Monika Dziamka, Writer + Editor
SAMPLE WORK
A Gorgeous Excitement by Cynthia Weiner (Crown)
Easy Weeknight Dinners by Emily Weinstein and New York Times Cooking (Ten Speed Press)
Italian American Forever by Alex Guarnaschelli (Clarkson Potter)
Bi-Polar by Cory Richards (Ten Speed Press)
John Sonsini + David Pagel: Broad Reminders by John Sonsini and David Pagel (Radius Books)
Cameron Welch: Mosaics by Cameron Welch and Alexis Belis (Radius Books)
Day Jobs edited by Veronica Roberts (Radius Books)
America’s Women Down Range by Steven Clevenger (Museum of New Mexico Press)
New Mexico Poetry Anthology 2023 by Levi Romero and Michelle Otero (Museum of New Mexico Press)
New Mexico Treasures 2024: Engagement Calendar by Don J. Usner (Museum of New Mexico Press)
Harwood Centennial: 100 Works for 100 Years by Nicole Dial-Kay and
Emily Santhanam (Museum of New Mexico Press)
Two Rivers: The Power of Collaboration by Sheri Roussarie and
Kelly Macken-Marble (Warren Publishing)
Dear Patriarchy: The Gaslit Woman’s Guide to the (Corporate) World by
Jennifer Audrie and Lisa Lynn (Warren Publishing)
Compass to Vinland by Dani Resh (Warren Publishing)
Now and at the Hour by Bess Kercher (Warren Publishing)
The New Golden Rule by Emily Golden (Warren Publishing)
“A Mechanism to Reduce Medical Supply Shortfalls During Pandemics” by Elizabeth Hastings Roer and Isla Globus-Harris (The RAND Corporation)
Empire of Funk: Representation in Filipina/o America by Mark R. Villegas,
Kuttin’ Kandi, and Roderick N. Labrador (Cognella, Inc.)
Personal Essays:
Can You Hear Me? (Second-place winner, judged by Sarah Gerard, Blue Mesa Review, Spring 2024)
Hate Valentine’s Day? Try Celebrating It Anyway (Pasa por Aquí, February 2024, New Mexico Humanities Council)
Krampus is Coming: Why Halloween is Actually Just the Start of Spooky Season (Pasa por Aquí, December 2023, New Mexico Humanities Council)
Eyelashes (Beautiful Things, Feb. 14, 2022, River Teeth: A Journal of Narrative Nonfiction)
Safe as Houses (winner of an Honorable Mention as part of the Medium Writers Challenge, 2021)
Articles:
Spooky Strolls Through Old Town (August 2024 issue, New Mexico Magazine)
Your Guide to Traveling Slow (June 2024 issue, New Mexico Magazine)
Road Trip on These Scenic Byways (June 2024 issue, New Mexico Magazine)
Shop New Mexico’s Antique Shops: Celebrate Earth Day by bringing new life to old goods from antique stores throughout New Mexico (April 2024 issue, New Mexico Magazine)
These Motels Take You Back in Time: Experience the nostalgia of Tucumcari’s
Route 66 motels (March 2024 issue, New Mexico Magazine)
22 Giftworthy Page Turners (co-written with Molly Boyle, Dec. 2023 issue,
True Heroes: Elizabeth Potter (Dec. 2023 issue, New Mexico Magazine)
True Heroes: Leba Freed (Dec. 2023 issue, New Mexico Magazine)
A Home for Honking Good Vegan Food (Nov. 2023 issue, New Mexico Magazine)
A Look Into Lucy R. Lippard’s Life (Oct. 2023 issue, New Mexico Magazine)
True Heroes: Bianca Encinias (Dec. 2021 issue, New Mexico Magazine)
True Heroes: David Howard (Dec. 2021 issue, New Mexico Magazine)
Roots Farm Café Celebrates Local Food (Nov. 2021 issue, New Mexico Magazine)
Reviews:
Prairie Edge: A Novel by Connor Kerr
This Strange Eventful History by Claire Messud
Rabbit Hole: A Novel by Kate Brody
Here in the Dark: A Novel by Alexis Soloski
Brutalities: A Love Story by Margo Steines
Witness: Stories by Jamel Brinkley
Down Along With that Devil’s Bones by Connor Towne O’Neill
All The Songs We Sing edited by Lenard D. Moore
Interviews:
Ada Limón, editor of You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
Zuska Kepplová, author of The Moon in Foil
Adriana Chartrand, author of An Ordinary Violence
Natasha Trethewey, author of Memorial Drive
Molly McCully Brown, author of Places I’ve Taken My Body
Jenn Shapland, author of My Autobiography of Carson McCullers