Raquel Gutiérrez
@raquefella.bsky.social
I'm just finding my bearings here now! Author of Southwest Reconstruction (Noemi Press, 2025) & Brown Neon (Coffee House Press, 2022), writer/critic/educator, South/West Coast Chill & desert enthusiast.
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Don't miss today's conversation with Jazmina Barrera. Full of cats & revolution, Tarot & the CIA, conspiracy & embroidery, her anti-biographical love letter to another writer, Elena Garro, also becomes a portrait of Jazmina as well
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/jazm...
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Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/jazm...
@twolinespress.com
Jazmina Barrera : The Queen of Swords - Tin House
Jorge Luis Borges called her the “Tolstoy of Mexico” and César Aira the “greatest novelist of the 20th century,” so why is it likely that you haven’t read or even heard of Elena Garro before now? And ...
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December 6, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Don't miss today's conversation with Jazmina Barrera. Full of cats & revolution, Tarot & the CIA, conspiracy & embroidery, her anti-biographical love letter to another writer, Elena Garro, also becomes a portrait of Jazmina as well
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/jazm...
@twolinespress.com
Audio: tinhouse.com/podcast/jazm...
@twolinespress.com
Nice weekly roundup with @theborderchronicle.bsky.social's Melissa Del Bosque and Caroline Tracey, with a mention of my new poetry collection, Southwest Reconstruction.
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The Border Chronicle Weekly Roundup: December 5
A photographer documents extreme drought in Chihuahua and a Tucson poet talks apocalypse, and finding inspiration from Interstate 10 for her new book. Plus, more news from across the border region.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Nice weekly roundup with @theborderchronicle.bsky.social's Melissa Del Bosque and Caroline Tracey, with a mention of my new poetry collection, Southwest Reconstruction.
substack.com/@melissadelb...
substack.com/@melissadelb...
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"You have to learn to write when you don't want to."
@raquefella.bsky.social answers 10 questions from @pw.org about the writing process behind their debut poetry collection Southwest Reconstruction, out now.
Read the full interview here: www.pw.org/content/ten_...
@raquefella.bsky.social answers 10 questions from @pw.org about the writing process behind their debut poetry collection Southwest Reconstruction, out now.
Read the full interview here: www.pw.org/content/ten_...
December 4, 2025 at 12:07 AM
"You have to learn to write when you don't want to."
@raquefella.bsky.social answers 10 questions from @pw.org about the writing process behind their debut poetry collection Southwest Reconstruction, out now.
Read the full interview here: www.pw.org/content/ten_...
@raquefella.bsky.social answers 10 questions from @pw.org about the writing process behind their debut poetry collection Southwest Reconstruction, out now.
Read the full interview here: www.pw.org/content/ten_...
Such a privilege to be edited by AC. Gracias por todo, compa!
Happy pub date to a real one, @raquefella.bsky.social.
All the celebrations and joy today and every day to SOUTHWEST RECONSTRUCTION (@noemipress.bsky.social), a collection that will attune readers to the land across dimensions and amplify the many vibrations of restorative work.
All the celebrations and joy today and every day to SOUTHWEST RECONSTRUCTION (@noemipress.bsky.social), a collection that will attune readers to the land across dimensions and amplify the many vibrations of restorative work.
Happy pub day to Southwest Reconstruction by @raquefella.bsky.social now available on the Noemi website!
Be sure to check out Raquel's interview with Caroline Tracey for @theborderchronicle.bsky.social also out today:
www.theborderchronicle.com/p/a-border-w...
Be sure to check out Raquel's interview with Caroline Tracey for @theborderchronicle.bsky.social also out today:
www.theborderchronicle.com/p/a-border-w...
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Such a privilege to be edited by AC. Gracias por todo, compa!
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It has been a gift to see @raquefella.bsky.social nurture this collection of landscapes, loss, tenderness, and a yawp into the ethereal futures we must imagine.
Order two copies, one for you and one for your beloved:
www.noemipress.org/catalog/poet...
Order two copies, one for you and one for your beloved:
www.noemipress.org/catalog/poet...
