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Rodrigo Restrepo Montoya
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Writer | The Holy Days of Gregorio Pasos (Two Dollar Radio) | Tucson | He/Him
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Just got my author copies of ⚡️Southwest Reconstruction⚡️, my poetry debut with @noemipress.bsky.social, out tomorrow, Dec 2. 10 years in the making, y'all. Find it at an online bookstore near you.
Book cover and books. Southwest Reconstruction poetry book.
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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paradiselaust.bsky.social
My third book, This Elegance, is out from @boa-editions.bsky.social in May 2026.

Cover design by Sandy Knight with art by Diedrick Brackens.

Available to preorder now 🙏🏿
The book cover for Derrick Austin's third book of poetry, This Elegance. A detail from a weaving by Diedrick Brackens. A kneeling silhouette poses against a yellow moon. The silhouette holds a long red candle in one hand and balances one small red candle on his head and two small candles on his other arm and one yellow candle on the heel of his foot.
October 23, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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heathercherone.bsky.social
Ald. Jessie Fuentes: “We have constitutional rights.”
Unidentified federal agent, whose badge is not visible: "No." @wttw.bsky.social
Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes Handcuffed by Federal Agents While Asking About Patient’s ICE Warrant at Hospital
Chicago Ald. Jessie Fuentes was detained by federal agents inside Humboldt Park Health, as tensions continue to rise between local residents and officials and immigration agents conducting enforcement...
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October 3, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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pilsencommbooks.bsky.social
Did we mention how much Chicago hates you, ICE?
September 5, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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propublica.org
“We have observed approximately 90% of the workers targeted for terminations due to a perceived association with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts are women or nonbinary,” said an attorney representing federal staffers.

(Published June)
Dismissed by DEI: Trump’s Purge Made Black Women With Stable Federal Jobs an “Easy Target”
The president’s attack on diversity efforts has derailed the government careers of highly educated civil servants — even though the jobs some lost were not directly involved with any DEI programs.
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September 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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nicolechung.bsky.social
“Black women lost 319,000 jobs between February and July of this year, the only major female demographic to experience significant job losses during this five-month period… Ms. Roy said that with the exception of the pandemic, Black women have never seen such staggering losses in employment”
In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit
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August 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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michaelzapata.bsky.social
Absolutely stunned & over the moon to win the inaugural DAG Prize in Literature, an award to a writer "whose work expands the possibilities of American art."

With my entire corazón, thank you to @dagfoundation.bsky.social, Andrew Altschul, & @vauhinivara.bsky.social.

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Michael Zapata has won the inaugural DAG Prize for Literature.
Today, the DAG Foundation announced the winners of its inaugural DAG Prizes, which award $20,000 each to a visual artist, a writer, and a musician “whose work expands the possibilities for Am…
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July 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
ICE committed murder.
Farmworker dies from injuries during immigration raid in Ventura County, family says
A farmworker has died after suffering injuries during an immigration raid at an agricultural area near Camarillo on Thursday, according to a family member.
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July 11, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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aryasundaram.bsky.social
NEW: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions at ICE holding cells in NYC.

No showers or changing clothes. Sometimes only one meal per day. Over 100 people in small rooms. Sleeping on benches, the floor, or sitting up, due to lack of space.

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‘They’re killing us’: Immigrants complain of inhumane conditions inside NYC holding site
Immigrants complain of cramped conditions, inadequate food and bathing facilities and sleeping on concrete floors.
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July 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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thaddevassie.bsky.social
My hometown indie @twodollarradio.bsky.social churns. out. bangers.
May 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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michaelzapata.bsky.social
Over the moon to be a finalist for the inaugural @dagfoundation.bsky.social DAG Prize for Literature for writers "whose work expands the possibility for American literature," especially among this brilliant and might I say rebellious cohort.
vauhinivara.bsky.social Vauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · May 12
Congratulations to @yvettel.bsky.social, @rodrigoresmon.bsky.social, @michaelzapata.bsky.social, Mairead Small Staid and Eric Dean Wilson, the inaugural @dagfoundation.bsky.social DAG Prize for Literature finalists! lithub.com/here-are-the...
May 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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yvettel.bsky.social
Honored to be a finalist for the DAG Prize for prose writers “whose work expands the possibilities for American writing.” Thank you to the DAG Foundation & congrats to all the finalists!

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Here are the finalists for the $20,000 DAG Prize for Literature.
Today, the DAG Foundation announced the five finalists for the DAG Prize for Literature, a new annual award that grants $20,000 to “an early-career prose writer whose work expands the possibi…
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May 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
rodrigoresmon.bsky.social
Very, very excited to be a finalist for the 2025 DAG Prize in Literature!

Special thank you to the DAG Foundation, and a big congratulations to the other finalists.
vauhinivara.bsky.social Vauhini Vara @vauhinivara.bsky.social · May 12
Congratulations to @yvettel.bsky.social, @rodrigoresmon.bsky.social, @michaelzapata.bsky.social, Mairead Small Staid and Eric Dean Wilson, the inaugural @dagfoundation.bsky.social DAG Prize for Literature finalists! lithub.com/here-are-the...
May 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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nplusonemag.com
Our NEA grant was canceled.

