Tag: poetry community
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poetry feature: Lisa Summe
This week I’m excited to share two poems from Lisa Summe’s upcoming collection, Say It Hurts (YesYes Books). This collection is due out on January 15th and is currently available for pre-order. Here’s a brief description of the forthcoming collection: Say It Hurts grapples with queerness, love, grief, masculinity, coming of age, and coming out in […]
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art, space, poetry
Last week I spoke of being panicked. This week’s P-word: pummeled. It’s how I’m feeling at least, typing this out this Friday morning. The word describes the world as well, no? With government officials seriously delaying aid for people while corporations get tax breaks, billionaires billion on, and so many people suffer from the pandemic, […]
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dispatch: virtual events this week!
A quick post sharing info on a few events I’ll be a part of this week: First, I’m excited to be a part of a talk celebrating the anthology Far Villages: Welcome Essays for New and Beginner Poets (Black Lawrence Press). Here’s the full info: Tuesday, 10/27 @ 8PM EDT–Talk: Poetry as a Way of […]
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new review at The Bind!
Front-note: I hope everyone is staying safe out there-whether you’re protesting in person or doing activism at home. Black Lives Matter and we must do everything to push against systemic oppression. * Also, just a quick post to share that my chronicle-review of Rosa Alcalá’s MyOTHER TONGUE (Futurepoem) went live earlier this week at The Bind! Read […]
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hushing with Susan Woods Morse
In these days of self-isolation and sheltering in place, the word “isolation” itself has been charged in meaningful new ways. And while the charging and refreshing of language with new meaning has been one of the enterprises of poetry from the start, when life takes on this work for us in a way that startles […]
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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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community feature: CavanKerry Press
This particular community feature post is inspired by a recent development: I’m happy to share that I’ve been named as a member of the Board of Governors for CavanKerry Press! I’m excited to join as a new board member, along with Cornelius Eady, and help develop the already dynamic CavanKerry Press community. Special thanks to […]
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new publication: Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy
Just a quick post to share about the release of a new anthology: Dear America: Letters of Hope, Habitat, Defiance, and Democracy edited by Simmons Buntin, Elizabeth Dodd, and Derek Sheffield and published by Trinity University Press. My own poem, “American Studies” is included along with work by Jericho Brown, Victoria Chang, Camille T. Dungy, […]
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new publication: The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext!
Just a quick post to share the release of the latest BreakBeat Poets anthology, The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext edited by Felicia Chavez, José Olivarez, and Willie Perdomo and published by Haymarket Books. Super-excited to share news of this release - in part because my own poem “La Llorona Watches the Movie Troy” is featured in its pages […]
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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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