Nic Reiner

Husband, father, poet. Author of LEVITATIONS (@gunpowderpress). Senior Press Strategist @ACLU_SoCal. Writing at Zócalo Public Square. (he/him)

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I'm floored to share I was selected as co-winner of the first Gunpowder Press Latinx Chapbook Prize! My chapbook LEVITATIONS will be published in a bilingual English/Español edition by @GunpowderPress in April 2022! https://t.co/7hu95qdKVH

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Editorial: The legacy of California's 'three strikes' law is 30 years of wasted spending and ruined lives https://t.co/pzFdW7jGI9

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"...and even for some snaps at safety."

It's happening 🪂

@bomani_jones @Foxworth24

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"Don't bury your heart."

[Around the Horn @AroundtheHorn]

Today we welcomed @tonyreali back to the show! In FaceTime he shared his feelings about his recent loss, his recent addition, and how he's getting through it all.

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@k_ivertown @processdaily @CortlandReview Oh wow! Thank you for this

[K. Iver @k_ivertown]

Two years ago this month I checked out of a psych ward. I wish I’d told more people. Months later, while hearing of my embarrassment, beloved @processdaily said, “A psych ward is a place, K.” That idea was so expansive that it created this meditation in @CortlandReview

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@bomani_jones Glad #TheRightTime is back! Was dying laughing in my car when you all were introducing the Tyson Bagent sound and I knew what was coming.

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@bomani_jones Love to see it

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@KateCagle Congrats, Kate!

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"Birds are amazing because they’ll tell you what’s going on in the environment..."

Really love that birds are the way into this story. What are we if not interdependent?

cc @the_jennitaur

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He wants to say I love you, nothing can hurt you

but he thinks
this is a lie, so he says in the end
you're dead, nothing can hurt you
which seems to him
a more promising beginning, more true.

-
Rest in peace, Louise Glück.

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When I heard Louise Gluck say in an interview that she hadn't written a poem in two years--that was a life-giving keystone moment for me as a young writer.

[Allen Burnett @AllenBurnett20]

As a person formerly sentenced to LWOP. I know firsthand that rehabilitation is possible. There are many more people like me who could make our communities better by coming home. Read why life without parole needs to end.
@SCSCNow
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[El Norte Recuerda @Vanessid]

Poet @SaraBorjas3 is haunted in the same way I am—a disembodied sense of unbelonging in the afterlives of colonization, of having practices and memories we can never claim, grief that we will never be claimed. "Decolonialish Self-Portrait" is about that stranding, apt for today.

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The Iranian Chess Master Making Moves for Freedom https://t.co/lkcNcodiqT

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The shifting sands were better for you having surfed them @roywoodjr

[Roy Wood Jr- Ex Jedi @roywoodjr]

"You don't own these jobs. You rent them. They are not yours. Ultimately, no matter how long you are there, you're just passing through"- Doug Herzog

Thank You.

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@jduffyrice I think I’ve heard @eveewing quote someone talking about how police exist to protect and shape exclusionary space, keeping people out and away.

[hua xi @huaxixyz]

new poem in texas review! edited by ginger ko

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Latine poets in the US—deadline to submit is today!

[Letras Latinas @LetrasLatinas]

Alta California Chapbook Prize Series Editor Emma Trelles told us more about the history of the prize. The previous winners: @nicreiner, @littlebirdsalas, Florencia Milito, and Gabriel Ibarra talked about their experience winning and working with @GunpowderPress

Link below ⬇️

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‘A Father Isn’t Someone Who Begets You. He’s Someone Who Raises You.’ https://t.co/Jd8rW6U48O