Emillio Mesa
@emilliomesa.bsky.social
Life like special events are ephemeral & I plan all of them.✍🏽Bylines: The NY Times, NY mag, HuffPost, OUT, Interview, QZ+++Two Anthologies
HuffPost Voices: https://tinyurl.com/yjur8a2u
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emillio-mesa-75914b5/
HuffPost Voices: https://tinyurl.com/yjur8a2u
https://www.linkedin.com/in/emillio-mesa-75914b5/
This is my new essay and one of the topics in my book in progress). Special thanks to @conz.bsky.social for being such a great editor and @profsue123.bsky.social for the connection and continued support. #immigration #assimilation #esl www.businessinsider.com/im-bilingual...
I moved between New York and the Dominican Republic as a kid. I was made fun of because of my accent.
I moved between New York City and the Dominican Republic.
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August 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is my new essay and one of the topics in my book in progress). Special thanks to @conz.bsky.social for being such a great editor and @profsue123.bsky.social for the connection and continued support. #immigration #assimilation #esl www.businessinsider.com/im-bilingual...
My, homegirl, Mami, Dolores, always hooks my hair UP #makeithigher#dominicans #doloresbeautysalon 21 years now❣️🙃😘 #fadecut
July 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My, homegirl, Mami, Dolores, always hooks my hair UP #makeithigher#dominicans #doloresbeautysalon 21 years now❣️🙃😘 #fadecut
I had a short piece published in @nytimes.com #tinylovestories Mine is “Unexpected News.” #younglove #nyc #babyname www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/s...
Tiny Love Stories: ‘A Wise Friend Warned Me About Divorce’
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July 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I had a short piece published in @nytimes.com #tinylovestories Mine is “Unexpected News.” #younglove #nyc #babyname www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/s...
I’m late to the party here, but will catch up. This is the essay I wrote for @queerloveproject.bsky.social for #pridemonth2025 Insipred by @barbrastreisand.bsky.social song #thewaywewere open.substack.com/pub/queerlov...
The Way We Weren’t: Inside the Leo Cave
We met as two young men from different cultures. Although we drifted apart, our lives remained inextricably linked in ways I never could have imagined.
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July 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I’m late to the party here, but will catch up. This is the essay I wrote for @queerloveproject.bsky.social for #pridemonth2025 Insipred by @barbrastreisand.bsky.social song #thewaywewere open.substack.com/pub/queerlov...
February 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I did the @merriam-webster.com screenshot gif for my word for 2025 and this is what I got. I’ll take it #writingcommunity #beautiful
January 2, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I did the @merriam-webster.com screenshot gif for my word for 2025 and this is what I got. I’ll take it #writingcommunity #beautiful
It’s been said that with every passing year…And I am so honored and blessed, and humbled that my chosen family, continues to want to share their narrative with me. You know you who all are here and IRL. Happy New Year’s familia 🤜🏽✍🏽💯❣️😘#happynewyear2025 #writingcommunity
December 31, 2024 at 10:54 PM
It’s been said that with every passing year…And I am so honored and blessed, and humbled that my chosen family, continues to want to share their narrative with me. You know you who all are here and IRL. Happy New Year’s familia 🤜🏽✍🏽💯❣️😘#happynewyear2025 #writingcommunity
December 25, 2024 at 1:20 PM
I knew by the eyebrows and fresh cut. Grooming never lies! There’s more to this. #haircut #luigimangione #eyebrows
December 21, 2024 at 3:56 AM
I knew by the eyebrows and fresh cut. Grooming never lies! There’s more to this. #haircut #luigimangione #eyebrows
December 15, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Ok. I need my own podcast. That moment when a director of a co, during an interview, says “I don’t like sleep. I live for this job.” Guuurl! Mami. This needs to be unpacked! Am I wrong?! #podcast #interview #writingcommunity #job
December 14, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Ok. I need my own podcast. That moment when a director of a co, during an interview, says “I don’t like sleep. I live for this job.” Guuurl! Mami. This needs to be unpacked! Am I wrong?! #podcast #interview #writingcommunity #job
This should be a way of life at this point #socialdistance #protectyourenergy #goodvibesonly #happyholidays
December 12, 2024 at 3:57 PM
This should be a way of life at this point #socialdistance #protectyourenergy #goodvibesonly #happyholidays
The role of the #artist is crucial to life. Thx @jordanbpeterson.com.web.brid.gy for the reminder #wordstoliveby #neverforget #writingcimmunity #memoir
December 6, 2024 at 2:37 PM
The role of the #artist is crucial to life. Thx @jordanbpeterson.com.web.brid.gy for the reminder #wordstoliveby #neverforget #writingcimmunity #memoir
I would seriously go back to the #dominicanrepublic just for this ginormous, #monster of an #empanada #foodcoma #delicious #writingcommunity #boss
December 5, 2024 at 8:53 PM
I would seriously go back to the #dominicanrepublic just for this ginormous, #monster of an #empanada #foodcoma #delicious #writingcommunity #boss
Great advice for every writer or anyone with a dream that gets rejections #elizabethgilbert #eatpraylove #writingcommunity #memoir #bhagavadgita #wordstoliveby #fruitsoflabor #writer
November 30, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Great advice for every writer or anyone with a dream that gets rejections #elizabethgilbert #eatpraylove #writingcommunity #memoir #bhagavadgita #wordstoliveby #fruitsoflabor #writer
It’s good to be with family on #thanksgiving especially if you haven’t always been close. At my brother’s home #turkey #buffettable #family #food
November 29, 2024 at 1:55 PM
It’s good to be with family on #thanksgiving especially if you haven’t always been close. At my brother’s home #turkey #buffettable #family #food
I discovered a new podcast #whatitsliketobe about my never ending curiosity with other ppl’s jobs. I’m excited yet jealous I didn’t think of it first 🤭 #podcast #jobs #people #writingcommunity behavioralscientist.org/finding-out-...