December 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
It has been a gift to see @raquefella.bsky.social nurture this collection of landscapes, loss, tenderness, and a yawp into the ethereal futures we must imagine.
Order two copies, one for you and one for your beloved:
www.noemipress.org/catalog/poet...
Order two copies, one for you and one for your beloved:
www.noemipress.org/catalog/poet...
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“You have to learn to write when you don’t feel like it.” In today's #TenQuestions, @raquefella.bsky.social shares an inside look at the writing process of their debut poetry collection, Southwest Reconstruction out now from @noemipress.bsky.social. Read more: at.pw.org/10qRG
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
“You have to learn to write when you don’t feel like it.” In today's #TenQuestions, @raquefella.bsky.social shares an inside look at the writing process of their debut poetry collection, Southwest Reconstruction out now from @noemipress.bsky.social. Read more: at.pw.org/10qRG
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.
December 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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.
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Christopher Knight's @knightlat.bsky.social's last column for the LA Times! 🫡
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Column: L.A. exploded into a world art capital. I was lucky to be here to witness it
Los Angeles' ascension coincided with the 46-year career of art critic Christopher Knight. In his final column for The Times, he cites three important factors in that rise.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Christopher Knight's @knightlat.bsky.social's last column for the LA Times! 🫡
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
www.latimes.com/entertainmen...
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Are you ready for our final release of the year? You don’t want to miss Southwest Reconstruction by @raquefella.bsky.social, a “lyrical, elegiac, fiercely alive and existing at the cultural intersections of a settler mestizaje,” out December 2!
December 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Are you ready for our final release of the year? You don’t want to miss Southwest Reconstruction by @raquefella.bsky.social, a “lyrical, elegiac, fiercely alive and existing at the cultural intersections of a settler mestizaje,” out December 2!
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From Southwest Reconstruction by @raquefella.bsky.social, out tomorrow!
December 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
From Southwest Reconstruction by @raquefella.bsky.social, out tomorrow!
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Noemi reading TONIGHT at 7PM at Wave Archive in Tucson!
Featuring Poetry Editor @dianaarterian.bsky.social,
Executive Director @sargzem.bsky.social, and authors @utopiaminus.bsky.social, @raquefella.bsky.social, @jdpluecker.bsky.social, Claire Hong, and @faridmatuk.bsky.social
Featuring Poetry Editor @dianaarterian.bsky.social,
Executive Director @sargzem.bsky.social, and authors @utopiaminus.bsky.social, @raquefella.bsky.social, @jdpluecker.bsky.social, Claire Hong, and @faridmatuk.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Noemi reading TONIGHT at 7PM at Wave Archive in Tucson!
Featuring Poetry Editor @dianaarterian.bsky.social,
Executive Director @sargzem.bsky.social, and authors @utopiaminus.bsky.social, @raquefella.bsky.social, @jdpluecker.bsky.social, Claire Hong, and @faridmatuk.bsky.social
Featuring Poetry Editor @dianaarterian.bsky.social,
Executive Director @sargzem.bsky.social, and authors @utopiaminus.bsky.social, @raquefella.bsky.social, @jdpluecker.bsky.social, Claire Hong, and @faridmatuk.bsky.social
My profile on beloved poet Richard Siken is up at Poetry Foundation. Hope you'll check it out!
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/173...
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/173...
October 27, 2025 at 6:56 PM
My profile on beloved poet Richard Siken is up at Poetry Foundation. Hope you'll check it out!
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/173...
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/173...
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New interview up Poets dot org
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March 20, 2025 at 1:34 AM
New interview up Poets dot org
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poets.org/text/enjambm...
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If you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: www.eff.org/document/eff...
EFF Border Search Pocket Guide
border-pocket-guide-2.pdf
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March 19, 2025 at 7:46 PM
If you're critical of the US government and you are planning to cross the US border any time soon, today is a good day to review EFF's border search pocket guide: www.eff.org/document/eff...
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My ACT UP LA Oral History Project co-producers in conversation with journalist Maddy Castigan. One of my photos is included in this piece.
