Tag: Latinx
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community feature: Salamander Magazine
One of the big changes in my life that I was unable to share about during an academic year full of transition (including the present pandemic-related interruption) is how it’s been going during my first year as Editor-in-chief of Salamander Magazine. While we are currently in production for our 50th issue–and also running our annual…
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highlights from Pretty Owl Poetry’s #takeovertuesday
This week, I had the awesome opportunity to participate in a #takeovertuesday on Pretty Owl Poetry’s Instagram account. I posted a series of “a day in a poet’s life” posts in their stories as well as held a poetry reading via Instagram live. I also had the opportunity to field some questions ranging from the…
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microreview: Cenote City by Monique Quintana
review by José Angel Araguz Monique Quintana’s debut novel, Cenote City (Clash Books), is a stellar addition to the Latinx storytelling tradition of texts born out of exploring the intersections where folklore, politics, cultura, and literature meet. Told through fable-like short chapters, Cenote City presents the story of Lune whose mother, Marcrina, cannot stop crying to…
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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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into the octaves part three
This post is the third and last of a short series of posts discussing some of the thinking and inspirations behind my latest poetry collection, An Empty Pot’s Darkness (Airlie Press), which is available on SPD (check out the first post here and the second here). For this final post, I’m sharing a sequence that did not make it into…
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into the octaves part two
This post is the second of a short series of posts discussing some of the thinking and inspirations behind my latest poetry collection, An Empty Pot’s Darkness (Airlie Press), which is available on SPD (check out the first post here). Around the time of putting the early drafts of these sequences together, I remember having a conversation with a…
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into the octaves part one
This will be the first of a short series of posts discussing some of the thinking and inspirations behind my latest poetry collection, An Empty Pot’s Darkness (Airlie Press), which is available on SPD as of this week! Back when I started experimenting with the octave form, I drew inspiration from a series of poems by Edward…
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new book: An Empty Pot’s Darkness!
I’m happy to announce the release of my newest poetry collection, An Empty Pot’s Darkness (Airlie Press)! This collection takes the octave form I worked with in my chapbook Corpus Christi Octaves and expands on it with new sequences on life, love, and death. Thank you to Ani Schreiber for creating the cover art! Special thanks also to…
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microreview & interview: Zarzamora by Vincent Cooper
review by José Angel Araguz Vincent Cooper’s Zarzamora: Poetry of Survival (Jade Publishing, 2019) is a collection grounded in the great traditions of Chicano poetry. These poems recall the immersive narratives of Jimmy Santiago Baca and Luis J. Rodriguez along with the image-driven lyricism of Gary Soto’s early work. What sets Cooper’s work apart is the distinct…
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recent writings
Been busy with life and emotional happenings, but am hoping to get back into the swing of Influence-related things. Thank you to everybody who read my latest post and would-have-been speech! I greatly appreciate it. I continue to be grateful to have been a finalist. One of the boons has been getting to be featured…
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