Danny Rivera
@snareshot.bsky.social
Father and husband, teacher and writer.
Author of the poetry chapbook, “Ancestral Throat” (Finishing Line Press, 2021). Poems in Denver Quarterly, Superstition Review, Epiphany, Washington Square Review, and elsewhere.
https://dannyrivera.co
Author of the poetry chapbook, “Ancestral Throat” (Finishing Line Press, 2021). Poems in Denver Quarterly, Superstition Review, Epiphany, Washington Square Review, and elsewhere.
https://dannyrivera.co
It is astonishing that the New York Times, the “paper of record,” refuses to call this situation what it is: an episode of a bigot losing his mind during a *racist* tirade.
December 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It is astonishing that the New York Times, the “paper of record,” refuses to call this situation what it is: an episode of a bigot losing his mind during a *racist* tirade.
Your Word of the Day is “vibratile,” adjective: (of cilia, flagella, or other small appendage) - capable of, or characterized by, oscillatory motion.
As read in Vincenzo Latronico’s “Perfection” (New York Review Books).
As read in Vincenzo Latronico’s “Perfection” (New York Review Books).
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Your Word of the Day is “vibratile,” adjective: (of cilia, flagella, or other small appendage) - capable of, or characterized by, oscillatory motion.
As read in Vincenzo Latronico’s “Perfection” (New York Review Books).
As read in Vincenzo Latronico’s “Perfection” (New York Review Books).
Folks, it’s time we made a change. Can you chip in $5 to my campaign today? The future of postmodern American poetry is in your hands.
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November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Folks, it’s time we made a change. Can you chip in $5 to my campaign today? The future of postmodern American poetry is in your hands.
dannyrivera.co
dannyrivera.co
Spent the last month fostering the sweetest dog, a pitbull named Bonita Applebum, after the song by Tribe Called Quest. Today, her new parents traveled from Boston to pick her up, and she’s on her way to her new home. We’ll miss her personality, but are glad that she found her forever family.
October 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Spent the last month fostering the sweetest dog, a pitbull named Bonita Applebum, after the song by Tribe Called Quest. Today, her new parents traveled from Boston to pick her up, and she’s on her way to her new home. We’ll miss her personality, but are glad that she found her forever family.
A poem by Hayden Carruth, “The Cardinal” (part of a longer poem), from a collection called SCRAMBLED EGGS & WHISKEY (Copper Canyon, 1996).
October 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A poem by Hayden Carruth, “The Cardinal” (part of a longer poem), from a collection called SCRAMBLED EGGS & WHISKEY (Copper Canyon, 1996).
New York! I’ll be reading with Emily Skillings and John Yau at Anton Kern Gallery in Manhattan next Friday, 9/26/25. Please RSVP at conaltura.us/blogs/news/a...
Hope to see you there!
CC: @finishinglinepress.bsky.social
Hope to see you there!
CC: @finishinglinepress.bsky.social
September 15, 2025 at 10:00 PM
New York! I’ll be reading with Emily Skillings and John Yau at Anton Kern Gallery in Manhattan next Friday, 9/26/25. Please RSVP at conaltura.us/blogs/news/a...
Hope to see you there!
CC: @finishinglinepress.bsky.social
Hope to see you there!
CC: @finishinglinepress.bsky.social
What movie shall we watch in 35mm? (My pick is “They Live,” though I’d be fine with “Trolls 2.”)
September 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
What movie shall we watch in 35mm? (My pick is “They Live,” though I’d be fine with “Trolls 2.”)
Jan Davidszoon de Heem, “Vase of Flowers,” oil on canvas, circa 1660.
July 18, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Jan Davidszoon de Heem, “Vase of Flowers,” oil on canvas, circa 1660.
Please respect my privacy as I am about to take a deep dive into this very, very important book. Thank you.
July 16, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Please respect my privacy as I am about to take a deep dive into this very, very important book. Thank you.
Enjoying this poem by Ryan Habermeyer, part of a larger piece titled “Portrait of a Desert with Necronauts,” in the latest issue (Vol. 59, #3) of Denver Quarterly.
July 12, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Enjoying this poem by Ryan Habermeyer, part of a larger piece titled “Portrait of a Desert with Necronauts,” in the latest issue (Vol. 59, #3) of Denver Quarterly.
