Jael Montellano
@gathcreator.bsky.social
🏳️🌈(she/they) | Mexican ESL writer | Interview Editor at Hypertext Mag | Words at La Piccioletta Barca, ANMLY Lit, Tint Journal, Beyond Queer Words, The Selkie. Upcoming at Poet Lore, Psaltery & Lyre, Hayden’s Ferry Review. www.jaelmontellano.com
Upcoming publications! I wanted to note that I’ll have two poems out soon, so please keep watching this space! 🖋️
November 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Upcoming publications! I wanted to note that I’ll have two poems out soon, so please keep watching this space! 🖋️
Book mail from Insight Editions, @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social and Cardboard House Press!
November 7, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Book mail from Insight Editions, @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social and Cardboard House Press!
Zhao Dexun
Cr: 【澄怀咫尺】赵德勋
Cr: 【澄怀咫尺】赵德勋
September 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Zhao Dexun
Cr: 【澄怀咫尺】赵德勋
Cr: 【澄怀咫尺】赵德勋
I’ve been taking a workshop this summer with @jsalowe.com and it’s been such joyful work! I’m coming out of this class with so many new poems and I’m thankful for every minute. I’m proud of myself, of this summer, of the work I put in.
Here are the full moons that occurred these weeks 🌕
Here are the full moons that occurred these weeks 🌕
August 10, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I’ve been taking a workshop this summer with @jsalowe.com and it’s been such joyful work! I’m coming out of this class with so many new poems and I’m thankful for every minute. I’m proud of myself, of this summer, of the work I put in.
Here are the full moons that occurred these weeks 🌕
Here are the full moons that occurred these weeks 🌕
May 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
“There is no secret to longevity so long as one’s mentality is good.”
110-year old painting by Yan Jiyuan
Cr: 中国书画诗词院
110-year old painting by Yan Jiyuan
Cr: 中国书画诗词院
May 12, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“There is no secret to longevity so long as one’s mentality is good.”
110-year old painting by Yan Jiyuan
Cr: 中国书画诗词院
110-year old painting by Yan Jiyuan
Cr: 中国书画诗词院
Today is for springtime tea and @alinaetc.bsky.social’s stunning MY HERESIES, coming soon to @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social!
#poetry #newbooks #poetrycommunity
#poetry #newbooks #poetrycommunity
March 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Today is for springtime tea and @alinaetc.bsky.social’s stunning MY HERESIES, coming soon to @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social!
#poetry #newbooks #poetrycommunity
#poetry #newbooks #poetrycommunity
蛇年大吉！Happy Year of the Snake!
Credit: 中国书画诗词院 (The Chinese Academy of Calligraphy, Painting and Poetry)
Credit: 中国书画诗词院 (The Chinese Academy of Calligraphy, Painting and Poetry)
January 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
蛇年大吉！Happy Year of the Snake!
Credit: 中国书画诗词院 (The Chinese Academy of Calligraphy, Painting and Poetry)
Credit: 中国书画诗词院 (The Chinese Academy of Calligraphy, Painting and Poetry)
“Ladies Under the Moon” by Fu Baoshi, 1947, at the Wuxi Museum.
Credit: 动脉影
Credit: 动脉影
January 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
“Ladies Under the Moon” by Fu Baoshi, 1947, at the Wuxi Museum.
Credit: 动脉影
Credit: 动脉影
@bonniejo.bsky.social’s THE WATERS was named the most immersive book of 2024 by Oprah Daily this past week!
Revisit my interview with Bonnie in @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social : www.hypertextmag.com/we-might-sav...
Revisit my interview with Bonnie in @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social : www.hypertextmag.com/we-might-sav...
December 15, 2024 at 3:32 AM
@bonniejo.bsky.social’s THE WATERS was named the most immersive book of 2024 by Oprah Daily this past week!
Revisit my interview with Bonnie in @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social : www.hypertextmag.com/we-might-sav...
Revisit my interview with Bonnie in @hypertextmagazine.bsky.social : www.hypertextmag.com/we-might-sav...
"Liu Yi's Book of Passage” painted by Dai Honghai in the early 1980s.
《柳毅传书》是画家戴宏海于八十年代初创作
Cr: 中国书画诗词院
《柳毅传书》是画家戴宏海于八十年代初创作
Cr: 中国书画诗词院
December 11, 2024 at 7:09 PM
"Liu Yi's Book of Passage” painted by Dai Honghai in the early 1980s.
《柳毅传书》是画家戴宏海于八十年代初创作
Cr: 中国书画诗词院
《柳毅传书》是画家戴宏海于八十年代初创作
Cr: 中国书画诗词院
Chicago folks! It’s Reader voting time—and I’ve had the enormous privilege of having interviewed two of the nominees for Best new poetry collection by a Chicagoan 😏
Congratulations to Diego Báez and @rubenq.bsky.social !
