ryan aliapoulios
@raliapo.bsky.social
biological pilot | LA, CA
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generous interpretation (poetry substack):
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generous interpretation (poetry substack):
raliapo.substack.com
working on a long essay about the evolving poetics of gendered madness in the poetry of sylvia plath, alejandra pizarnik, alice notley, and jamie hood - intro below and next installments coming soon so tune in
The Stony Fruits of Madness (Intro, Pt 1)
the poetics of madness through Sylvia Plath, Alejandra Pizarnik, Alice Notley, and Jamie Hood
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October 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM
working on a long essay about the evolving poetics of gendered madness in the poetry of sylvia plath, alejandra pizarnik, alice notley, and jamie hood - intro below and next installments coming soon so tune in
I feel like I could make bluesky a better place for myself than twitter is esp b/c I can put substack links on here without getting throttled okay bye
poetry prompt: adult, child
the space you enter before the poem, the space you leave behind
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September 24, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I feel like I could make bluesky a better place for myself than twitter is esp b/c I can put substack links on here without getting throttled okay bye
just watched nosferatu... so in honor of that, here's a short story from a while back about a baby vampire fighting a shark underwater for its first kill
Birthing Ritual
In honor of Nosferatu, a short vampire story (excerpt from a long-stalled work-in-progress)
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January 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
just watched nosferatu... so in honor of that, here's a short story from a while back about a baby vampire fighting a shark underwater for its first kill
trying to write more essays this year - have a new one up on why we might not really think our own thoughts, how that bears on the first drafts of poems we write, and how I'm adjusting my writing process in 2025
raliapo.substack.com/p/the-metaph...
raliapo.substack.com/p/the-metaph...
The Metaphysics of First Drafts
Creative approach vs. creative intention, implicit limitations, and poetics as encryption and quantum computing
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January 1, 2025 at 11:14 PM
trying to write more essays this year - have a new one up on why we might not really think our own thoughts, how that bears on the first drafts of poems we write, and how I'm adjusting my writing process in 2025
raliapo.substack.com/p/the-metaph...
raliapo.substack.com/p/the-metaph...
my little bro put me onto this citypop album when I was home for his hs graduation
June 11, 2024 at 9:34 PM
my little bro put me onto this citypop album when I was home for his hs graduation
when a culture-shifting album comes out meaghan garvey's reviews are required reading (or any other time tbh)
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
Charli XCX: BRAT
Read Meaghan Garvey’s review of the album.
pitchfork.com
June 11, 2024 at 9:26 PM
when a culture-shifting album comes out meaghan garvey's reviews are required reading (or any other time tbh)
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
pitchfork.com/reviews/albu...
poems in progress go way harder when you throw them into charli's brat generator
June 11, 2024 at 8:35 PM
poems in progress go way harder when you throw them into charli's brat generator
everything is romantic - charli xcx (2024)
June 11, 2024 at 8:28 PM
everything is romantic - charli xcx (2024)
in 2023 I sent a chap to some presses, got nos, edited more, got better nos, edited more, missed sub deadlines, took workshops, edited more etc... this thing is finally ready and prob only now ready to sub, but I'm impatient so I'm going to put it out myself & would love ur support 💙
November 21, 2023 at 7:30 PM
in 2023 I sent a chap to some presses, got nos, edited more, got better nos, edited more, missed sub deadlines, took workshops, edited more etc... this thing is finally ready and prob only now ready to sub, but I'm impatient so I'm going to put it out myself & would love ur support 💙
I had a trial version of afterlife from some demo sampler and was obsessed with it but my catholic parents forbid me from playing once they found out about the subject matter
I had a copy of this old sim game as a kid and I remember finding it completely inscrutable, maybe even moreso that SimEarth and SimIsle
October 12, 2023 at 4:12 PM
I had a trial version of afterlife from some demo sampler and was obsessed with it but my catholic parents forbid me from playing once they found out about the subject matter
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He’s only half-joking. But this really is the way to do it. Once you’ve accumulated a critical mass of people who have read the book you hand-sold to, the book starts selling itself. The number is different for every book and there are so many chance factors involved it’s impossible to predict it.
October 11, 2023 at 9:49 PM
He’s only half-joking. But this really is the way to do it. Once you’ve accumulated a critical mass of people who have read the book you hand-sold to, the book starts selling itself. The number is different for every book and there are so many chance factors involved it’s impossible to predict it.
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Well, we're here now. Hi everyone!
August 18, 2023 at 8:33 PM
Well, we're here now. Hi everyone!
for any poetry/writing people out there: u gotta read this jawn
October 12, 2023 at 3:51 PM
for any poetry/writing people out there: u gotta read this jawn
since I started doing the artists way again I've been writing daily sonnets to practice form. highly recommend as a writing exercise!!
October 4, 2023 at 6:33 AM
since I started doing the artists way again I've been writing daily sonnets to practice form. highly recommend as a writing exercise!!
every 5 mins reading julia cameron
September 30, 2023 at 6:02 PM
every 5 mins reading julia cameron
how does one 'pop off' on bluesky
September 29, 2023 at 3:15 PM
how does one 'pop off' on bluesky
denise duhamel was/is one of my first favorite poets
“She is a big car that can leave at any time …” A poem by Denise Duhamel.
September 29, 2023 at 2:47 PM
denise duhamel was/is one of my first favorite poets
gearing up for the IKEA residency
September 29, 2023 at 3:55 AM
gearing up for the IKEA residency
post ur first drafts of poems u say? ok sounds good
August 26, 2023 at 5:11 AM
post ur first drafts of poems u say? ok sounds good
are there any in-person poetry workshops based out of LA
August 24, 2023 at 3:07 AM
are there any in-person poetry workshops based out of LA
every night I realize I need a snack, and every night when I do I get this look
August 24, 2023 at 3:05 AM
every night I realize I need a snack, and every night when I do I get this look
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if I die and go to h-e- double hockey sticks, my torturers should know now that my equivalent of pushing a ball up a hill is trying to feed medicine to two different cats simultaneously
August 5, 2023 at 3:18 PM
if I die and go to h-e- double hockey sticks, my torturers should know now that my equivalent of pushing a ball up a hill is trying to feed medicine to two different cats simultaneously
quick sealey challenge moment but really every month is the sealey challenge
August 5, 2023 at 6:30 PM
quick sealey challenge moment but really every month is the sealey challenge