Tag: Latinx Poetry
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Pangyrus virtual reading!
Just a quick post to share an upcoming virtual reading I’ll be participating in: Join Pam Painter, Joelle Fraser, Ryane Nicole Granados, Artress Bethany White, and myself as we celebrate the release of Pangyrus eight! Pangyrus Literary Magazine’s 8th issue launches with this reading on Thursday, March 11 at 7:30pm EST. I’m grateful to be […]
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in memory: Alfonso M. Gomez
Poetry’s ability to connect with us in essential ways cannot be stressed enough. This is a sentiment I share on a regular basis in my teaching and conversations with writers. As much as I repeat it, I can’t claim it. What I can claim is the evidence that fills my life and the connections my […]
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in memory: Miguel Algarín
I’d like to dedicate this week’s post to the memory of Miguel Algarín, Puerto Rican poet, writer, and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café who died earlier this week. Algarín was the embodiment of being a poetic presence on and off the page. His poetry set precedents by holding space for political struggles and literary […]
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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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new essay published: excerpt
This week I’m proud to share an excerpt from my essay “Keeping the Conversation Going, or Some Stories I Can’t Tell Without Rolling My R’s: A Meditation on Latinidad, Disdentification, & Some Poems” which was recently included in the anthology Far Villages: Welcome Essays for New and Beginner Poets edited by Abayomi Animashaun and published […]
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new review at The Bind!
Front-note: I hope everyone is staying safe out there-whether you’re protesting in person or doing activism at home. Black Lives Matter and we must do everything to push against systemic oppression. * Also, just a quick post to share that my chronicle-review of Rosa Alcalá’s MyOTHER TONGUE (Futurepoem) went live earlier this week at The Bind! Read […]
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new publication: The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext!
Just a quick post to share the release of the latest BreakBeat Poets anthology, The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext edited by Felicia Chavez, José Olivarez, and Willie Perdomo and published by Haymarket Books. Super-excited to share news of this release - in part because my own poem “La Llorona Watches the Movie Troy” is featured in its pages […]
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new interview
Just a quick post to share a recent interview up on Grist: a journal of the literary arts! Special thanks to poet friend, John Sibley Williams, for asking such insightful questions and to Grist for helping us find a home for the exchange. Happy gristing! José
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one more from Vincent Cooper
In my recent microreview & interview of Vincent Cooper’s Zarzamora (Jade Publishing, 2019), I spoke about Cooper’s ability to tap into lyricism that catalogues and captures through immersive narrative. When the subject is family, loss, and memory, taking one’s time with the weight of each detail is necessary and instructive. What matters ultimately, though, is what is […]
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poetryamano project: may 2017
This week I’m sharing another installment archiving my Instagram poetry project entitled @poetryamano (poetry by hand). This account focuses on sharing poems written by hand, either in longhand or more experimental forms such as erasures/blackout poems and found poems. Below are highlights from May 2017. This month found me going further with erasures. Along with working out […]
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