exquisites vol 5

exquisites volume 5, August 2025

Launch Event was held August 7th @ Aberdeen Community Garden, Bushwick, NY

A limited run anthology of the 2025 exquisites readers and workshop facilitators. This anthology holds over 40 pages of queer poetry and features cyanotype art and reflections on the archive by co-hosts danilo machado and Charlie Marie Kohl.

Edited by & Interior Design: exquisites
Cover & Interior Art : exquisites
Font: Dover Text by Tiny Type Co.

Contributing Poets:
Mon Mohapatra
alma valdez-garcia
Chae Sung
Aishvarya Arora
Zefyr Lisowski
Jan-Henry Gray
Sunny Leerasanthanah
Clairette Atri Mizrahi
Aristilde Kirby
Joey De Jesus
Aditi Kini
Elly Belle
danilo machado
Dan Schapiro
Ariel Goldberg
Jimmy Fay
Charlie Marie Kohl
Ayaz Orme Muratoglu
Alicia Mountain
Paloma Yannakakis
Mallika Singh
Neon Mashurov
Riley Ratcli
Reuben Gelley Newman
Mya Matteo Alexice
Irene Villaseñor
Jimin Seo
Brian Dang
Ry Cook
Miller Ganovsky
Ugochi Egonu
Miguel Perez
Irena Klepisz
Lindsey Pannor
Parissah Lin
Roshan Abraham
Ana Bozicevic
Soje
Kyle Dacuyan
Obi Taswell

Any orders for ship will be mailed follow the release date / launch event.

⋆｡° exquisites is a bi-coastal queer poetry reading, workshop, and publication series learn more about us on our about page ⋆｡°