Tag: YesYes Books

• writer 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 […]

  José Angel Araguz

  January 8, 2021

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• * “the pure / holy of instinct”: elizabeth acevedo

  I agree with those who hold that one of poetry’s major ambitions should be to refresh the language. Through engagement and interrogation of words shared in common, poems can bring us closer to meaning what we mean. An example of the kind of interrogation I mean is evident in this week’s poem from fellow CantoMundo poet […]

  José Angel Araguz

  September 23, 2016

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