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arushi (aera) rege
@arushiaerarege.bsky.social
poet. author. does Words. speech & debate. / books w kith books, fifth wheel press / editor w afterpast, incandescent, cloudscent / eic at ink & ivy, bus talk, draupadi press
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i become an exit wound with no place of entry. i become a bullet with no gun. i become a shell with no casing. i become unmade.
- aera rege, ATHEIST’S RELIGION

kithbooks.com/shop/p/exitwound
kith in print
Frozen in the moment of longing, the poems in exit wounds (no point of entry) paint moments of love in careful detail and dome them in glass. Precisely rendered and fittingly fragile, aera rege’s vign...
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May 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Precisely rendered and fittingly fragile, aera rege’s vignettes of desire, loss, and remembrance serve as tribute and testament to love at all cost.
May 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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ALOCASIA is now accepting previously unpublished creative writing for an all-Indigenous issue to be published this summer. ALOCASIA publishes writing about plants by queer writers. Our honorarium is $50 per contributor.

Deadline: May 31.

More details: alocasia.org/about-send-w...
March 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
im so so proud of this book, not just bc it was so early in my career, but because of what it means to me. on grief, identity, the desert, and more!!
March 25, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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jk, we'll also be running @arushiaerarege.bsky.social's call on duo later this month!

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March 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
before i come back to my true roots (poetry) let me just say . my actual real job (school + political activism) has been HELL recently
March 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
no longer followed here by people who know me irl so get ready for my unhinged ass takes and so much more cursing
March 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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January 27, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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💋 ANNOUNCEMENT & GIVEAWAY!! 💋

A celebration of indulgence & nostalgia, e(i 5: Trashy Daydreams is now available on our website!

You can find it here: engineidling.net/current !

FREE to read/download/share so have at it! Let's applaud our fabulous contributors!

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January 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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Had the tag wrong the first time! That’s @arushiaerarege.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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CW: Brief mention of self-harm

i am trying very hard to become two things at once: verse-chorus. birth-death. feminine-
masculine. light-dark.

Read more of "romantic tragedies" by @arushiaerarege.bsky.social in The B'K Volume 16, Issue 1: www.talbot-heindl.com/bitchin_kitsch
January 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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December 6, 2024 at 1:16 PM
open.spotify.com/user/31f33ao... so if yall want to know what i listen to on a month-to-month basis, this is how you find out! admittedly this is also my not-main spotify so it might take me a bit to update each month lolz
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November 28, 2024 at 12:41 AM
oh this is my fav speech & debate piece i've ever written!! its about exactly what bogi believe it to be and also a little bit about how i am obsessed with speech & debate <3 tysm for loving it <333
Today's poem recommendation on #BogiReads:

"CONGRESSIONAL INCEPTION MEETS TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS" by arushi (aera) rege @arushiaerarege.bsky.social in @beestung.bsky.social Summer 2024!

beestungmag.com/issue20/one-...

The ultimate in Debateception -
One Poem by arushi (aera) rege – beestung
beestungmag.com
November 20, 2024 at 1:31 AM