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virtual events, new pub, & shout-out

José Angel Araguz Leave a comment

This week, I’m excited to share about a few upcoming virtual events, a recent blogpost, and some thoughts on poems by Jose Hernandez Diaz:

The first features myself, Quintin Collins, and Daniel B. Summerhill and is hosted by The Notebooks Collective. Here’s the full info:

WHAT: The Notebooks Collective hosts “In Conversation: Three Poets”
WHEN: Saturday, April 23 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm EDT
WHERE: online
REGISTRATION: Click on “tickets” to register here.

Flyer for The Notebooks Collective virtual event.

The second virtual event features myself and Kathleen Aguero and is hosted by the Concord Free Public Library. Here’s the full info:

WHAT: Virtual Poetry at the Library: Kathleen Aguero and José Angel Araguz
WHEN: Sunday, April 24 @ 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. EDT
WHERE: online
REGISTRATION: To register, click here.

Flyer for the Concord Free Public Library event.

Also, I’m happy to share a recent blogpost I wrote for the Countdown to Muse 2022: “Finding Your People” series. In this short essay, I share some of the key lessons learned in my friendship with poet Dennis Flinn. Read the blogpost here.

Lastly, I wanted to share a link to these two poems by Jose Hernandez Diaz published in the latest issue of The Acentos Review. I assigned the issue to a student and, in discussing the great work featured, we dwelled on these two poems.

In “Huevos Revueltos con Chorizo,” Diaz does a graceful ode to a staple of Mexican desayuno. By engaging in description, memory, and a welcoming tone, the poem evokes the act of breaking bread with someone. In “My Mother’s “Broken” English,” Diaz dynamically raises one person’s “broken” English to art. Some lovely poems to move us into the weekend.

Thank you again to all of you who have supported Rotura! If you’re interested in buying a copy, know that Black Lawrence Press has an offer now through 4/30 of 50% off their poetry collections. Just enter promo code: NatPoMo50 at checkout.

Book cover for Rotura.

¡Cuídense!

José

shoutouts: here and beyond!

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This week I’d love to give some shoutouts to some upcoming publications as well as to share some other happenings. Here we go:

  • Shoutout to Quintin Collins whose second poetry collection, Claim Tickets for Stolen People (winner of The Journal Charles B. Wheeler Poetry Prize), is forthcoming from Ohio State University Press’ imprint Mad Creek. This collection is available for pre-order here. For more on Collins and his work, check out this feature.
  • Shoutout also to John Sibley Williams whose poetry collection, The Drowning House (winner of the 2020 Elixir Press Annual Poetry Award) is also forthcoming and available for pre-order. Check out this past feature to see some of his work.
  • Lastly, shoutout to this happening: phenomenal poet Bert Meyers finally has a page on the Poetry Foundation site. This has been a long time coming, even emailed myself at one point to nudge the good folx along to honor and have an online space for his work. Check out this past post (and this one, and this one, haha) on his work to further celebrate his work. I’ve done a few posts on his works and am always down to geek out about it 🙂

That’s all for now. Off to catch my breath as life keeps spinning forward. Stay safe, y’all!