
#art #beautifulbizarre #yoshimasatsuchiya #sculptor #sculpture #surrealism #surrealart #fantasycreature #artlovers #sculpting
#art #beautifulbizarre #yoshimasatsuchiya #sculptor #sculpture #surrealism #surrealart #fantasycreature #artlovers #sculpting
Zine submissions open for Biggest Little Zine Fair -- it works distro style, so there are no fees, and you don't have to be there, and you make 100% minus the 3% credit card fees. BiggestLittleZineFair.com/#apply
September 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Zine submissions open for Biggest Little Zine Fair -- it works distro style, so there are no fees, and you don't have to be there, and you make 100% minus the 3% credit card fees. BiggestLittleZineFair.com/#apply
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Just noticed this on the checkout notification I get from the Chicago Public Library. I think it’s new and I love it!
August 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just noticed this on the checkout notification I get from the Chicago Public Library. I think it’s new and I love it!
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there are over 8 million people in this city and the fact that bananas shit doesn’t happen more often is a testament not to cops or politicians but to the fact that people aren’t as violent or scary as some would like us to think
July 29, 2025 at 12:00 PM
there are over 8 million people in this city and the fact that bananas shit doesn’t happen more often is a testament not to cops or politicians but to the fact that people aren’t as violent or scary as some would like us to think
Me at @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social in Chicago even though I have a whole zine fest worth of zines out here in Long Beach. Was willing to chuck a shirt to make room in my travel bag. 😂
July 15, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Me at @quimbysbookstore.bsky.social in Chicago even though I have a whole zine fest worth of zines out here in Long Beach. Was willing to chuck a shirt to make room in my travel bag. 😂
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"I don't know what to do with all this life - a journal entry about not dying after all" (audio reading available)
"I don't know what to do with all this life - a journal entry about not dying after all" (audio reading available)
I don't know what to do with all this life.
A journal about not dying after all.
open.substack.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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"I don't know what to do with all this life - a journal entry about not dying after all" (audio reading available)
"I don't know what to do with all this life - a journal entry about not dying after all" (audio reading available)
Tomorrow 7-9 PM at Page Against the Machine in Long Beach, CA. Megumi's amazing art pieces from her "faces of mass incarceration" project will be on display.
July 15, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Tomorrow 7-9 PM at Page Against the Machine in Long Beach, CA. Megumi's amazing art pieces from her "faces of mass incarceration" project will be on display.
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April 12, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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🙏🏽 grateful
Here are the recipients of the 2025 Writing Freedom Fellowship.
Here are the recipients of the 2025 Writing Freedom Fellowship.
In 2024, Haymarket Books, along with the Mellon Foundation, launched a new fellowship aimed at supporting and uplifting writers impacted by the criminal legal system: The Writing Freedom Fellowship…
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March 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
🙏🏽 grateful
❤️
Ra Avis (@Rarasaur.bsky.social) is a 2025 Writing Freedom Fellow. As a memoirist, Avis explores the personal intersections of grief, incarceration, and disability. Listen to her read from her work here:
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March 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and catalogued and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like :) 📚❤️
March 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and catalogued and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like :) 📚❤️
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I am now, more than ever, reminded how important art is, for so many things.
March 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
I am now, more than ever, reminded how important art is, for so many things.
BiggestLittleZineFair.com is open to zine submissions from all around the world. Til 3/29 for a fair on 5/31 in Long Beach, CA. Makers get 100% of what they sell, no attendance required, after fees. Check the site for FAQs and the Instagram for vibes. 🙂
Biggest Little Zine Fair
BLZF is a pop-up all-ages zine market where artists submit their work to be showcased and sold— no need to be there in person! Our small team of organizers runs the event, handling everything from set...
BiggestLittleZineFair.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:01 AM
BiggestLittleZineFair.com is open to zine submissions from all around the world. Til 3/29 for a fair on 5/31 in Long Beach, CA. Makers get 100% of what they sell, no attendance required, after fees. Check the site for FAQs and the Instagram for vibes. 🙂
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websites are so cool
anyone can just make one
about anything
anyone can just make one
about anything
February 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
websites are so cool
anyone can just make one
about anything
anyone can just make one
about anything
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Organizing something small and chill and not political on the surface is how to build community and talk to people, which are the two things we need most to do any type of other action. Make a children's book club, truly anything counts.
Organizing is the way forward
If you've never personally participated in organizing, now is the time to start. Do something smaller, lower stakes, to start with. Organize a block party or neighborhood activity, charity bake sale. Crucially, learn to organize alongside people you do not know well.
If you've never personally participated in organizing, now is the time to start. Do something smaller, lower stakes, to start with. Organize a block party or neighborhood activity, charity bake sale. Crucially, learn to organize alongside people you do not know well.
February 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Organizing something small and chill and not political on the surface is how to build community and talk to people, which are the two things we need most to do any type of other action. Make a children's book club, truly anything counts.
9 Years by Ra Avis, filmed by Theron James
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youtu.be/Hp1NBGmcl-4?...
Nine Years by Ra Avis
YouTube video by No Pulp Poetry Club
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February 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
9 Years by Ra Avis, filmed by Theron James
youtu.be/Hp1NBGmcl-4?...
youtu.be/Hp1NBGmcl-4?...
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Read CURB's Overview of the 2025-26 Corrections Budget to learn how billions in wasted prison spending could be redirected towards areas proven to keep us safe 📲 tinyurl.com/25-26proposed
In this era of systemic oppression & unchecked tech power, CA must divest from incarceration + invest in care
In this era of systemic oppression & unchecked tech power, CA must divest from incarceration + invest in care
January 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Read CURB's Overview of the 2025-26 Corrections Budget to learn how billions in wasted prison spending could be redirected towards areas proven to keep us safe 📲 tinyurl.com/25-26proposed
In this era of systemic oppression & unchecked tech power, CA must divest from incarceration + invest in care
In this era of systemic oppression & unchecked tech power, CA must divest from incarceration + invest in care