Gabe Montesanti
@gabemontesanti.bsky.social
BRACE FOR IMPACT:A MEMOIR (Dial Press, 2022)
DRAG THING (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2026)
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Binders
DRAG THING (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2026)
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Binders
Love Best of the Net and love this poem by my friend and mentor Diane Seuss. "I'm teacher. I/ had no God-given authority./ I had to self-generate it, like God." Ain't that the fucking truth.
Little Fugue with Jean Seberg and Tupperware – Best of the Net
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August 5, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Love Best of the Net and love this poem by my friend and mentor Diane Seuss. "I'm teacher. I/ had no God-given authority./ I had to self-generate it, like God." Ain't that the fucking truth.
This writing residency in Homer, Alaska was an experience I'll never forget. Apply, apply!
Applications open next week for 2026 Residencies. 💚
Please check out how to apply: storyknife.org/how-to-apply/.
And Frequently Asked Questions: storyknife.org/frequently-a...
Please check out how to apply: storyknife.org/how-to-apply/.
And Frequently Asked Questions: storyknife.org/frequently-a...
July 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
This writing residency in Homer, Alaska was an experience I'll never forget. Apply, apply!
Amazing list here. @dseuss.bsky.social Imma make a playlist with your answer to the culture question.
Meet the 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize finalists.
Last month, the Griffin Poetry Prize—the world’s largest international prize for a single book of poetry published in English—announced its 2025 shortlist. The winner will be announced at a ceremon…
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May 29, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Amazing list here. @dseuss.bsky.social Imma make a playlist with your answer to the culture question.
A book deal! My next book has found the most perfect publisher, thanks largely to my agent Markus Hoffmann. I am grateful to him and all the mentors and readers who have helped me prepare the proposal. Bursting with gratitude for him and the other mentors and readers along the way. ❤️
May 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
A book deal! My next book has found the most perfect publisher, thanks largely to my agent Markus Hoffmann. I am grateful to him and all the mentors and readers who have helped me prepare the proposal. Bursting with gratitude for him and the other mentors and readers along the way. ❤️
So excited that my latest essay in ANMLY, "Object Permanence," was selected for Memoir Monday in Memoirland. The whole text can be found here. anmly.org/ap40/gabe-mo...
Here are the other stellar essays: memoirland.substack.com/.../a-fresh-....
Here are the other stellar essays: memoirland.substack.com/.../a-fresh-....
May 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
So excited that my latest essay in ANMLY, "Object Permanence," was selected for Memoir Monday in Memoirland. The whole text can be found here. anmly.org/ap40/gabe-mo...
Here are the other stellar essays: memoirland.substack.com/.../a-fresh-....
Here are the other stellar essays: memoirland.substack.com/.../a-fresh-....
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My painting SPRING RIDE
May 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
My painting SPRING RIDE
Just finished this amazing book, and Lidia's right: books find us. Especially the swimmers. 10/10 recommend.
This book—like my life—emerged weirdly. Had to cancel readings, launch. If you feel able or want to, you can help this little book with a big heart along by sharing? Maybe you know someone who could use a story like this right now. Books find us. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/726930...
May 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Just finished this amazing book, and Lidia's right: books find us. Especially the swimmers. 10/10 recommend.
I grew up next to artists who were hoarders. This essay is about them, the artists who shaped me, being perceived and being the perceiver. Thank you @anmlymag.bsky.social for publishing it!
anmly.org/ap40/gabe-mo...
anmly.org/ap40/gabe-mo...
May 12, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I grew up next to artists who were hoarders. This essay is about them, the artists who shaped me, being perceived and being the perceiver. Thank you @anmlymag.bsky.social for publishing it!
anmly.org/ap40/gabe-mo...
anmly.org/ap40/gabe-mo...
Thank you, @jacqdoyle.bsky.social!
ICYMI (I did) "When I arrived at the gay bar for my first time competing at the open stage show, I did not really look like a drag king." @gabemontesanti.bsky.social in SOLSTICE.
Great graphic drag memoir from Gabe Montesanti.
May 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Thank you, @jacqdoyle.bsky.social!
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"It occurred to me that performing drag could be a way not of fighting, but unfreezing."
From "Long-Term Art Project," a new original comic by @gabemontesanti.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/CMJeHBh
From "Long-Term Art Project," a new original comic by @gabemontesanti.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/CMJeHBh
May 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
"It occurred to me that performing drag could be a way not of fighting, but unfreezing."
From "Long-Term Art Project," a new original comic by @gabemontesanti.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/CMJeHBh
From "Long-Term Art Project," a new original comic by @gabemontesanti.bsky.social.
➡️ buff.ly/CMJeHBh
I feel so lucky today to have a graphic piece in The Rumpus about getting struck by a pellet gun on a busy street in St. Louis, drag, and fierce friendship.
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Long-term Art Project - The Rumpus
She hid out in a bathroom, calling out for her father. She called him "daddy," a term she hadn't used since she was a child.
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May 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I feel so lucky today to have a graphic piece in The Rumpus about getting struck by a pellet gun on a busy street in St. Louis, drag, and fierce friendship.
therumpus.net/2025/05/08/l...
therumpus.net/2025/05/08/l...
Daily inspiration
May 7, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Daily inspiration
Graphic Lit prize is open for another month @solsticelitmag.bsky.social which has been a joy to work with. Submit.
A graphic novelist was among this year's Whiting Award recipients -- we love reading graphic lit. at Solstice, too!
The prize for the winning graphic lit. entry in our summer contest is $500 and will be selected by final judge Bhanu Pratap.
Submit: solsticelitmag.submittable.com/submit/19575...
The prize for the winning graphic lit. entry in our summer contest is $500 and will be selected by final judge Bhanu Pratap.
Submit: solsticelitmag.submittable.com/submit/19575...
May 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Graphic Lit prize is open for another month @solsticelitmag.bsky.social which has been a joy to work with. Submit.
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What an honor to be included on the longlist for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Excited to see my former student and good friend, Aaron Coleman, on the list as well, and Oksana Maksymchuk, among all the other briliiant writers.
2025 Longlist Announcement - Griffin Poetry Prize
The Griffin Poetry Prize is pleased to announce the 2025 Longlist. Judges Nick Laird (Northern Ireland), Anne Michaels (Canada), and Tomasz Różycki (Poland) each read 578 books of poetry, including 47...
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March 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
What an honor to be included on the longlist for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Excited to see my former student and good friend, Aaron Coleman, on the list as well, and Oksana Maksymchuk, among all the other briliiant writers.
New to Bsky, here's my poem in the esteemed @okaydonkey.bsky.social from a few weeks ago!
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May 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
New to Bsky, here's my poem in the esteemed @okaydonkey.bsky.social from a few weeks ago!
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