Vote at chicagoreader.com/best-of-chic...
Congratulations to Diego Báez and @rubenq.bsky.social !
Vote at chicagoreader.com/best-of-chic...
December 7, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Chicago folks! It’s Reader voting time—and I’ve had the enormous privilege of having interviewed two of the nominees for Best new poetry collection by a Chicagoan 😏
Congratulations to Diego Báez and @rubenq.bsky.social !
Vote at chicagoreader.com/best-of-chic...
Congratulations to Diego Báez and @rubenq.bsky.social !
Vote at chicagoreader.com/best-of-chic...
‘Dusk Clouds’ by Li Xiongcai
《暮云图》黎雄才
Cr: 国画雅集
《暮云图》黎雄才
Cr: 国画雅集
November 26, 2024 at 7:06 PM
‘Dusk Clouds’ by Li Xiongcai
《暮云图》黎雄才
Cr: 国画雅集
《暮云图》黎雄才
Cr: 国画雅集
Yayoi Kusama’s giant polka-dot pumpkin as seen in Shanghai’s Bund.
Cr: 张意晚
Cr: 张意晚
November 21, 2024 at 7:54 PM
Yayoi Kusama’s giant polka-dot pumpkin as seen in Shanghai’s Bund.
Cr: 张意晚
Cr: 张意晚
《上下天光》李学明
‘As Above, Below, the Sky’s Light’ by Li Xueming
‘As Above, Below, the Sky’s Light’ by Li Xueming
November 18, 2024 at 7:57 PM
《上下天光》李学明
‘As Above, Below, the Sky’s Light’ by Li Xueming
‘As Above, Below, the Sky’s Light’ by Li Xueming
《舞韵系列》王西京
From the Rhythmic Dance Series by Wang Xijing
Credit: 国画雅集
From the Rhythmic Dance Series by Wang Xijing
Credit: 国画雅集
November 16, 2024 at 7:22 PM
《舞韵系列》王西京
From the Rhythmic Dance Series by Wang Xijing
Credit: 国画雅集
From the Rhythmic Dance Series by Wang Xijing
Credit: 国画雅集
“[S]hort stories… feel more…like going out for a night and using a different name at the bar.”
I interviewed the brilliant GINA CHUNG for Hypertext Mag on her new collection of #stories GREEN FROG: www.hypertextmag.com/longing-for-...
#newbooks #amreading #shortstory
I interviewed the brilliant GINA CHUNG for Hypertext Mag on her new collection of #stories GREEN FROG: www.hypertextmag.com/longing-for-...
#newbooks #amreading #shortstory
March 19, 2024 at 6:41 PM
“[S]hort stories… feel more…like going out for a night and using a different name at the bar.”
I interviewed the brilliant GINA CHUNG for Hypertext Mag on her new collection of #stories GREEN FROG: www.hypertextmag.com/longing-for-...
#newbooks #amreading #shortstory
I interviewed the brilliant GINA CHUNG for Hypertext Mag on her new collection of #stories GREEN FROG: www.hypertextmag.com/longing-for-...
#newbooks #amreading #shortstory
“I love that people say #TheWaters is filled with magic, because (if that’s true) then it’s a magic that rises out of character and landscape.”
My interview with Bonnie Jo Campbell for Hypertext Mag is live! Read about her #newnovel and fairy tales, myth & more: www.hypertextmag.com/we-might-sav...
My interview with Bonnie Jo Campbell for Hypertext Mag is live! Read about her #newnovel and fairy tales, myth & more: www.hypertextmag.com/we-might-sav...
January 10, 2024 at 3:46 PM
“I love that people say #TheWaters is filled with magic, because (if that’s true) then it’s a magic that rises out of character and landscape.”
My interview with Bonnie Jo Campbell for Hypertext Mag is live! Read about her #newnovel and fairy tales, myth & more: www.hypertextmag.com/we-might-sav...
My interview with Bonnie Jo Campbell for Hypertext Mag is live! Read about her #newnovel and fairy tales, myth & more: www.hypertextmag.com/we-might-sav...
Happy All-Hallows Eve! 👻 My CNF piece about trauma psychotherapy, embodiment and poetry is alive at ANMLY_LIT, so give it a gander! anmly.org/ap37/jael-mo...
October 31, 2023 at 10:45 PM
Happy All-Hallows Eve! 👻 My CNF piece about trauma psychotherapy, embodiment and poetry is alive at ANMLY_LIT, so give it a gander! anmly.org/ap37/jael-mo...