Tag: literature
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updates & sharing
Hi y’all! Just a quick post to share some recent Rotura-related happenings. First off, thank you to everyone who has shown support for Rotura (Black Lawrence Press)! Whether you’ve snagged a copy, read some of the poems online, or heard me at a virtual event, the support and connection mean a lot. Speaking of poems […]
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new podcast interview
Excited to share this interview I did for an episode of Poetry Spoken Here, a poetry podcast hosted by Charlie Rossiter. I had a great time talking poetry with Charlie, answering questions about process, form, and teaching. Check out my interview here! Thank you to everyone who has snagged a copy of Rotura! The reactions […]
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new work + Salamander virtual event
Just a quick post amid the mayhem winddown that is Sunday night (and right before the mayhem windup that is the start of a new week, haha) to share two things: FIRST, I’m happy to share that I have a new poem, “Pen,” in the latest issue of The Shore. This poem was inspired by […]
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Rotura released + virtual event info
First off, I’m excited to share that my new poetry collection, Rotura, is officially out from Black Lawrence Press. Copies can be ordered here. I want to thank everyone who has supported me throughout the years, either by pre-ordering this latest book or has simply read a poem of mine and held space for it. […]
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some updates
The cycle of being exhausted and exploited continues, but here are some updates: Starting off with the image above–happy to report that I received my author copies of my new book, Rotura (Black Lawrence Press), which is due out officially this Friday, March 18th. There’s still time to pre-order a copy. Also, I will be […]
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Latinx Poetry: opportunity and some thoughts
As the title suggests, I have two things on my mind to share this week: First, I want to spread the word of the upcoming deadline for the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize, a no-entry fee competition which “supports the publication of a first full-length book of poems by a Latinx poet residing in the United […]
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community feature: RWW Annual Writers’ Retreat
Just a quick post to share about the RWW Annual Writers’ Retreat. RWW (which stands for “Roots. Wounds. Words.”) is: “a sacred space wherein BIPOC stories are celebrated, and BIPOC storytellers immersed in liberation. At the Writers’ Retreat, Storytellers receive literary arts instruction offered by award-winning BIPOC writers in the fields of nonfiction, fiction, poetry, […]
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community feature: Solstice MFA!!!
Just a quick post to share some of the virtual events open to the general public going on at this year’s Solstice MFA Winter Residency! Super excited to be given a chance to work with these graduate students, building with them and guiding them on their respective writing paths, as well as to engage with […]
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microreview: Villainy by Andrea Abi-Karam
review by José Angel Araguz “Bodies fray at their limits. At their limits, they become indistinguishable.” Tiqqun This quote from Tiqqun “a French-Italian ultra-left anarchist philosophical journal or zine, produced in two issues from 1999 to 2001” is one of four quotes that open Andrea Abi-Karam‘s Villainy (Nightboat Books) and also the most telling one. […]
The Friday Influence 