Tag: Dia de los Muertos
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worlding with Valerie Martinez
This week found me conducting two separate poetry workshops, one in Spanish and one in English, focused on Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead. At this workshop, we went over some of the history of the holiday, from its indigenous roots and variations to contemporary observances. While I had students write recuerdos…
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* ¡presente! with anne sexton
The Truth the Dead Know – Anne Sexton For my mother, born March 1902, died March 1959 and my father, born February 1900, died June 1959 Gone, I say and walk from church, refusing the stiff procession to the grave, letting the dead ride alone in the hearse. It is June. I am tired of…
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* remembering galway kinnell
Given this week’s news of Galway Kinnell’s passing, I find myself heading into Dia de los Muertos this weekend with him on my mind. I had the pleasure of attending a reading he gave alongside Phil Levine in NYC. The two great poets chatted at their table before the reading. When the time came to…
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* some news & milosz
First off, I want to announce the release of the latest issue of Foothill, which includes my poem “The Accordion Heart” here. Check out the rest of the great work in this issue here. Next, I’d like to share the news that my poem “Don’t Look Now I Might Be Mexican” has placed 3rd in…
The Friday Influence 