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arushi (aera) rege

@arushiaerarege.bsky.social
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poet. author. does Words. speech & debate. / books w kith books, fifth wheel press / editor w afterpast, incandescent, cloudscent / eic at ink & ivy, bus talk, draupadi press

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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
i become an exit wound with no place of entry. i become a bullet with no gun. i become a shell with no casing. i become unmade. - aera rege, ATHEIST’S RELIGION kithbooks.com/shop/p/exitwound
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Frozen in the moment of longing, the poems in exit wounds (no point of entry) paint moments of love in careful detail and dome them in glass. Precisely rendered and fittingly fragile, aera rege’s vign...
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kith books @kithbooks.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Precisely rendered and fittingly fragile, aera rege’s vignettes of desire, loss, and remembrance serve as tribute and testament to love at all cost.
exit wound (no point of entry) 
arushi "aera" rege

cover: 
a lavender washed photo of two people cuddling on an airplane with a tear across their faces revealing a charcoal band bearing the title


text:
SUNSETS

this is a coming of age novel. we fall in love with silence & find ways to be nothing. this is a story where love isn't enough. we tell ourselves we know how to be more. we tell ourselves this is what whiskeyraw lips kiss like. i cut my long hair short & fall in love with the man that lovefucks me every night. stare at a reflection of the love you cast away. in another universe i am easier to swallow. in another universe i am easier to love.
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fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
can't get enough of @arushiaerarege.bsky.social? good news: their book is now available for pre-order—ships April 15 fifthwheelpress.myshopify.com/products/bro...
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BROWN GIRL EPIPHANY by arushi (aera) rege
About the book: BROWN GIRL EPIPHANY is centered around the experience of being a queer, first-gen Indian-American, struggling with balancing identity and cultural background. It discusses the experien...
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ALOCASIA @alocasiamag.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
ALOCASIA is now accepting previously unpublished creative writing for an all-Indigenous issue to be published this summer. ALOCASIA publishes writing about plants by queer writers. Our honorarium is $50 per contributor. Deadline: May 31. More details: alocasia.org/about-send-w...
ALOCASIA'S all-Indigenous issue. Call for new work. ALOCASIA is now accepting previously unpublished creative writing for an all-Indigenous issue to be published this summer. ALOCASIA publishes writing about plants by queer writers. Our honorarium is $50 per contributor.

Deadline: May 31.

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arushi (aera) rege @arushiaerarege.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
im so so proud of this book, not just bc it was so early in my career, but because of what it means to me. on grief, identity, the desert, and more!!
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fifth wheel press @fifthwheelpress.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
jk, we'll also be running @arushiaerarege.bsky.social's call on duo later this month! duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...
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arushi (aera) rege @arushiaerarege.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
before i come back to my true roots (poetry) let me just say . my actual real job (school + political activism) has been HELL recently
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arushi (aera) rege @arushiaerarege.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
no longer followed here by people who know me irl so get ready for my unhinged ass takes and so much more cursing
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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
@thmazing.bsky.social @lrbpoetry.bsky.social @arushiaerarege.bsky.social @westwaterfordag.bsky.social @julianday.bsky.social @stonespiral.bsky.social @8cakey.bsky.social Did we miss anyone? DM us! Thank you so much for your support & interest in this project!
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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
💋 ANNOUNCEMENT & GIVEAWAY!! 💋 A celebration of indulgence & nostalgia, e(i 5: Trashy Daydreams is now available on our website! You can find it here: engineidling.net/current ! FREE to read/download/share so have at it! Let's applaud our fabulous contributors! ⬇️
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the engine(idling lit @the-engine-idling.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
Had the tag wrong the first time! That’s @arushiaerarege.bsky.social
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The B'K Magazine @thebkmagazine.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
CW: Brief mention of self-harm i am trying very hard to become two things at once: verse-chorus. birth-death. feminine- masculine. light-dark. Read more of "romantic tragedies" by @arushiaerarege.bsky.social in The B'K Volume 16, Issue 1: www.talbot-heindl.com/bitchin_kitsch
A five panel comic strip. In the first, there’s a photograph of the artist as a baby in a pink mesh bag. In the second is a slow drip in brown, rust, and red. Next to that are rows of dots mimicking Estrogen. In the third is a photograph of the artist crying. In the fourth is a photo of the artist’s chest after top surgery and the prescription for Testosterone. In the fifth is the artist, masculinized. Overlaid is an excerpt from arushi's piece.
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Genrepunk Magazine @genrepunkmag.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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Pushcart Prize Nominations 
"Choose Life as the World Falls Down," George Violet Parker
"How to Assemble Your Maitinence Bot," Ly Faulk
"what to do after an especially bad morning of pain," Arushi (Area) Rege
"god screwed me over," Ellie Simmons
"I Found This Hallucinogen in Your Pocket," Court Ludwick 
"112 fahrenheit," Adrian Elise
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arushi (aera) rege @arushiaerarege.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
open.spotify.com/user/31f33ao... so if yall want to know what i listen to on a month-to-month basis, this is how you find out! admittedly this is also my not-main spotify so it might take me a bit to update each month lolz
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arushi (aera) rege @arushiaerarege.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
oh this is my fav speech & debate piece i've ever written!! its about exactly what bogi believe it to be and also a little bit about how i am obsessed with speech & debate <3 tysm for loving it <333
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