I wonder what Princess thinks of that Pulp record next to her.
Anyhow, I recently discovered Television’s “Adventure,” and have been enjoying it immensely.
Anyhow, I recently discovered Television’s “Adventure,” and have been enjoying it immensely.
July 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I wonder what Princess thinks of that Pulp record next to her.
Anyhow, I recently discovered Television’s “Adventure,” and have been enjoying it immensely.
Anyhow, I recently discovered Television’s “Adventure,” and have been enjoying it immensely.
Some things never change.
June 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Some things never change.
Folks, thrilled to announce that I finally graduated from high school today. Looking forward to all the wonderful things in my future!
June 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Folks, thrilled to announce that I finally graduated from high school today. Looking forward to all the wonderful things in my future!
Takeshi Kitano’s “Violent Cop” is about, yes, a violent cop who stretches professional and ethical boundaries, but it’s also about the deep moral rot that runs through our most basic of institutions, eating away at society to the point where the line between “good” and “bad” is blurred.
June 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Takeshi Kitano’s “Violent Cop” is about, yes, a violent cop who stretches professional and ethical boundaries, but it’s also about the deep moral rot that runs through our most basic of institutions, eating away at society to the point where the line between “good” and “bad” is blurred.
This is the funniest paragraph I’ve ever read in the Times (or anywhere else, frankly).
May 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is the funniest paragraph I’ve ever read in the Times (or anywhere else, frankly).
The latest painting—how does he do it?—by Shawn Theodore: “Lil Bit with Collards,” mixed media, 30x40”. On display to the public starting tomorrow at Future Fair 2025, NYC.
futurefairs.com
futurefairs.com
May 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The latest painting—how does he do it?—by Shawn Theodore: “Lil Bit with Collards,” mixed media, 30x40”. On display to the public starting tomorrow at Future Fair 2025, NYC.
futurefairs.com
futurefairs.com
When teachers realize that there are more than 30 days left in the school year.
May 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM
When teachers realize that there are more than 30 days left in the school year.
Sorry, but this is the only appropriate length of shorts for men (of any age).
May 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Sorry, but this is the only appropriate length of shorts for men (of any age).
In what feels like an altogether different stage of grief, I’m finally combing through my dad’s record collection, combining it with my own. These songs, some of which I haven’t heard in decades, ring anew, and he is home again, and we are reconnected, and he is free of the pain that killed him.
April 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In what feels like an altogether different stage of grief, I’m finally combing through my dad’s record collection, combining it with my own. These songs, some of which I haven’t heard in decades, ring anew, and he is home again, and we are reconnected, and he is free of the pain that killed him.
I’m neither a historian nor a constitutional scholar, but it seems that we’re in a major crisis that seems to be getting worse by the day.
April 25, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I’m neither a historian nor a constitutional scholar, but it seems that we’re in a major crisis that seems to be getting worse by the day.
One of my favorite discoveries of new music is Corridor, a Francophone band from Canada, whose songs lean towards jingle-jangle pop, but also have some interesting psych elements.
If interested, be the first to use the download code below for their fantastic third album, “Junior.” Enjoy!
If interested, be the first to use the download code below for their fantastic third album, “Junior.” Enjoy!
April 19, 2025 at 2:24 PM
One of my favorite discoveries of new music is Corridor, a Francophone band from Canada, whose songs lean towards jingle-jangle pop, but also have some interesting psych elements.
If interested, be the first to use the download code below for their fantastic third album, “Junior.” Enjoy!
If interested, be the first to use the download code below for their fantastic third album, “Junior.” Enjoy!
Yeah, pretty much. (Cartoon by Paul Noth, via The New Yorker.)
April 15, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Yeah, pretty much. (Cartoon by Paul Noth, via The New Yorker.)
How are readers of the New York Times—and legacy media in general—supposed to make sense of the world when even the pundit class can’t make up its own mind?
April 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
How are readers of the New York Times—and legacy media in general—supposed to make sense of the world when even the pundit class can’t make up its own mind?
This used to be a proper country, one that didn’t ask such stupid questions. (The answer is an unequivocal “yes.”)
April 7, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This used to be a proper country, one that didn’t ask such stupid questions. (The answer is an unequivocal “yes.”)