Tag: Corpus Christi Texas
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Selena poems!
This week I thought I would celebrate the publication of another one of my Selena poems in the latest issue of Crab Orchard Review by sharing the first Selena poem I wrote. The poem “The Things to Fight Against” (below) can be found in my second full length poetry collection, Small Fires (FutureCycle Press), and was originally published…
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birding with Edward Hirsch
This week’s poem – “Branch Library” by Edward Hirsch – takes me back to being a kid getting dropped off at the Greenwood Library in Corpus Christi, Texas (an experience I recently wrote a short essay about). Those early experiences of wandering stacks are with me in some small part to this day as I…
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* the 2016 End of Year Reading!
Time once again for my end of year reading here on the Influence! This year has left me with much to be grateful for, from readings in my hometown of Corpus Christi, Texas (Del Mar, TAMUCC, & Moody High – órale!) to getting to be the Visiting Writer at Adelphi University’s Alice Hoffman Young Writers…
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visiting Jeju w/ daniel paul marshall
This week’s post features a poem by Daniel Paul Marshall. Marshall writes about the Haenyeo, female divers from the Korean province of Jeju. The Hangul for the word, (해녀)roughly translates to sea women, and serves as the title for this poem. When I informed Marshall I planned on featuring this particular poem, he was kind enough…
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* new work at Kettle Blue Review!
Just a quick note to announce the release of the latest issue of Kettle Blue Review! In this issue, you’ll find two poems from my “Nada Poems” series: “Nada on the Swing” & “Nada’s Vanity.” Happy to be part of a great issue! Check out the stellar work, including poems by Gail Goepfert, Christine Pacyk,…
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* reading with wayne miller
This week, I thought I’d share a poem from Wayne Miller’s latest collection, Post- (Milkweed Editions), which I wrote about earlier this week for the Cincinnati Review blog. In my review of the book, I spoke about poems that engaged with the idea of inheritance in relation to the nature of language itself. This week’s poem, “Inside the Book,” explores…
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* Q&A up at Carve Magazine blog!
Happy to share this recent Q&A session focusing on my poem “Hails from Corpus Christi” from my forthcoming collection Small Fires (FutureCycle Press, 2017). In this short session, I discuss this poem in terms of “soundscape” and measure as well as go into some of the themes of the upcoming collection. There might also be a brief…
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* new blog post at the Cincinnati Review blog!
Just a quick note to share my latest microreview & interview over at the Cincinnati Review blog! This time around I spend time with Wayne Miller’s latest book, Post- (Milkweed Editions). Stay tuned Friday as I share a poem from Miller’s collection. José
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