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Salamander virtual event & more!

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The flyer for this Thursday’s virtual event.

I’m excited to welcome folks to the next Salamander virtual event happening this THURSDAY, 7/20. Here are the deets:

WHAT: Salamander issue #56 Virtual Reading
WHEN: Thursday, July 20th: 6-7PM EST
WHO: Brent Ameneyro, Milica Mijatović, & Joseph Dante
WHERE: Via Zoom! Register for this event at this link.
[Note: ASL interpretation will be provided at this event.]

Super-excited to be hosting these wonderful writers!

Opportunity for PNW Poets: Airlie Press is seeking full-length manuscripts (48–90 pages) from Pacific Northwest poets who are willing and able to commit to a three-year term of doing the shared work of running a collective press.

Find out more info on their Submittable page.

Also, Black Lawrence Press is having a sale on discounted poetry bundles in preparation for the Sealey Challenge. My own collection, Rotura, is part of the “Sealey Challenge 10 – Poets of Color” bundle. For more info on this sale, check out the BLP site.

Lastly, I had the honor of teaching for the Solstice low-residency MFA program’s summer residency last week. During this residency, amidst the rich conversations about poetry and creative nonfiction (the two genres I teach in), I was able to sit in on a craft class by essayist and novelist Xu Xi on “Writing the Intersection of the Public & Personal.” After the illuminating experience of the class, I have been engaging with samples of her work online. This essay is a good example of the dynamic range Xu Xi is capable of on the page as well as the richness of insight she offers her readers.

Be well 🙂

José

some updates

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The cycle of being exhausted and exploited continues, but here are some updates:

A copy of Rotura at my desk.
  • Starting off with the image above–happy to report that I received my author copies of my new book, Rotura (Black Lawrence Press), which is due out officially this Friday, March 18th. There’s still time to pre-order a copy.
  • Also, I will be doing an Instagram Account Takeover for Bear Review starting tomorrow. I’ll be posting and doing stories all week, so be sure to stop by their account and say hi 🙂
  • Also also, I am happy to share that my poem, “Mexican,” is included in the latest issue of THRUSH Poetry Journal. THRUSH has been a dream journal for over a decade, so excited to be a part of this issue including work by Deborah Allbritain, Carla Carlson, James Diaz, Tennessee Hill, Chisom Okafor, Doug Ramspeck, and Meg Thompson.
  • Lastly, I’m excited to share that the latest issue of Salamander is out in the world (after some printer delays)! This issue features stellar work by Anindita Sengupta, Lauren K. Carlson, Sara Elkamel, Seth Leeper, Katie Marya, Sarah Cedeño, and this moving lyric sequence by Glen Stowell. Stay tuned for details of a virtual event to celebrate this latest issue!

I’ve got a few more things in the works related to Rotura, but for now, thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered and/or who is reading this right now. I hope you are finding ways to find peace and compassion for yourselves and others.

José