R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social · 13/03/2024Thinking about title for my talk. Leaning toward something like Poetry in the Age of the Image…I might just fall into it. 070
Reposted by R. Quesada Amorak Huey @amorak.bsky.social · 28/02/2024In which I talk to a Mid-American Review editor about the value of local community.casit.bgsu.eduFeatured Writer: Amorak Huey + Interview | Mid-American Review Blog 0102
Reposted by R. Quesada Breaking Form: A Podcast of Poetry & Culture @breakingformpod.bsky.social · 11/03/2024Revisiting Sharon Olds's iconic poem "Satan Says" this week on the podcast, in a discussion that nerds out about metaphor, point of view, and casting off the hell that is shame. Listen online at breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com, or wherever poetry makes you horn-y. 052
Reposted by R. Quesada Tom Snarsky @tomsnarsky.bsky.social · 13/03/2024the poet’s task (du Bouchet, tr. Young) 1288
Reposted by R. Quesada Erin Coughlin Hollowell @beingpoetry.bsky.social · 13/03/2024Diane Seuss, this poem is haunting me. (Go get Diane’s new book Modern Poetry. Now.) 1289
Reposted by R. Quesada D. A. Powell @dapowell.bsky.social · 13/03/2024Libraries are the glue holding us together. 0223
Reposted by R. Quesada Katie Manning @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social · 13/03/2024If you're anywhere near Pasadena, join us this Thursday evening at 6 p.m. for Golden Verse: A Poetic Homage to Friendship. There will be cheesecake! 😁 Location: 1540 Lincoln Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91103 www.eventbrite.com/e/golden-ver... 051
R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social · 11/03/2024In just a few weeks, I will be joining an exceptional group of poets at Baylor University's Beall Poetry Festival, a three-day event showcasing modern poetry through readings, discussions, and lectures. beall.artsandsciences.baylor.edu 040
R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social · 07/03/2024Poetry lifts the veil from the hidden beauty of the world, and makes familiar objects be as if they were not familiar. -Percy Bysshe Shelley. 040
R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social · 04/03/2024My family has roots in Toledo and it seems Cervantes may have been inspired by a great grandfather of mine. 110
R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social · 02/03/2024Thinking about seminar on prayer as revision. How to charm a draft toward music and clarity. Incense or patchouli required. This would be a small revision workshop for US-based and another for International writers. 000
Reposted by R. Quesada Jorie Graham @joriegraham.bsky.social · 18/02/2024Read this. Don’t ever forget it. poets.org/poem/yesterdaypoets.orgYesterdayMy friend says I was not a good son 1155
R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social · 18/02/2024I’m applying for an award given by the Modern Language Association for the publication of a literary work—Latinx Poetics—by scholars with no tenure, or in a non-traditional role. Hmm, I think I was unemployed when the book was published. I hope that qualifies.🤞🏼 020
R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social · 18/02/2024Embracing the vibrant spirit of renewal, families unite under the glow of lanterns and fireworks, welcoming prosperity and happiness in the Year of the Dragon. Happy Chinese Lunar New Year! 🧧 #chinesenewyear #dragon 020
R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social · 15/02/2024One of the most exciting poetry books I’ve read in a long time. Congratulations to Mandy Gutman-Gonzalez—this is a stunning poetry chapbook from End of the Line Press. 040
R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social · 15/02/2024In March, I'll be teaching two new courses for the Attic. Consider sharing or joining me! Learn more: atticinstitute.com/node/2587 022
R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social · 15/02/2024To those who act with kindness and contend with failures as an opportunity for grace and friendship, thank you. People like me with ADHD and anxiety will sometimes not meet your expectations but don't count us out. I love you. 080
Reposted by R. Quesada Breaking Form: A Podcast of Poetry & Culture @breakingformpod.bsky.social · 25/01/2024I am not trying to seduce you... Would you like me to seduce you? Is that what you're trying to tell me? breakingformpod.buzzsprout.com 031
R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social · 26/01/2024Had a convo with the managing editor of an established literary journal. We began discussing how ideal it would be if a wealthy literary organization acquired journals struggling to survive. Why not create a consortium to ensure the longevity of small magazines? 👀 041
Reposted by R. Quesada Sarabande Books @sarabandebooks.bsky.social · 19/01/2024The inaugural ✨Sarabande Prize in the Essay✨ is open to manuscript submissions through February 15! Just what exactly are we looking for when we say ✨ESSAY✨? Swipe for a breakdown! —> Learn more and submit at the link in our bio. 12011
R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social · 17/01/2024Finding ways to use “inter alia” in casual conversations. 020
Reposted by R. Quesada Breaking Form: A Podcast of Poetry & Culture @breakingformpod.bsky.social · 14/01/2024Tomorrow, get ready for a vexing story of sex, lies, and Prufcock er Prufrock. It's "Sex Lives of Poets," featuring T.S. Eliot. 2164
R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social · 14/01/2024Poets and Writers! Join me at the following events for the AWP Conference in Kansas City. 041
R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social · 28/12/2023My manuscript is the 2023 Editors’ Choice: BRUTAL COMPANION! Coming in autumn 🍂 2024! I’m so happy to share in this honor with Carrie Bennett who is the winner of the 2023 Barrow Street Book Contest, chosen by Nathalie Handal for her manuscript, THE MOUTH IS ALS0 A COMPASS. 021
R. Quesada @rubenq.bsky.social · 09/12/2023Spent the day at Colorado College where I gave a reading and visited their Special Collections. 030
Reposted by R. Quesada Kelly Cressio-Moeller @poetkellycm.bsky.social · 27/11/2023Amazing poem from Ruben Quesada! poets.org/poem/east-wy...poets.orgEast of Wyoming, I Remember Matthew ShepherdThe night my father died, I sat on a stool 094
Reposted by R. Quesada JoelRGarza @joelrgarza.bsky.social · 06/12/2023I almost forgot about this quick draft I wrote in a July 2022 workshop with Ruben Quesada The challenge? Capture a time of joy This one's for all the theater kids (& their parents) out there 🎭 middleagedmiddlechild.com/2023/12/06/t...middleagedmiddlechild.comtheater kids.Backstage, Rose Hall, Greenhill School. The doors are heavy, falling shut with a slow ease & finality. The space is sacred to some, to those who work it, to those who hope to cast the spell. Every the... 034