Finding Out 'What It’s Like to Be...' Through Slow Curiosity - Behavioral Scientist
Curiosity can be a means to an end. But couldn’t it also be … the end? A reward in itself? Maybe we need a slow curiosity movement.
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November 27, 2024 at 12:03 AM
I discovered a new podcast #whatitsliketobe about my never ending curiosity with other ppl’s jobs. I’m excited yet jealous I didn’t think of it first 🤭 #podcast #jobs #people #writingcommunity behavioralscientist.org/finding-out-...
She’s correct! This reboot needs to happen, stat! #mudershewrote OR Murder They Wrote! I’m so down #jessicafletcher #writingcommuniry #angelalansbury #onlymurdersinthebuilding #ryanmurphy #truecrime #serialkiller
November 25, 2024 at 1:28 AM
She’s correct! This reboot needs to happen, stat! #mudershewrote OR Murder They Wrote! I’m so down #jessicafletcher #writingcommuniry #angelalansbury #onlymurdersinthebuilding #ryanmurphy #truecrime #serialkiller
Things that continue to petrify me: adults that act like children and children that act like adults. I know there are terms for this. But we’re beyond that point #infantilization #parentification
November 24, 2024 at 11:45 PM
Things that continue to petrify me: adults that act like children and children that act like adults. I know there are terms for this. But we’re beyond that point #infantilization #parentification
This is so…🤜🏾 💥 “Just take them and leave me alone.” By #iranian artist #raoofhaghighi #womanlifefreedom #bodyimage #womenrights #womenhealth #herbody #reproductiverights #freedom #feminism #loveyourbody
November 22, 2024 at 3:41 PM
This is so…🤜🏾 💥 “Just take them and leave me alone.” By #iranian artist #raoofhaghighi #womanlifefreedom #bodyimage #womenrights #womenhealth #herbody #reproductiverights #freedom #feminism #loveyourbody
November 21, 2024 at 7:27 PM
This is a great article about finding one’s own true writing voice thx @literaryhub.bsky.social #sylviaplath #thebelljar #writing #writingcommunity #mentalhealth #diary #journaling
Carl Rollyson on how Sylvia Plath found her literary voice by keeping a diary: “At an early age, Plath realized you could incorporate yourself in a medium.”
How a Young Sylvia Plath Found Her Literary Voice Through Diary Keeping
For two weeks in July 1944, Sylvia Plath attended Camp Helen Storrow at Buzzard’s Bay, Massachusetts, averaging a letter a day to her mother, reporting on her swimming and hiking and her enjoyment …
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November 19, 2024 at 6:53 PM
This is a great article about finding one’s own true writing voice thx @literaryhub.bsky.social #sylviaplath #thebelljar #writing #writingcommunity #mentalhealth #diary #journaling
November 19, 2024 at 2:51 AM
Yes. I love to make the beloved crescent moon shaped patties with the fork markings #empanada They were always a hit at my curated #dinnerparty #homemade #host #eatwith #chef #holidays #writer #writing #memoir #foodstories #caribbean #dominicanrepublic
November 18, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Yes. I love to make the beloved crescent moon shaped patties with the fork markings #empanada They were always a hit at my curated #dinnerparty #homemade #host #eatwith #chef #holidays #writer #writing #memoir #foodstories #caribbean #dominicanrepublic