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Flávia Monteiro

@flaviamonteiro.bsky.social
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Brazilian writer based in Miami, FL.

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Taco Bell Quarterly @tacobellquarterly.org · 29/06/2026
Oblivion is calling for you. Become a writer.
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Beacon Press @beaconpress.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
“The book is about a story that I have long since outlived…When I speak of my suicide, I am pointing to a road that no longer exists.” — @madelinevosch.bsky.social on @literaryhub.bsky.social
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I Wish I Didn’t Have to Tell You About My Book
I wrote a book about trying to kill myself, about surviving after, about how long I searched for the words to tell the story. When I meet new people, when they discover I wrote a book, when they as…
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krys malcolm belc @krysmalcolmbelc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
attention all essayists! @splitlipthemag.bsky.social wants to see your best work. we publish essays under 2k in our memoir section. we are omnivorous, but i would love to see micro memoir, interesting forms, joyful essays, graphic and image/text work. but don’t count out your lovely quiet essay!
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Flávia Monteiro @flaviamonteiro.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
This flash by Helen Collins Sitler completely floored me. www.short-reads.org/i-want-a-do-...
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I Want a Do-Over
by Helen Collins Sitler | The limits of change.
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Electric Literature @electricliterature.com · 14/08/2025
“I can only take so many apologies, she often said. Once I give up on a person, there’s no turning back.” (@flaviamonteiro.bsky.social) buff.ly/eMTrpBt
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If My Mom Was So Angry Around Me, I Must Have Been the Reason - Electric Literature
“Queen Bee” by Flavia R. Montiero
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Flávia Monteiro @flaviamonteiro.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
And so I find out (slightly late as a perfect Latina/Miamera) that my work was longlisted for the Wigleaf Top 50 😱💀 Thank you @havehashad.com for publishing it and @wigleaf.bsky.social for finding it <3
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Flávia Monteiro @flaviamonteiro.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
I wrote a funny essay, but don't trust me: there will be evil mom and there will be heartbreak. Out today in Shenandoah ✨ www.shenandoahliterary.org/74-1-2/this-...
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This Is My Face When You Won’t Stop Talking
I let go of the handle and slowly turned my head back at Pedro, to find thick melancholy already pouring out of his mouth in the form of a teenage love tale. What kind of person would interrupt a poor...
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Flávia Monteiro @flaviamonteiro.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
So honored to see my lil crab essay included in this week's roundup 🦀 (Also stunned by another essay on the list: In the Deepest of Night, by @judybf.bsky.social)
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Flávia Monteiro @flaviamonteiro.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
I have four short pieces out this month about my mother's micro-abuses. This one, up in Fatal Flaw, is probably the most heartbreaking of them. www.fatalflawlit.com/essay-pieces...
Solid background with copy that says: "I ask myself if my mother loves me. The more I ask the less I know the answer. But they say no love is greater than a mother's love."
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Flávia Monteiro @flaviamonteiro.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
The poet in disguise did it again. @sgpoet.bsky.social's new chapbook is stunning 🐅
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Flávia Monteiro @flaviamonteiro.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Thrilled to be one of the 2025 Periplus fellows 🤸🏽‍♀️
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