Here’s a letter from our development director about what’s happening.
On Friday night, n+1—alongside many of our peer nonprofit arts organizations—received notice that our 2025 NEA grant has been terminated due to the Trump administration’s “shifting funding priorities.” We knew this might be coming, but receiving the official notice was still jarring, as was some of the messaging itself. It’s unclear to us whether we’ll still be able to recover the money we’ve been promised this year—a $12,500 grant meant to help us pay our authors, our editors, and to have the magazine printed and distributed to our readers. We’ve requested the funds we’ve already spent, and now we’re waiting to see if the money will come through. We’re trying to stay optimistic, but with the administration’s other announcement this week that the NEA might be shut down in its entirety, it’s hard to do so. I’m writing to ask for two things—first, for short-term, immediate assistance to help us replace these funds. You can make a donation through our website, or—if you’re in New York and free on June 10—you can buy a ticket to our annual benefit, the N Plus Ultra. Second, we ask for your ongoing support amid the challenges that we, and other small magazines, are already beginning to face. You can do that by subscribing, of course, convincing your friends to subscribe (or simply sending them a gift subscription), or by buying a bit of merch from our shop. And maybe most meaningfully, you can share the n+1 pieces you’re reading and stay engaged with (and be vocal in your support of) the independent media you care about most. We’ll need all the help we can get. With gratitude, Dani Oliver Development Director, n+1
May 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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twodollarradio.bsky.social
“And it became clear to me, after the sun had gone down and the tourists had dispersed, that someday the monuments would be ruins.”
—THE HOLY DAYS OF GREGORIO PASOS, by Rodrigo Restrepo Montoya

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April 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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paradiselaust.bsky.social
Would you (or someone you know) be interested in a review copy of my forthcoming collection, This Elegance?

Interested in teaching it or ordering it for your bookstore?

Send me a message! 💖
April 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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tariqshwa.bsky.social
from my elec. lit recommendation of the great @rodrigoresmon.bsky.social debut novel—give them both a read!
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electricliterature.com Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · Mar 22
“I realized that most monuments were erections, one way or another. And it became clear to me, after the sun had gone down and the tourists had dispersed, that someday the monuments would be ruins.”
A Fresh Start in a City Ruled by History - Electric Literature
An excerpt from THE HOLY DAYS OF GREGORIO PASOS by Rodrigo Restrepo Montoya, recommended by Tariq Shah
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March 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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msignorile.bsky.social
This is erasure of people entirely.

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Orders to remove terms like LGBT
February 1, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social
Thrilled and grateful. Thank you, @bookcritics.bsky.social.
A graphic and message celebrating Consider the Rooster being named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry. The graphic includes the cover image of the book. The text reads: ‘I’m so honored. Consider the Rooster has been named a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry, alongside such brilliant books. These times aren’t just heavy, they’re dangerous. Book bans are on a furious rise. They’re targeting voices like mine, stories like ours. Federico García Lorca was assassinated by fascists for his poetry and his queerness, but through earth and verse, he guides us still. As Rane Arroyo wrote, “The dead tell the living to live.” At the heart of this big book is a very small rooster: Walter Mercado, RIP. I carry a lineage of those who have survived attempts to erase us. Consider the Rooster is my offering to that lineage. It’s my joyful refusal to pipe down. It’s also your invitation to sing. For all of us to move through the portal of what’s dawning. To be recognized in this way—especially now—moves me to a place almost beyond words. Almost 😉. Thank you to the @bookcritics, to everyone who’s held this book with love, and to the rooster in you.’
January 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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To describe, in poetic terms, seeing “U.S. militarization impacting desert landscapes in Arizona,” as well as representations of Black people in the Southwest, Saretta Morgan shares what it felt like to navigate the “physical and affective manifestations” of that violence. at.pw.org/TheLuminousLife
January 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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judithclaire.bsky.social
To help the volunteer reviewers for #100SmallPress, I'm compiling a list of books coming out in 2025. Pls send me titles, name of press & release date. (For this project, a small press publishes 50ish or fewer titles per year and is not an imprint of a Big 5 publishing house.) Also, repost. pls?
January 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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IT'S DIAGRAM 24.4
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TABLE OF CONTENTS IMAGE FOR ISSUE 24.4
December 31, 2024 at 5:34 PM
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Thank you Adrian Matejka for shouting out one of my Tilsa Otta translations @graywolfpress.bsky.social in this end-of-year list lithub.com/49-contempor...
49 Contemporary Poets on the Best Poems they Read in 2024
In the sea of endless year-end lists, poetry often seems to get sidelined, or forgotten—or maybe the critics and listmakers just aren’t reading enough poetry in the first place. Which made me…
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December 18, 2024 at 5:41 PM