Tag: Latinx
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survival & understanding
It’s been wild y’all. Some minor emergencies. Some heavy conversations in and out of the classroom and mentoring spaces that I work in. The thread continues to be survival and understanding, in that order. These themes run through Dash Harris’ “No, I’m Not a Proud Latina” which I taught this week. This article, which calls…
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virtual reading this thursday :)
Just a quick post to announce a virtual poetry reading I’m doing this Thursday with poet Megan Alpert! Here are the deets: Virtual Event: Megan Alpert and José Angel Araguzpresenting An Empty Pot’s Darkness and The Animal at Your Side Harvard Book Store’s virtual event series welcomes poets MEGAN ALPERT and JOSÉ ANGEL ARAGUZ for…
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ending & starting: shiki masaoka
I’m writing this not feeling great on the last day of the year to be posted on the first day of the year. Feels like I should have something grand to say but I don’t. 2020 had me heart-sick for most of it. Here’s to 2021, may you deserve us. Enjoy some life sketches by…
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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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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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new poems out in the world!
Just a quick note to share news of some recent publications: First, I’m happy to report that the good folks at the Laurel Review gave two new prose poems a home, “Wax Lips” and “Pavlovian.” Special thanks to editor extraordinaire John Gallaher and co. for the support! Also, I’m happy to share that two poems…
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feature + interview up at Crab Creek Review blog!
Happy to share a poetry feature and mini-interview that went live earlier this week up at the Crab Creek Review blog! This feature comes as part of their “From Their Archive” series. It’s a generous and encouraging feature to see in the writing community. The post includes my poems “Alien” and “Desgraciado” as well as…
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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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poetryamano project: august 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 through more experimental forms such as erasures/blackout poems and found poems. Below are highlights from August 2017. This month found me focusing on haiku on short, imagistic haiku.…
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