Alex Rieser
@alexrieser.bsky.social
SoCal based Poet. MFA @USF, Dr. @UCSD. Writing from outside of the academy.
Book: Emancipator (New Fraktur Press). He/him/Dr
Book: Emancipator (New Fraktur Press). He/him/Dr
Backyard pomegranate harvest. I’m not sure when to pick them because any more ripe than this and the birds get to them first.
September 12, 2023 at 12:08 AM
Backyard pomegranate harvest. I’m not sure when to pick them because any more ripe than this and the birds get to them first.
Me after reading the entirety of Pound’s Cantos
September 6, 2023 at 2:14 PM
Me after reading the entirety of Pound’s Cantos
I know the writers probably don't care about this but I have to say I am PUMPED to get to go to Denver this week to see Anu Sharma, THE Anu Sharma speak in person at #Osseo2023 about the neurophysiology of hearing and OTC amplification.
September 5, 2023 at 4:06 PM
I know the writers probably don't care about this but I have to say I am PUMPED to get to go to Denver this week to see Anu Sharma, THE Anu Sharma speak in person at #Osseo2023 about the neurophysiology of hearing and OTC amplification.
ThriftBooks free book award well used imo
September 4, 2023 at 2:09 PM
ThriftBooks free book award well used imo
Me to the 706 day submission still in ‘received’ status: “they’ll get back to me any day now.”
September 3, 2023 at 5:44 PM
Me to the 706 day submission still in ‘received’ status: “they’ll get back to me any day now.”
This banger by Ida Stewart in FIELD 84, spring 2012, has been one of my favorites for years.
August 31, 2023 at 3:38 AM
This banger by Ida Stewart in FIELD 84, spring 2012, has been one of my favorites for years.
Hey clouds will you shove off for a bit so I can spot this super moon.
August 31, 2023 at 3:25 AM
Hey clouds will you shove off for a bit so I can spot this super moon.
This week in hard-hitting commas Carl Philips fills us like persuasion.
August 30, 2023 at 1:08 AM
This week in hard-hitting commas Carl Philips fills us like persuasion.
I would be annoyed that the English canon contains so many books by and about stuffy rich people if they weren’t so damn funny.
August 28, 2023 at 10:39 PM
I would be annoyed that the English canon contains so many books by and about stuffy rich people if they weren’t so damn funny.
Apparently modern broadcasters can get away with all kinds of things which would have been grounds for license removal in 1968
August 28, 2023 at 12:53 PM
Apparently modern broadcasters can get away with all kinds of things which would have been grounds for license removal in 1968
10 minutes ago I told my eight year old that there used to be a workout series called “buns of steel” and he is still laughing.
August 24, 2023 at 1:31 AM
10 minutes ago I told my eight year old that there used to be a workout series called “buns of steel” and he is still laughing.
Louise Gluck knows her Pushkin
August 23, 2023 at 7:27 PM
Louise Gluck knows her Pushkin
August 23, 2023 at 7:25 PM
This was an amazing press that shut down in 2017 but published a hundred quality chapbooks online first: https://beardofbees.com/publications.html
August 22, 2023 at 2:27 AM
This was an amazing press that shut down in 2017 but published a hundred quality chapbooks online first: https://beardofbees.com/publications.html
Two very quiet moments contrasted by an orchestra of rhymes in this poem by Dorothea Grossman
August 22, 2023 at 2:25 AM
Two very quiet moments contrasted by an orchestra of rhymes in this poem by Dorothea Grossman
“frequently uses words that when looked up have no meaning”
Guessing the fantasy book based on its one star reviews is hilarious.
https://bookriot.com/fantasy-books-one-star-reviews-quiz/
Guessing the fantasy book based on its one star reviews is hilarious.
https://bookriot.com/fantasy-books-one-star-reviews-quiz/
August 22, 2023 at 1:00 AM
“frequently uses words that when looked up have no meaning”
Guessing the fantasy book based on its one star reviews is hilarious.
https://bookriot.com/fantasy-books-one-star-reviews-quiz/
Guessing the fantasy book based on its one star reviews is hilarious.
https://bookriot.com/fantasy-books-one-star-reviews-quiz/
Rosalind Krauss on the abode of a deceased Pablo Picasso:
August 20, 2023 at 6:30 PM
Rosalind Krauss on the abode of a deceased Pablo Picasso:
Sitting in hurricane Hillary’s concerning rain, reading mid-branching sentences about Hillary’s concerned Americans, actually makes for a great morning.
August 20, 2023 at 4:08 PM
Sitting in hurricane Hillary’s concerning rain, reading mid-branching sentences about Hillary’s concerned Americans, actually makes for a great morning.
Overheard on a CA coffee shop this morning:
“How are you preparing for hurricane Hillary?”
“Idk… wear board shorts?”
“How are you preparing for hurricane Hillary?”
“Idk… wear board shorts?”
August 19, 2023 at 7:40 PM
Overheard on a CA coffee shop this morning:
“How are you preparing for hurricane Hillary?”
“Idk… wear board shorts?”
“How are you preparing for hurricane Hillary?”
“Idk… wear board shorts?”
This beautiful poem from Megan Fernandez from her collection “I do everything I’m told”
August 18, 2023 at 11:02 PM
This beautiful poem from Megan Fernandez from her collection “I do everything I’m told”
Check out my prose poem “Alluvial Deposition” from my latest collection (that is looking for a home) in Imposter Journal issue 3.1
August 18, 2023 at 10:23 PM
Check out my prose poem “Alluvial Deposition” from my latest collection (that is looking for a home) in Imposter Journal issue 3.1
Currently reading and enjoying.
August 18, 2023 at 10:21 PM
Currently reading and enjoying.