Ron Riekki

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I got a death threat after saying I'm part indigenous, because

the world is an eraser, or,
no, parts of the world are
an eraser, but also parts
of the world are indigenous
and parts of us are body parts
and Moses parted the Red Sea,
supposedly, and I live in an
apartment where I pay rent
I can't afford, and I don't own
a car, so bike everywhere
and the V.A. changed my
disability status to "100%
total and permanently disabled"
because 100% of the parts of me
don't work now, which means I
don't work now, which means 0.

Ron Riekki has been awarded a Michigan Notable Book, The Best Small Fictions, Shenandoah Fiction Prize, IPPY Award, Red Rock Film Fest Award, Best of the Net finalist, Très Court International Film Festival Audience Award and Grand Prix, Dracula Film Festival Vladutz Trophy, Rhysling Anthology inclusion, and 2022 Pushcart Prize. Riekki co-edited The Many Lives of The Purge, which is a nominee for The Eiffel Award: The Year's Best Books on Film. Right now, Riekki's listening to Billy Strings' "Cabin Song," although it just ended and now Riekki's listening to Drahla's "Stimulus for Living."