Tag: reading
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microreview: Dear Outsiders by Jenny Sadre-Orafai
review by José Angel Araguz One of the first clues into the framing narrative of Dear Outsiders by Jenny Sadre-Orafai comes straight from its stunning cover. This image of two people blending into one only to reveal the sea, one learns through reading, works to evoke the experience of the two siblings who serve as…
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dispatch 021023
Had the opportunity to share one of Paul Hlava Ceballos’ poems at a reading this week. The poem, “Coronary Angiogram,”* is a fascinating prose poem whose turns of phrase move between two different languages of the heart: the medical and the personal. There’s also a nod to history and craft in the second stanza: “At…
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Grolier hybrid reading this Thursday!
Just a quick post to share that I’ll be doing a hybrid event this week! WHAT: Grolier Poetry Book Shop presents José Angel Araguz & Levi Rubeck (hybrid reading)WHEN: Thursday, February 9th, 2023WHERE: This event will take place synchronously via Zoom and instore at 6 Plympton Street. Registration is required.REGISTRATION (ONLINE): Use this link to…
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dispatch 011223
Happy new year, y’all! The theme so far for 2023 seems to be difficulty: sometimes intense, sometimes fruitful, but always engaging. Like a poem. With this riff in mind, I’d like to give a shout-out to Sasha Pimental’s “If I Die in Juárez,” a poem that approaches difficult subject matter in an unexpected way. Been…
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community feature: Through These Realities
This week I’m featuring the local, Boston-area art project, Through These Realities, featuring collaborations across photography and poetry. I shared about the call for this in a previous post, and I’m now happy to celebrate the opening of the exhibition and the publication of the work online. Neuroscientist, photographer, and writer, Joshua Sariñana, PhD, who…
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virtual event this Sunday + new podcast interview
Just a quick post to share about two things: First, I’m excited to share the release of a podcast interview I did for The Tell Don’t Show. I had a great time talking with Katie Marya and Kasey Peters about Rotura (Black Lawrence Press), our various younger siblings, and the single line stanza. Also, I’m…
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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: 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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new craft feature
Just a quick post to share that I have been featured in Cultural Daily’s column, “Poets on Craft.” In this short bit of prose, I share about my journey with a poem, from start to finish, discussing some of the ethos behind my process and practice. Check out my feature here as well as the…
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ROTURA talk recording
Just a quick post to share that the recording from my talk last Saturday on my forthcoming book, Rotura, is available on YouTube (see below)! Thank you to everyone who made the event! I had a great time answering questions and sharing new work. Should you be interested in pre-ordering a copy from Black Lawrence…
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