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microreview: La Movida by Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta
review by José Angel Araguz In my research (read: Googling) as I spent time with La Movida by Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta (Nightboat Books) I came across the following lines shared by more than one Tumblr account: There’s a weapon I wishI could wieldwhen I feel the vomit of your gazehit the side of my face.I want…
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microreview: like everything else we loved by sarah a. chavez
review by José Angel Araguz Early on in like everything else we loved by Sarah A. Chavez, a micro chapbook published by Porkbelly Press, the reader is presented a scene in which the speaker describes a hole where the city has uprooted a tree as follows: Like losing you, the loss of the treewas quick.…
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dispatch 021023
Had the opportunity to share one of Paul Hlava Ceballos’ poems at a reading this week. The poem, “Coronary Angiogram,”* is a fascinating prose poem whose turns of phrase move between two different languages of the heart: the medical and the personal. There’s also a nod to history and craft in the second stanza: “At…
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Grolier hybrid reading this Thursday!
Just a quick post to share that I’ll be doing a hybrid event this week! WHAT: Grolier Poetry Book Shop presents José Angel Araguz & Levi Rubeck (hybrid reading)WHEN: Thursday, February 9th, 2023WHERE: This event will take place synchronously via Zoom and instore at 6 Plympton Street. Registration is required.REGISTRATION (ONLINE): Use this link to…
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dispatch 011223
Happy new year, y’all! The theme so far for 2023 seems to be difficulty: sometimes intense, sometimes fruitful, but always engaging. Like a poem. With this riff in mind, I’d like to give a shout-out to Sasha Pimental’s “If I Die in Juárez,” a poem that approaches difficult subject matter in an unexpected way. Been…
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dispatch 123022
Whole lotta life keeps happening. It’s the main reason I’ve been quiet here. Like today, my partner has been out with a migraine for the greater part of the day, now evening, and I’ve been in the silence that comes with caregiving. Well, the not-so-silent because my cat, Semilla, is here with me. I’d like…
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dispatch 112422
Shared the above on my Instagram account @poetryamano on this the Day of Mourning with a note on taking care of one’s self during this time of the year. Whether it’s toxic family (here or elsewhere) or simply feeling left out of the big societal pressure that comes with national holidays, be kind to yourselves…
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new poems & review
¡Hola! Happy to be sharing with y’all some recent publications 🙂 First, I am excited to share that I have two poems featured in the latest issue of Talking Writing. This publication of poems is special to me as it has me in two different modes. The poem “Listening” is more in the usual lyric…
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podcast recs
Hello again! Working my way back into this space after summer teaching. Had a blast, always do, but I’ve been going through a lot for a long time, as everyone has. Happy to have a little more flexibility around chipping away at the todo list. One of the sources of reprieve has been listening to…
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