Tag: microcuento
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* new work up at star 82 review!
Just a quick post to announce the release of Star 82’s Special Flash Issue which includes my piece “Prayer Box” along with an original ink sketch! This special issue consists of 50 poets writing flash pieces of exactly 5o words each. Stellar work by Todd Mercer, Kate K Lore, and Autumn Stephens among others are…
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* existing with gisela kraft & an update
five-story house in laleli – Gisela Kraft one lies in rags on the street and his stomach is empty and he wishes for death one sits with friends at tea and backgammon and his mind is empty and he wishes for death one sits in a straight-backed chair at a desk and his bank…
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* new collection released!!!
I’m happy to announce that my new collection Everything We Think We Hear is officially available on Amazon! As I’ve mentioned here, this project brings the prose poem and flash fiction structure of my chapbook Reasons (not) to Dance and takes it in a more personal direction, adds a little more guacamole and South Texas to my usual…
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* beginning with juan felipe herrera & some news
This week’s poem by Juan Felipe Herrera (recently appointed as the first Chicana/o U.S. Poet Laureate) caught me towards the end the first time I read it. The way the details come together. The turn and return at the end to the image of something dark around the neck. Each reading of it since that…
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* another excerpt from Reasons (not) to Dance
As promised, here is a second installment celebrating the release of my chapbook Reasons (not) to Dance! Above is another of the ink paintings by Andrea Schreiber that was nominated as a possible cover. This ink painting was specifically inspired by the piece “Spinster,” the text of which is below. Enjoy! Spinster – José Angel Araguz …
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* hollering with cisneros
Human beings pass me on the street, and I want to reach out and strum them as if they were guitars. Sometimes all humanity strikes me as lovely. I just want to reach out and stroke someone, and say There, there, it’s all right, honey. There, there, there. Sandra Cisneros, from ” Never Marry a…
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* new chapbook – Reasons (not) to Dance – released!!!
I am happy to announce the release of my new chapbook, Reasons (not) to Dance! As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, this collection of prose poems and flash fictions imaginatively explores moments of hesitation and celebration in the tradition of the Latin American microcuento as practiced by Ana Maria Shua, Eduardo Galeano, and Agosto Monterroso.…
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* new work up at Pretty Owl Poetry
Just a quick post to announce the release of the latest issue of Pretty Owl Poetry which includes my flash fiction pieces “Spinster” and “Oceans.” The issue also includes fine writing from Jill Khoury, Howie Good and fellow UC poet and friend Les Kay as well as artwork by Heather Simon. Check out the issue…
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* microcuentos, new work & augusto monterroso
The Dinosaur – Augusto Monterroso When he awoke, the dinosaur was still there. * The above, by the Honduran writer Augusto Monterroso, is credited as being one of the world’s shortest stories. Monterroso is one of my favorite writers in the Latin American microcuento tradition. When I first read him, I was amazed at how much spookiness…
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* new short (short) fiction at Star 82 Review
Just a quick post to announce the release of the Issue 2.3 of Star 82 Review featuring my short piece “Clams.” Read it here. I was excited to find this review. The generous spirit of its content – from short (short) fictions to erasures, art, and translation – had me interested right away. Check out…
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