Tag: literature
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virtual reading preview
Just a quick post to share some of the work from the poets who will be reading at this Saturday’s event. Here are the details for the event including the link to register: Event: A Virtual Celebration of National Poetry Month with Readings by Julia Koets, Meg Day, and Jenny JohnsonDate & Time: Saturday, April 24th, 6-7pm […]
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shoutouts
Life’s been way too busy but I did want to get a post out this week to shoutout a few notable poetry collections published recently: Janel Pineda’s Lineage of Rain (Haymarket Books) is a dynamic collection that I’m happy to see out in the world. I’ve been teaching and admiring Pineda’s work for years now. […]
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writer feature: Quintin Collins
This week I am proud to feature the work of Quintin Collins whose debut collection The Dandelion Speaks of Survival arrives this month from Cherry Castle Publishing. I have been admirer of Collins’ work both on and off the page for a few years now. As an activist and organizer, Collins has helped foster a […]
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microreview & interview: Radiant Obstacles by Luke Hankins
review by José Angel Araguz One of my favorite things about poetry is how it can not only detail an experience but also be an experience. The intimacy of language to be known and shared between us, to be changed and yet hold despite the changing, speaks to the human experience in a way that […]
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virtual reading: Salamander issue #51
Just a quick post to share that Salamander is hosting a virtual reading on Friday, March 26, from 6-7 PM EST, featuring readings from three contributors from Issue #51: Jinwoo Chong, Natalie Shapero, and B.M. Owens. This event is free and open to the public; registration is required. Register here, and after registering, you will […]
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sprained & rotten thoughts
Checking in this week after being absent last week due to spraining my ankle while going downstairs doing the laundry. Been describing my foot as looking like rotten meat. Like, Charles Baudelaire would’ve written about it rotten. Like, Upton Sinclair would’ve seen in it a metaphor to use in The Jungle rotten. But I’m back […]
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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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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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writer feature: Saddiq Dzukogi
This week I’m delighted to feature friend and poet Saddiq Dzukogi whose book, Your Crib, My Qibla, is currently available for pre-order from University of Nebraska Press. Here’s a bit about the book: Your Crib, My Qibla interrogates loss, the death of a child, and a father’s pursuit of language able to articulate grief. In […]
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viscacha vibes & recent pubs
Meet my new friend, the viscacha. He’s got a look that is simultaneously wise, weary, and worked-over. While I can’t claim to be wise, I am definitely feeling weary and worked over by the world. Introduced this friend to my students this week and one responded with: “What does he hear that we don’t that […]
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