Tag: NYC

• * remembering galway kinnell

  Given this week’s news of Galway Kinnell’s passing, I find myself heading into Dia de los Muertos this weekend with him on my mind. I had the pleasure of attending a reading he gave alongside Phil Levine in NYC. The two great poets chatted at their table before the reading. When the time came to…

  José Angel Araguz

  October 31, 2014

  Uncategorized

  Aquarius, arts, astrology, Capricorn, Cincinnati Ohio, Corpus Christi Texas, creative writing, Dia de los Muertos, Galway Kinnell, Jose Angel Araguz, literature, lyric poetry, NYC, Phil Levine, poetry, poetry reading, Virgo, wriiting

• bolaño: a lyrical alignment

  I recently reread Robert Bolaño’s novel “The Savage Detectives.” I first read it in 2008. I had just moved to Oregon after completing my MFA, two years in NYC that were a combination of awe and awful. To be a young poet anywhere is to be confused and enchanted – and able to use words…

  José Angel Araguz

  May 30, 2014

  lyrical alignments, Uncategorized, writing prompts

  arts, astrology, Cancer, Chile, Cincinnati Ohio, Corpus Christi Texas, Jose Angel Araguz, literature, Mexico City, NYC, poetry, Roberto Bolaño, the friday influence, The Savage Detectives, Ulises Lima, Virgo, visceral realism, writing