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some quick thoughts
Thoughts for the week include: Helpful to have found this spread at leftnortheast to add further info on the *ahem* holiday celebrated this week. It’s a weird holiday and you know it. Sorta related: this article about the toll the pandemic is having on close relationships, friendships, family-ships, etc. Read it aloud to Ani over […]
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unsilencing in these times, ha
Let me start off with a half-quandary / half-aphorism: Post-election isn’t exactly post yet-what’s that s’post to mean? I’m still nervous. Alright, now that I got that out of my system, here are some thoughts from this past week: I caught myself sharing with my students in passing that life’s been sad and busy mostly […]
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dispatch: last week’s events & this week’s thoughts
Just a quick post to share the recordings from last week’s events! First up is the Far Villages Anthology Talk, “Poetry as a Way of Seeing the World.” I joined Gillian Parrish, and Kathryn Hummel for a conversation moderated by the insightful Abayomi Animashaun. Our conversation included a discussion of what we termed the “empathetic […]
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readings: today, then, & always
Tonight (Friday 10/30) me and the Salamander crew will be hosting the “Salamander #50 Virtual Reading.” Here’s the full info: Friday, 10/30 @ 6PM EDT-Reading: “Salamander #50 Virtual Reading” Featured readers: Rajiv Mohabir, Joan Naviyuk Kane, and Anne Kilfoyle Register here for this event. * Also, had a recent blast to the past via my friend and fine poet Alan Berecka. Alan […]
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dispatch: virtual events this week!
A quick post sharing info on a few events I’ll be a part of this week: First, I’m excited to be a part of a talk celebrating the anthology Far Villages: Welcome Essays for New and Beginner Poets (Black Lawrence Press). Here’s the full info: Tuesday, 10/27 @ 8PM EDT–Talk: Poetry as a Way of […]
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turn, volta, turn
Some quick thoughts and sharings from this week: As many of you know, I’m a board member of CavanKerry Press, and I’m excited about the work done by this literary organization. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they’ve managed to maintain their staff and publishing schedule, while conducting various community outreach events virtually. They are currently doing […]
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exhausted seltzer
Ran across this square in one of R.O. Kwon’s tweets (her novel The Incendiaries is dope, btw!!!) and due to the moment time of time I came across it, “exhausted seltzer” is what you can call me. In true poet luck, I’m charmed by the combination of words. I mean, seltzer when exhausted is flat, […]
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dispatch: post-reading, new anthology, & new review
First off, thank you to everyone who was able to attend the readings this past weekend! On Friday night, I was delighted to share space with r. erica doyle and Adeeba Shahid Talukder. The reading was in celebration of Adeeba’s collection Shahr-e-jaanaan: The City of the Beloved (Tupelo Press, 2020). Check out “For Qays.” Thank […]
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Virtual Poetry Readings this weekend!
Hi y’all, Just a quick post to share about two virtual poetry readings I’ll be a part of this weekend! Friday, October 9th @8pm EST: “A Virtual Reading to Celebrate Adeeba Shahid Talukder’s ‘Shahr-e-jaanaan: The City of the Beloved’ featuring José Angel Araguz, r. erica doyle, and Adeeba Shahid Talukder“ Register for this event here: https://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwoduusrT8qHtSJXOMbf-III24bIYzAi9ma * Saturday, October 10th @6pm EST: Suffolk Intertextuals Poetry Reading in celebration of Hispanic Heritage […]
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