Asa Drake
@asaldrake.bsky.social
Maybe the Body (Tin House, 2026), Beauty Talk (Noemi Press, 2026), One Way to Listen (Gold Line Press, 2023)
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(60/61) “So many people / are interested in how you may multiply, even if puberty / made you cry” — @asaldrake.bsky.social, “To Someone Who’s Heard I Love You Too Many Times” (Maybe the Body) Tin House Books #61WomenPoets #WOC #61Books61Days #TheSealeyChallenge #SeptWomenPoets
September 29, 2026 at 5:04 PM
(60/61) “So many people / are interested in how you may multiply, even if puberty / made you cry” — @asaldrake.bsky.social, “To Someone Who’s Heard I Love You Too Many Times” (Maybe the Body) Tin House Books #61WomenPoets #WOC #61Books61Days #TheSealeyChallenge #SeptWomenPoets
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"I started to distinguish between two kinds of relationships within my family archive: those linked to a version of my identity others easily accepted, and those that reflected an identity I frequently had to prove."
Today on the site, @asaldrake.bsky.social walks us through family photos.
Today on the site, @asaldrake.bsky.social walks us through family photos.
September 25, 2026 at 11:45 AM
"I started to distinguish between two kinds of relationships within my family archive: those linked to a version of my identity others easily accepted, and those that reflected an identity I frequently had to prove."
Today on the site, @asaldrake.bsky.social walks us through family photos.
Today on the site, @asaldrake.bsky.social walks us through family photos.
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Cover reveal + preorder link for my very gaysian book of craft essays!!
IN CAHOOTS WITH THE RABBIT GOD
out December 1st
💫 🐇
IN CAHOOTS WITH THE RABBIT GOD
out December 1st
💫 🐇
In Cahoots with the Rabbit God by @chenchenwrites.bsky.social is now available for preorder on the Noemi website: www.noemipress.org/catalog/infi...
Set for publication December 1st, 2026
Cover by Roda Avelar
Set for publication December 1st, 2026
Cover by Roda Avelar
September 24, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Cover reveal + preorder link for my very gaysian book of craft essays!!
IN CAHOOTS WITH THE RABBIT GOD
out December 1st
💫 🐇
IN CAHOOTS WITH THE RABBIT GOD
out December 1st
💫 🐇
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From Beauty talk by @asaldrake.bsky.social, out October 13th!
Available for preorder on the Noemi website: www.noemipress.org/catalog/poet...
Available for preorder on the Noemi website: www.noemipress.org/catalog/poet...
September 22, 2026 at 10:07 PM
From Beauty talk by @asaldrake.bsky.social, out October 13th!
Available for preorder on the Noemi website: www.noemipress.org/catalog/poet...
Available for preorder on the Noemi website: www.noemipress.org/catalog/poet...
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NOW: Just arrived at the intersection of Research Blvd and Anderson Lane—near where ICE shot & wounded 29-yr-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez earlier today. Between 300-500 people still holding intersection here. ICE is reportedly not letting Garces Perez’s family access him at the hospital.
September 21, 2026 at 12:56 AM
NOW: Just arrived at the intersection of Research Blvd and Anderson Lane—near where ICE shot & wounded 29-yr-old Wilber Rafael Garces Perez earlier today. Between 300-500 people still holding intersection here. ICE is reportedly not letting Garces Perez’s family access him at the hospital.
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Beware! Lit world is full of AI scams right now. We’ve received word that someone is impersonating at least one of our editors in cold emails to writers. If you ever have a question about if you’re talking to a Noemi editor, please reach out on social media or email [email protected]
September 17, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Beware! Lit world is full of AI scams right now. We’ve received word that someone is impersonating at least one of our editors in cold emails to writers. If you ever have a question about if you’re talking to a Noemi editor, please reach out on social media or email [email protected]
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“The dentist’s quote for the surgery was between two and four thousand dollars.” Read from Sarah Anderson’s debut novel, Fallow.