Reagan-Era AIDS Activists Call for New ACT UP-Style Movement for Trans Liberation
In an exclusive interview, two prominent members of ACT UP, which has been credited with saving millions of lives, hope to inspire younger LGBTQ activists to embark on a bold trans liberation movement
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February 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
My ACT UP LA Oral History Project co-producers in conversation with journalist Maddy Castigan. One of my photos is included in this piece.
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Poets. Always.
February 11, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Poets. Always.
I organized 3 L.A. OMNIBUS events for the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA. Save the dates: March 13, March 27, and April 24. First up: TREN AL SUR, feat. CAROLINA MIRANDA! Read more here ⤵️
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LA Omnibus March 13 | CAP UCLA
Former Los Angeles Times art critic, the beloved writer and critic, Carolina Miranda, joins writer Raquel Gutierrez in a conversation on art, culture and movement in Los Angeles. Both writers will als...
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February 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
I organized 3 L.A. OMNIBUS events for the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA. Save the dates: March 13, March 27, and April 24. First up: TREN AL SUR, feat. CAROLINA MIRANDA! Read more here ⤵️
cap.ucla.edu/event/la-omn...
cap.ucla.edu/event/la-omn...
This program for the TUMBADOS SYMPOSIUM looks AMAZING. LA 🤝 NYC, baby. (presented by Storefront for Art and Architecture and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union). Míralo!
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Storefront for Art and Architecture
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February 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This program for the TUMBADOS SYMPOSIUM looks AMAZING. LA 🤝 NYC, baby. (presented by Storefront for Art and Architecture and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union). Míralo!
storefront.nyc/program/tumb...
storefront.nyc/program/tumb...
I spoke with NPR/Las Cruces (KRWG-fm) reporter @scottbrocato.bsky.social ahead of my reading tomorrow at NMSU. A tinely chat, check it out:
www.krwg.org/krwg-news/20...
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Author Raquel Gutiérrez will read from her book "Brown Neon" Friday night at NMSU's Nelson-Boswell Reading Series
Raquel Gutiérrez will be reading from her 2022 book of essays, “Brown Neon”, Friday night at 7:30 in the Creative Media Theatre inside Milton Hall on the NMSU campus, part of the Nelson-Boswell Readin...
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January 30, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I spoke with NPR/Las Cruces (KRWG-fm) reporter @scottbrocato.bsky.social ahead of my reading tomorrow at NMSU. A tinely chat, check it out:
www.krwg.org/krwg-news/20...
www.krwg.org/krwg-news/20...
If you haven't done so, get thee a protonmail account now. Going to pull myself from Google's saltwater taffy grip by the end of this week/month if it's the last thing I do...
uhhh - www.cnbc.com/2025/01/27/g... Google. Maps will show "Gulf of America" after Trump insists...
Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' in Maps after government updates
In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government's lead in changing the names on its Maps app.
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January 28, 2025 at 2:29 AM
If you haven't done so, get thee a protonmail account now. Going to pull myself from Google's saltwater taffy grip by the end of this week/month if it's the last thing I do...
I could really use a Costco-branded photo-sharing platform where I can stay in touch w/friends and let folks know when I'm reading poetry in public, hbu?
January 28, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I could really use a Costco-branded photo-sharing platform where I can stay in touch w/friends and let folks know when I'm reading poetry in public, hbu?
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I'm the co-curator of Scientia Sexualis, an exhibition at ICA LA (up til March 2). This exhibition features a number of works by artists who confront scientific racism and the exploitation/abuse of black people in the history of medicine—King Cobra, Wangechi Mutu, and Cauleen Smith. bit.ly/40PH9xr
Scientia Sexualis - Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
ICA LA
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January 25, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I'm the co-curator of Scientia Sexualis, an exhibition at ICA LA (up til March 2). This exhibition features a number of works by artists who confront scientific racism and the exploitation/abuse of black people in the history of medicine—King Cobra, Wangechi Mutu, and Cauleen Smith. bit.ly/40PH9xr