The Friday Influence

a poetry blog & online home to the work of José Angel Araguz, Ph.D.

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  • microreview: Year of the Murder Hornet by Tina Cane

    review by José Angel Araguz As the pandemic continues being an ongoing, consistent crisis killing 4,000 people a week in this country* — this despite the current administration’s plan to call an end to it as a health emergency — it feels more urgent than ever to honor and bring attention to work that lives […]

    José Angel Araguz

    February 1, 2023
    microreviews & interviews, Uncategorized
    creative writing, Jose Angel Araguz, literature, microreview, pandemic, People's CDC, poetry, social media, the friday influence, Tina Cane, Veliz Books, writing, Year of the Murder Hornet
  • 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 […]

    José Angel Araguz

    January 13, 2023
    Uncategorized
    creative writing, Jose Angel Araguz, Juárez, literature, music, new year, poetry, reading, Sasha Pimental, the friday influence, violin, writing
  • 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 […]

    José Angel Araguz

    December 31, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Angela María Spring, Black Lawrence Press, creative writing, Electric Literature, Jose Angel Araguz, literature, poetry, Poets & Writers, Rotura, Staci Halt, Sundress Publications, The Los Angeles Review
  • 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 […]

    José Angel Araguz

    November 24, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Bernadette Mayer, chapbook, creative writing, instagram, Jose Angel Araguz, literature, Luke Hankins, poetry, poetryamano, Texas Review Press, the friday influence, writing
  • 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 […]

    José Angel Araguz

    July 15, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Black Lawrence Press, creative writing, Dana Delibovi, Jose Angel Araguz, literature, poetry, poetryamano, Rotura, Talking Writing, the friday influence, Witty Partition, writing
  • 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 […]

    José Angel Araguz

    July 8, 2022
    community features, Uncategorized
    creative writing, Jose Angel Araguz, literature, podcast, poetry, Poets at Work, the friday influence, The Personhood Project, Upstream Podcast, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, Vincent Cooper, writing
  • virtual event next week + updates

    Been surprised by how busy I’ve been this month. I definitely plan on posting some microreviews in July. In the meantime, here’s some of what I’ve been and will be up to 🙂 Super-excited to be doing a virtual event next week with dope poet and fellow Black Lawrence Press author Alan Chazaro. I’ve admired […]

    José Angel Araguz

    June 24, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Alan Chazaro, Black Lawrence Press, creative writing, Jose Angel Araguz, Kathleen Aguero, Latinx Poetry, literature, poetry, poetry community, Rotura, the friday influence, writing
  • community feature: Through These Realities

    This week I’m featuring the local, Boston-area art project, Through These Realities, featuring collaborations across photography and poetry. I shared about the call for this in a previous post, and I’m now happy to celebrate the opening of the exhibition and the publication of the work online. Neuroscientist, photographer, and writer, Joshua Sariñana, PhD, who […]

    José Angel Araguz

    June 10, 2022
    community features
    Boston, creative writing, Jose Angel Araguz, Joshua Sariñana, Kesper Wang, literature, photography, poetry, reading, the friday influence, Through These Realities, writing
  • virtual event this Sunday + new podcast interview

    Just a quick post to share about two things: First, I’m excited to share the release of a podcast interview I did for The Tell Don’t Show. I had a great time talking with Katie Marya and Kasey Peters about Rotura (Black Lawrence Press), our various younger siblings, and the single line stanza. Also, I’m […]

    José Angel Araguz

    June 3, 2022
    Uncategorized
    Black Lawrence Press, creative writing, Jose Angel Araguz, Latinx Poetry, literature, podcast, poetry, reading, Rotura, the friday influence, The Tell Don't Show, writing
  • writer feature: Laura Cesarco Eglin

    Just a quick post to celebrate the publication of Time/Tempo: The Idea of Breath (PRESS 254) by Laura Cesarco Eglin. I had a chance to spend time with this collection pre-publication. Here’s the blurb I wrote: Laura Cesarco Eglin’s Time/Tempo is a meditation on time unlike any other. Where time is often viewed as a limited […]

    José Angel Araguz

    May 22, 2022
    community features, Uncategorized, writer feature
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