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September 16, 2026 at 8:30 PM
“The dentist’s quote for the surgery was between two and four thousand dollars.” Read from Sarah Anderson’s debut novel, Fallow.
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Hey folks, the good people at Habeas Flight Watch have a new url for their ICE flight map. You can use this map for flight observation and for filing habeas petitions for ICE captives before they're taken south: habeasflightwatch.org
September 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Hey folks, the good people at Habeas Flight Watch have a new url for their ICE flight map. You can use this map for flight observation and for filing habeas petitions for ICE captives before they're taken south: habeasflightwatch.org
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Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching.
Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
August 29, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching.
Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
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“Being a beggar is no disgrace, but buying or selling shares of the Suez Canal Company is.”
- Pierre Auguste Renoir to his son, Jean
- Pierre Auguste Renoir to his son, Jean
August 21, 2026 at 2:29 PM
“Being a beggar is no disgrace, but buying or selling shares of the Suez Canal Company is.”
- Pierre Auguste Renoir to his son, Jean
- Pierre Auguste Renoir to his son, Jean
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Our submission window is almost here, so prepare those packets, and send us something you can't wait to get out there. We're excited to see what you send our way.
Keep your eyes on our submission guidelines for our new folio themes, too!
kenyonreview.org/submit/
Keep your eyes on our submission guidelines for our new folio themes, too!
kenyonreview.org/submit/
August 19, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Our submission window is almost here, so prepare those packets, and send us something you can't wait to get out there. We're excited to see what you send our way.
Keep your eyes on our submission guidelines for our new folio themes, too!
kenyonreview.org/submit/
Keep your eyes on our submission guidelines for our new folio themes, too!
kenyonreview.org/submit/
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From Murmuration Archives by @feliciazamorapoet.bsky.social, out August 18th!
Preorder on the Noemi website: www.noemipress.org/catalog/poet...
Preorder on the Noemi website: www.noemipress.org/catalog/poet...
July 27, 2026 at 8:55 PM
From Murmuration Archives by @feliciazamorapoet.bsky.social, out August 18th!
Preorder on the Noemi website: www.noemipress.org/catalog/poet...
Preorder on the Noemi website: www.noemipress.org/catalog/poet...
Alban Fischer illustrated the themes of "Beauty Talk" in a way I couldn't have imagined on my own. So glad to join the moon poets with my very own moon (in spoon)! I could eat it. 🌕🥄 P.S.: If you're interested in an ARC for reviews, interviews or classroom consideration, reach out!
We're grateful to @electricliterature.com for the exclusive cover reveal for Beauty Talk by @asaldrake.bsky.social, now available for preorder on the Noemi website!
See the full feature with commentary from Asa and cover designer Alban Fischer here: electricliterature.com/exclusive-co...
See the full feature with commentary from Asa and cover designer Alban Fischer here: electricliterature.com/exclusive-co...
July 23, 2026 at 10:29 PM
Alban Fischer illustrated the themes of "Beauty Talk" in a way I couldn't have imagined on my own. So glad to join the moon poets with my very own moon (in spoon)! I could eat it. 🌕🥄 P.S.: If you're interested in an ARC for reviews, interviews or classroom consideration, reach out!
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Having a bunch of exceptionally well educated people with PhDs but no employment prospects creates a lot of instability. Especially since a bunch of grifting idiots and nepo babies are taking all the wealth and hoarding it. Radicalization is a rational reaction towards the end of social mobility.
July 23, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Having a bunch of exceptionally well educated people with PhDs but no employment prospects creates a lot of instability. Especially since a bunch of grifting idiots and nepo babies are taking all the wealth and hoarding it. Radicalization is a rational reaction towards the end of social mobility.
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Madison police kill man in broad daylight in front of witnesses
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July 23, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Madison police kill man in broad daylight in front of witnesses
wisconsinexaminer.com/briefs/madis...
