Love Best of the Net and love this poem by my friend and mentor Diane Seuss. "I'm teacher. I/ had no God-given authority./ I had to self-generate it, like God." Ain't that the fucking truth.

This writing residency in Homer, Alaska was an experience I'll never forget. Apply, apply!

Amazing list here. @dseuss.bsky.social Imma make a playlist with your answer to the culture question.

A book deal! My next book has found the most perfect publisher, thanks largely to my agent Markus Hoffmann. I am grateful to him and all the mentors and readers who have helped me prepare the proposal. Bursting with gratitude for him and the other mentors and readers along the way. ❤️

So excited that my latest essay in ANMLY, "Object Permanence," was selected for Memoir Monday in Memoirland. The whole text can be found here. anmly.org/ap40/gabe-mo... Here are the other stellar essays: memoirland.substack.com/.../a-fresh-....

My painting SPRING RIDE

Just finished this amazing book, and Lidia's right: books find us. Especially the swimmers. 10/10 recommend.

I grew up next to artists who were hoarders. This essay is about them, the artists who shaped me, being perceived and being the perceiver. Thank you @anmlymag.bsky.social for publishing it! anmly.org/ap40/gabe-mo...

Thank you, @jacqdoyle.bsky.social!

"It occurred to me that performing drag could be a way not of fighting, but unfreezing." From "Long-Term Art Project," a new original comic by @gabemontesanti.bsky.social. ➡️ buff.ly/CMJeHBh

I feel so lucky today to have a graphic piece in The Rumpus about getting struck by a pellet gun on a busy street in St. Louis, drag, and fierce friendship. therumpus.net/2025/05/08/l...

Daily inspiration

Graphic Lit prize is open for another month @solsticelitmag.bsky.social which has been a joy to work with. Submit.

What an honor to be included on the longlist for the Griffin Poetry Prize. Excited to see my former student and good friend, Aaron Coleman, on the list as well, and Oksana Maksymchuk, among all the other briliiant writers.

New to Bsky, here's my poem in the esteemed @okaydonkey.bsky.social from a few weeks ago! okaydonkeymag.com/2025/04/11/t...