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Barbara Jane Reyes

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born
April 28, 1971

gender
female

place of birth
Manila, Philippines

website

genre
Poetry

member since
May 2007


about this author

Author of Gravities of Center (Arkipelago Books, 2003), Poeta en San Francisco (Tinfish Press, 2005), and the forthcoming Diwata (BOA Editions, Ltd., 2010). http://bjanepr.wordpress.com/




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Poetics: Manuscript Process Talk

Many thanks to Willie Perdomo, who has invited me to VONA to speak on manuscript process. Roger Bonair-Agard and Ruth Forman will also be coming in to speak. I understand Willie's manuscript workshop group will be joined by Suheir Hammad's poetry group for this Friday morning talk. It's great to be invited to be a [...:]
0 comments Published on July 02, 2009 10:31
avg rating: 4.43 | 83 ratings | 14 reviews | 7 distinct works | 2 fans
Poeta En San Francisco Poeta En San Francisco
by Barbara Jane Reyes (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.36 — 56 ratings — published 2005
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Easter Sunday Easter Sunday
by Barbara Jane Reyes (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.62 — 8 ratings — published 2008
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Gravities of Center Gravities of Center
by Barbara Jane Reyes (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.62 — 8 ratings — published 2003
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OCHO #16:  MiPOesias Magazine... OCHO #16: MiPOesias Magazine Print Companion
by Barbara Jane Reyes (Goodreads author) (Editor), Ching-In Chen (Goodreads author) Linh Dinh
avg rating 4.40 — 5 ratings — published 2008
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Cherry Cherry
by Barbara Jane Reyes (Goodreads author)
avg rating 4.75 — 4 ratings — published 2008
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West Oakland Sutra for AK-47 S... West Oakland Sutra for AK-47 Shooter at 3:00 am and Other Oakland Poems
by Barbara Jane Reyes (Goodreads author)
avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2008
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Achiote Seeds Spring 2007 Achiote Seeds Spring 2007
by Barbara Jane Reyes (Goodreads author), Rebecca Mabanglo-Mayor Rich Villar
avg rating 4.00 — 1 rating — published 2007
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Mirrors: Stories of... 06/14 Barbara is currently reading:
Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone (Hardcover)
by Eduardo Galeano
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Notebooks of a Chile... 04/15 Barbara is currently reading:
Notebooks of a Chile Verde Smuggler (Camino Del Sol)
by Juan Felipe Herrera
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The Woman Who Owned... 01/27 Barbara is currently reading:
The Woman Who Owned the Shadows (Paperback)
by Paula Gunn Allen
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July 04
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Literary Event 07/11/09: Randall Mann, Kristin Naca, Debbie Yee, Mariano Zaro @ SFPL

[Please distribute widely via your social networking tool of choice.:]
The Filipino American Center of the San Francisco Public Library in association with Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc. presents:
Philippine American Writers and Artists, Inc. Literary Reading with
Randall Mann, Kristin N...more
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Mirrors: Stories of... Barbara is currently reading:
Mirrors: Stories of Almost Everyone (Hardcover)
by Eduardo Galeano
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May 10
Looking for Ifugao M... Barbara gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Looking for Ifugao Mountain: Paghahanap Sa Bundok Ng Ifugao (Fifth World Tales = Ika-Limang Pandaigdig Na Mga Istoriya)
by Al Robles
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Barbara Barbara said: "Looking for Ifugao Mountain is an out of print children's book written by the late Filipino American poet and community activist Al Robles. The story is an adaptation of his poem, "Tagatac in Ifugao Mountain," which opens his poetry collect...more "
April 22
the manila we knew Barbara marked as to-read:
the manila we knew (Paperback)
by Erlinda Enriquez Panlilio
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April 15
Notebooks of a Chile... Barbara is currently reading:
Notebooks of a Chile Verde Smuggler (Camino Del Sol)
by Juan Felipe Herrera
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Song of the Hummingb... Barbara gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Song of the Hummingbird (Paperback)
by Graciela Limon
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Barbara Barbara said: "So this is one of those books in which I liked the story, but I really did not enjoy the writing, which I think was actually kind of tedious, clinical. I am giving this three stars because of the story, and because I can't give it 2.5 stars. Central ...more "
April 09
When Living Was a La... Barbara gave 3 of 5 stars to:
When Living Was a Labor Camp (Camino Del Sol)
by Diana Garcia
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April 04
Tales for a rainy ni... Barbara gave 3 of 5 stars to:
Tales for a rainy night (Unknown Binding)
by Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo
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April 01
Pinoy Capital: The F... Barbara marked as to-read:
Pinoy Capital: The Filipino Nation in Daly City (Asian American History & Cultu)
by Benito Vergara
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March 28
Ginseng and Other Ta... Barbara gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Ginseng and Other Tales from Manila (Paperback)
by Marianne Villanueva
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message 6: by Andrew
09/28/2007 12:14PM

291552 hey barbara jane...

you are an A M A Z I N G poet :)


message 5: by Barbara
08/15/2007 09:34AM

95426 Thanks PJ! I got myself one from a long time ago. I bought it at Eastwind Books in Berkeley. Hey BTW, what time is our October reading at? I want to put it in my author events.


message 4: by Paolo
08/15/2007 09:31AM

Nophoto-m-25x33 Hey BJ, I got extra copies of 'Thirdest World' for you. Do I send you one now or wait til our October reading? xo, Heathcliff Notes




message 3: by Barbara
07/31/2007 11:21AM

95426 Tara, thanks for the review. We are going to hit some Berkeley bookstores tonight in search of a copy of Make-Shift!

Bryan, yeah there is a Poeta en SF group. As per their description, they're not dedicated exclusively to my book, but to SF Bay Area poetry.


message 2: by Tara
07/29/2007 11:30AM

62580 Hey Ms. Barbara Jane! I was just talking to my friend Latasha Diggs last night about "Poeta en San Francisco" so she'll probably be checking it out too. Hope all is well in the West.


message 1: by Bryan (last edited 07/27/2007 06:20PM)
07/27/2007 06:20PM

64683 Barbara Jane Reyes should have at least one comment here, considering there's a whole reading group dedicated to her book Poeta En San Francisco here.


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