Archive - Desireé Dallagiacomo

Today is my 35th Birthday, and I Have Some Very, Very — like very — Big News.

For my birthday, I’m asking for your help to get us to the next milestone.

Jun 13 •

Desireé Dallagiacomo

May 2025

Dispatches After Brain Surgery on Long Island

From the (Silent) Other Side of My 5-year Fight to Cure My Rare Brain Condition

May 29 •

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March 2025

Recommendations & Signs of Life

I’ve been swamped with school work, work work, traveling, and staring into the void thinking about the future.

Mar 17 •

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February 2025

Applications for My Writing Retreat Close Tonight

Why you should apply, what we do, who we're for, and what our alumni are up to

Feb 28 •

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Debtor is Deceased, an essay in collage

The way they write about us in the official record keeps me up at night.

Feb 24 •

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On process: Collaging, Gathering, & Making an Archive

It is a radical act to believe that who and where we come from is worth studying, knowing, & spending great swaths of time with.

Feb 10 •

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Join Me Tonight: Info Session about The Heart of It Writing Retreat

Q&A, Funding resources, and what we're doing together in 2025

Feb 2 •

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January 2025

On Making It as a Writer

Because someone, somewhere, told me I could. And then I kept writing.

Jan 27 •

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In a Facebook group in my mother’s hometown, a stranger posts a picture of my baby book.

Jan 13 •

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December 2024

32: Writing mantras, reading fiction, & settling in for a year of writing

Last month, Olivia Dudding Rodriguez *cautiously*, excitedly, giddily recommended I read All Fours by Miranda July. “I.. can’t tell you anything about…

Dec 30, 2024 •

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31: I Felt Isolated in my MFA, so I wrote About What Poetry Slam Has Taught Me.

Read my essay: Two Literary Orbits Eclipse

Dec 16, 2024 •

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November 2024

Tonight I'm hosting a community check-in

Community is an antidote. Come think, grieve, and mobilize with us.

Nov 10, 2024 •

Desireé Dallagiacomo

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