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And without further ahdoo....we give you...FRONTERA 2026 πŸ’₯

06.03.2026 17:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Scrapbook of a Rio Neighborhood | Francisco Maciel’s There’s No Point in Dying By Cory Oldweiler

β€œMaciel’s novel also reads like a scrapbook or family album of a Brazilian city, in this case Rio de Janeiro.”

Read @coryoldweiler.bsky.social on THERE'S NO POINT IN DYING by Francisco Maciel πŸ’₯

Out now via @newvesselpress.bsky.social

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05.03.2026 18:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Eight Ball By Elaina Smith

Rack 'em and crack 'em! 🎱

New from our winter issue, read EIGHT BALL by Elaina Smith below…

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Hay que venir al sur | Finding the Dominican Tempo By Richard Villegas

Roll the windows down & cruise to the DR with your host Richard Villegas w/ merengue BUMPING πŸ”Š

Read the latest installment of HAY QUE VENIR AL SUR in our winter issue below πŸ’₯

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The Brothers Keene | Devin Kelly's Pilgrims By David Dufour

β€œThe roads that the Keene brothers travel are vividly described, and populated with oddball characters that fill most American road novels, a genre full of vagabonds.”

David Dufour reviews Devin Kelly's PILGRIMS, out now via @greatplacebooks.bsky.social

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Design Theory By Lee Durkee

β€œTurns out you are never more alive than when you are not dead.” πŸ•³οΈ

Wild new nonfic from our winter issue. Read DESIGN THEORY by Lee Durkee πŸ’₯

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19.02.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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A God So Close, It Burns | Alex Moreno's Sticky Time By Shy Watson

β€œMoreno has given us a vital text for navigating our strange, sticky present.”πŸ§ͺ

STICKY TIME by Alex Moreno is out now via Sunflower Station & we had @formermissnj.bsky.social
review it in all its glory πŸ’₯

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Of Things to Come | The Legacy of Elana Garro By Cory Oldweiler

β€œNothing short of revolutionary.” πŸ’₯

S/o to @twolinespress.com for adding this double dose of Elena Garro to our must-read list πŸ™

New review by Cory Oldweiler on THE WEEK OF COLORS (tr. Megana McDowell) and THE QUEEN OF SWORDS by Jazmina Barrera

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17.02.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Guest List | August Ponthier By Hannah Smith

THE GUEST LIST is back w/ another banger 🎢

EVERYWHERE ISN'T TEXAS, the new album by August Ponthier is out tomorrow & we had our own Hannah Smith get the scoop on their reading recs before release πŸ’₯

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12.02.2026 18:17 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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I have three poems in the new issue of the Southwest Review (@southwestreview.bsky.social). Here is one of them.

12.02.2026 14:28 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Let Us Now Praise Giant Men | I Love Basketball By Liam Baranauskas

First basketball column of the year AND feat. in our winter issue for the first time in print πŸ€

Read LET US NOW PRAISE GIANT MEN | I LOVE BASKETBALL by Liam Baranauskas

Shoutout Metta World Peace conspiracy theories, & non-carbon based life! πŸ’₯

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Volume 110, Number 4 - Southwest Review

New issue of @southwestreview.bsky.social is a stunner. It features a Needle Drops column where @meganabbott.bsky.social writes about Enya’s β€œMarble Halls” in THE AGE OF INNOCENCE, @mattzollerseitz.bsky.social on PLACES IN THE HEART, & much more. 6 bucks a copy. southwestreview.com/volume-110-n...

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Sand, Sand, Sand By Tamara Silva Bernaschina (Translated by Juana Adcock)

From our winter issue (out in the world irl) 🌎

Read SAND, SAND, SAND by Tamara Silva Bernaschina translated by Juana Adcock below

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05.02.2026 16:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What a joy to talk with this brilliant star 🌟

04.02.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Known Associates | Episode 3: Ann Powers By Elizabeth Nelson

New KNOWN ASSOCIATES is now live πŸŽ™οΈ

In this episode Elizabeth Nelson talks w/ the OG @annkpowers.bsky.social about writing, music, & being an all around badass πŸ’₯

Listen below courtesy of @newponytx.bsky.social

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Autobiography of Cotton | Cristina Rivera Garza (tr. Christina MacSweeney) By Caroline Tracey

β€œA speculative history that builds scenes out of a thin or nonexistent historical record”

New @criveragarza.bsky.social -- AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF COTTON -- out today & we had Caroline Tracey review the goods ☁️

Read below & grab yours via @graywolfpress.bsky.social

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03.02.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Video Premiere | Snarlin' Yarns: β€œThe Remedy” Web Exclusive

🎢 Track premiere: THE REMEDY by the Snarlin’ Yarns

Our buds in the band are back w/ a banger. Listen to the title track below & order the LP out now πŸ’₯

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30.01.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 Attn booksellers + bookstores!

SwR is now available WW via the good homies at @asterismbooks.bsky.social

THE WORLD IS OURS 🌎

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29.01.2026 15:40 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’₯ TONIGHT πŸ’₯

We'll be at @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social for the Dallas launch of THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION by @raviddice.bsky.social πŸ“•

Free entry. Free SwR booty. NO COPS.

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I Wake Up Streaming | January 2026 By William Boyle

β€œSeventy-six pretty perfect minutes. A fairytale from the gutter.” πŸ•³οΈ

Read @wmboyle4.bsky.social on his top movie recs for this month in the latest I WAKE UP STREAMING 🍿

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Departing from the Graphic Wonder of the Underneath By Jon Berger

Step 1: pull up at the 7-Eleven

Step 2: spark up a Black & Mild

Step 3: open up our winter issue and read DEPARTING FROM THE GRAPHIC WONDER OF THE UNDERNEATH by Jon Berger πŸ’₯

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American Fire Sale: Notes on a Westward Journey By Federico Perelmuter

❄️ Read the first drop from our winter issue!

Hit the road w/ Fede Perelmuter in AMERICAN FIRE SALE | NOTES ON A WESTWARD JOURNEY πŸš—

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19.01.2026 02:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hope to see you in Dallas in April! This is gonna be special!

16.01.2026 17:47 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ’₯ Frontera. Is. Back.

πŸ—“οΈ Mark your calendars.

This one's gonna be nuts.

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β€œA song about the cheap-pop enthusiasms of Reagan’s Morning in America, juxtaposed against the violent and illegal meddling the administration was happily doing in Central and South America. The opening salvo is a synth-pop clinic in malevolent wonder.”

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Track Premiere | Elegant Bachelors By Elizabeth Nelson

β€œBoys of summer in the dead of winter.” ❄️

So you thought Don Henley was kind of a dick? Well, turns out he is but...

New writing by The Paranoid Style + track premiere from the upcoming album KNOWN ASSOCIATES πŸ’₯

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Sapphic Magic: All Girls Be Mine Alone by Sophie Strohmeier By Amanda Maret Scharf

Dial up the weird & dive into this review of Sophie Strohmeier's novella ALL GIRLS BE MINE ALONE πŸŒͺ️

Read Amanda Maret Scharf on the goods & grab your copy now via Joyland Publishing πŸ’₯

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πŸ“ŒICYMI, maybe our best cover???

Grab yours pronto: southwestreview.com/subscribe/

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πŸ“ŒICYMI, we hit the mf ground RUNNING with a stacked TOC

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