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Nathan Xavier Osorio

@nxo.bsky.social

I’m a poet and a scholar. Books: Querida (upittpress), The Last Town Before the Mojave (PSA). linktr.ee/tlayuda

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First official #HispanicHeritageMonth #FollowFriday, here are some of our favorite Hispanic poets!

πŸŽ‰ Nathaly Camilla Genao (@natcgwrites.bsky.social)
πŸŽ‰ S. Salazar (@writessalazar.bsky.social)
πŸŽ‰ Nathan Xavier Osorio (@nxo.bsky.social)
πŸŽ‰ Daniel Ruiz (instagram.com/danielruizpoet)

20.09.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In celebration of Robert Frost and the Dartmouth-Poet-in-Residency, I’ll be reading alongside incredible poets and writers at the @thefrostplace.bsky.social, @dartmouthcollege.bsky.social, and the Meetinghouse this coming week. I’m excited to share Querida and new work (!) with New Hampshire!

05.07.2025 20:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We're so lucky to have this interview! Check out @kristiosorio.bsky.social and Sarah Perry discuss the clichΓ© of memory, vulnerability, and "the sweetness of survival" @adroitjournal.bsky.social !

09.04.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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POETRY 2/2
Phosphene by Brandon Logans @blacklawrence.bsky.social
Ward Toward by Cindy Juyoung Ok @yalepress.bsky.social
Querida by @nxo.bsky.social @upittpress.bsky.social

02.04.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

Congrats, @nxo.bsky.social !

03.04.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Check @kristiosorio.bsky.social's moving, intimate review of @nglipson.bsky.social beautiful memoir in essays on the @therumpus.net!

25.03.2025 18:42 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œ...an absorbing memoir of a life permanently altered by the burden and beauty of motherhood.”

@kristiosorio.bsky.social interviews @nglipson.bsky.social about Mothers and Other Fictional Characters (Chronicle Prism).

➑️ buff.ly/Tn7Wwiu

25.03.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Shape Shifting: Nicole Graev Lipson’s Mothers and Other Fictional Characters - The Rumpus Lipson’s ability to do both with precision and compassion, often within the span of a single essay, will touch readers who are mothers, but also readers like meβ€”and like all of usβ€”who know what it is ...

It was a joy reading and writing about @nglipson.bsky.social’s stunning new memoir-in-essays for @therumpus.net! therumpus.net/2025/03/25/g...

25.03.2025 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Today's Featured Poet:

Nathan Xavier Osorio’s debut collection of poetry, Querida, was selected by Shara McCallum as the winner of the 2024 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize and published by the University of Pittsburgh Press.

13.03.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for sharing @poetrydaily.bsky.social!

12.03.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's always been a dream of mine to have a poem in @poetrydaily.bsky.social! Thank you to the editors and to M. F. K. Fisher for the inspiration!

12.03.2025 15:40 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of the Newly Published / Poetry page from the 2/16 New York Times Book Review. Encircled portion describes Rebecca Lehmann’s new collection The Sweating Sickness.

A photo of the Newly Published / Poetry page from the 2/16 New York Times Book Review. Encircled portion describes Rebecca Lehmann’s new collection The Sweating Sickness.

The Sweating Sickness got a mention in last weekend’s @nytbooks.bsky.social !!! @upittpress.bsky.social

19.02.2025 14:07 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

An incredible flash nonfiction piece by @kristiosorio.bsky.social on The Palisades Review. Don't miss this one!

13.02.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Get 75 games for $10 to support the Trans Empowerment Project This deal is as good as it will make you feel

This $10 game bundle is a great deal to support the trans community

24.01.2025 22:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2222    πŸ” 1762    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 35
"The Vastness of What We Don’t See: A Conversation with Oluwaseun Olayiwola by Nathan Xavier Osorio" written in white at the bottom of Olayiwola's author photo. To the right of these words is the book cover for Strange Beach beneath the full white Rumpus logo.

"The Vastness of What We Don’t See: A Conversation with Oluwaseun Olayiwola by Nathan Xavier Osorio" written in white at the bottom of Olayiwola's author photo. To the right of these words is the book cover for Strange Beach beneath the full white Rumpus logo.

"These are things you can’t see. They’re only measured by visceral reactions: by sweat, touch, some sort of illness even."

@nxo.bsky.social interviews Oluwaseun Olayiwola about Strange Beach (@catapultbooks.bsky.social).

➑️ https://buff.ly/42akIUL

15.01.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Have you read this week's poem from Glass, yet?

Trust me, you don't want to miss it.

18.12.2024 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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31 Outstanding Poetry Books from 2024 – AlcalΓ‘ to Zarin Reviews by David Starkey Every year since 2014, I've set aside a couple of months to sit down with what amounts to a long shelf of of poetry published in the past twelve months. My goal is to revie...

Congrats to @nxo.bsky.social and Ajibola Tolase, whose collections, QUERIDA and 2000 BLACKS, were included in the California Review of Books 31 Best Poetry Collections of 2024!

calirb.com/31-outstandi...

05.12.2024 17:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!

28.11.2024 16:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BOMB Magazine | Eduardo MartΓ­nez-Leyva and Nathan Xavier Osorio Altars made of poems: on memory, machismo, and code-switching through crown sonnets.

β€œSacredness can be so fraught! What happens if we peel away at the reverence or gold flake of the statueβ€”what do we find underneath?” β€”Nathan Xavier Osorio

Poets Eduardo MartΓ­nez-Leyva and Nathan Xavier Osorio examine memory and machismo in their debut collections.

https://bombmagazine.org/articl…

23.11.2024 15:00 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BOMB Magazine | Eduardo MartΓ­nez-Leyva and Nathan Xavier Osorio Altars made of poems: on memory, machismo, and code-switching through crown sonnets.

Honored to have been in conversation with Eduardo MartΓ­nez-Leyva about his stunning debut Cowboy Park (uwiscpress) and Querida (@upittpress.bsky.social). I'm inspired by the connections & humbled by the rich diversions. Gratitude to @bombmag.bsky.social for their generous editorial care!

21.11.2024 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi old friends and new, BOMB Magazine is a nonprofit, independent publication. We have been spotlighting artists’ insightful and intimate conversations since 1981. Discover emerging talent, explore groundbreaking ideas, and engage in unique perspectives on the creative process bombmagazine.org

13.11.2024 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

What if we get off everything and just start reading?

15.11.2024 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7058    πŸ” 461    πŸ’¬ 356    πŸ“Œ 79

Two of the writer-friends I talk with and collaborate with the most are shyly getting their footing on BlueSky. Follow them or I will bully you!!!!

@isaacfitzgerald.bsky.social

@maggiesmithpoet.bsky.social

DO IT OR DIE BY A THOUSAND INSULTS.

14.11.2024 00:29 β€” πŸ‘ 128    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 1
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Can we do a POET Roll Call to see who's all here?

#poetrycommunity Drop a note, reshare, etc.--let's see who's here!

12.11.2024 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 539    πŸ” 172    πŸ’¬ 476    πŸ“Œ 18
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Last call for submissions to our Gasher Press Book Award. $1,000 + 20 author copies

11.11.2024 19:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Overjoyed to announce that my debut collection of poems, Querida, has been selected by Shara McCallum for the 2024 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize! My book of poems will be joining the Pitt Poetry Series at the University of Pittsburgh Press, in September 2024! πŸ™ŒπŸ½πŸΎπŸ₯³πŸͺ…

upittpress.org/nathan-osori...

19.12.2023 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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