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This poem was written almost exactly a year ago at @kenyonreview.bsky.social's Writers Workshop under their ancient beech with poets Juan Camillo Garza and Maya Salameh (checkout MERMAID THEORY). You can find it in my new book BEAUTY TALK which comes out in October with @noemipress.bsky.social💜
Read “Gentleness is Something New I Can Afford,” a poem by Asa Drake
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#BeechTree #Nature #Ecology
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#BeechTree #Nature #Ecology
July 15, 2026 at 3:37 PM
This poem was written almost exactly a year ago at @kenyonreview.bsky.social's Writers Workshop under their ancient beech with poets Juan Camillo Garza and Maya Salameh (checkout MERMAID THEORY). You can find it in my new book BEAUTY TALK which comes out in October with @noemipress.bsky.social💜
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A report on the ground from the ICE shooting in Biddeford that should make every parent in this country lose their minds:
July 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
A report on the ground from the ICE shooting in Biddeford that should make every parent in this country lose their minds:
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This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
July 14, 2026 at 12:11 AM
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave.
The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.
The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.
July 12, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave.
The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.
The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.
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July 13, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo literally helped build this nation. He did nothing wrong but build American homes, raise American kids, and pursue the American Dream. He should be alive. 1/
July 9, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo literally helped build this nation. He did nothing wrong but build American homes, raise American kids, and pursue the American Dream. He should be alive. 1/
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Food & Water x The Sameer Project
Please see the msg from Workshops4Gaza below
Please see the msg from Workshops4Gaza below
July 4, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Food & Water x The Sameer Project
Please see the msg from Workshops4Gaza below
Please see the msg from Workshops4Gaza below
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I never spoke on this publicly but we were also subject to an anonymous false report— we thought it was a political attack, but it turned out it was the deranged 44 yo racist who lives downstairs with his mom.
Despite clear lies (padded room, wrong gender of child), CPS “had” to investigate 🧵
Despite clear lies (padded room, wrong gender of child), CPS “had” to investigate 🧵
This week someone targeted my family for harm with a false report. We’re physically OK, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t harmed. I am beyond furious.
Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.
Whatever your politics, this is awful, wrong, and can never become normal.
A Terrible Thing Happened to My Family
Even in today's climate, there should be one fundamental principle everyone respects: whatever you think about someone in politics, you leave their kids alone.
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June 27, 2026 at 4:18 PM
I never spoke on this publicly but we were also subject to an anonymous false report— we thought it was a political attack, but it turned out it was the deranged 44 yo racist who lives downstairs with his mom.
Despite clear lies (padded room, wrong gender of child), CPS “had” to investigate 🧵
Despite clear lies (padded room, wrong gender of child), CPS “had” to investigate 🧵
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30 years for moving a box of zines. Des Sanchez Estrada was not even at the noise demo that led to this. The state is attempting to make an example of these anti-fascist political prisoners. We can expect the crackdowns to continue & escalate. Take this seriously. Don't back down
June 23, 2026 at 10:13 PM
30 years for moving a box of zines. Des Sanchez Estrada was not even at the noise demo that led to this. The state is attempting to make an example of these anti-fascist political prisoners. We can expect the crackdowns to continue & escalate. Take this seriously. Don't back down
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A cartoonist named Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada was tried as a terrorist and sentenced to 30 years in prison for having anti-Trump comics in his car.
Prosecutors connected him to a 2025 anti-ICE protest he didn't even attend because he was in the same book club as others who were.
Prosecutors connected him to a 2025 anti-ICE protest he didn't even attend because he was in the same book club as others who were.
June 23, 2026 at 11:11 PM
A cartoonist named Daniel "Des" Rolando Sanchez Estrada was tried as a terrorist and sentenced to 30 years in prison for having anti-Trump comics in his car.
Prosecutors connected him to a 2025 anti-ICE protest he didn't even attend because he was in the same book club as others who were.
Prosecutors connected him to a 2025 anti-ICE protest he didn't even attend because he was in the same book club as others who were.