Barbara Jane Reyes's Blog
November 11, 2009
… where ever "there" may be (and here, I don't mean Oakland, which because of Gertrude Stein, is known as "there."). For the purposes of this here blog post, "there" means not the West Coast.
When Luis Francia came to town last month, one thing he marveled about was the deep sense of history our local [...:]
When Luis Francia came to town last month, one thing he marveled about was the deep sense of history our local [...:]
November 9, 2009
I need to prepare a presentation for tomorrow evening's Young Urbanists [Literature:] panel. Some guiding questions, as per our moderator, Matthew Zapruder:
• In the introduction to his anthology Writing Los Angeles, editor David Ulin writes "The story of Los Angeles has always been, on the most basic level, the story of the interaction between civilization [...:]
• In the introduction to his anthology Writing Los Angeles, editor David Ulin writes "The story of Los Angeles has always been, on the most basic level, the story of the interaction between civilization [...:]
November 6, 2009
My 19th post is up on the Poetry Foundation blog. Yes, more responses from independent publishers, as well as some links to ongoing discussions elsewhere in poet e-world.
Many thanks to Brent E. Beltrán and Consuelo Manríquez de Beltrán of Calaca Press, Patrick Durgin of Kenning Editions, and Willie Perdomo of Cypher Books for answering my [...:]
Many thanks to Brent E. Beltrán and Consuelo Manríquez de Beltrán of Calaca Press, Patrick Durgin of Kenning Editions, and Willie Perdomo of Cypher Books for answering my [...:]
I am currently working on my next Poetry Foundation post, which I think will conclude my series of posts on independent publishing. I am pretty much done with what I mean to write, and am just waiting now, on one or two independent publishers to respond to my two questions.
Actually, if you are reading this, [...:]
Actually, if you are reading this, [...:]
November 4, 2009
Something Susan Schultz wrote in her response to my indie publishing questions has me thinking.
My frustration at the moment comes of the fact that no publisher can demand her customers read the press as well as its authors. So the conversations we mean to get going are sometimes overlooked when people buy only work by [...:]
My frustration at the moment comes of the fact that no publisher can demand her customers read the press as well as its authors. So the conversations we mean to get going are sometimes overlooked when people buy only work by [...:]
November 1, 2009
Thanks to Steve Evans of Third Factory for including me in this year's Attention Span.
Below is my list that I submitted a few weeks (months?) ago, of work currently on my radar, in my head, and/or on my reading list (if you read my blog, you already know this):
Suheir Hammad | breaking poems | Cypher [...:]
Below is my list that I submitted a few weeks (months?) ago, of work currently on my radar, in my head, and/or on my reading list (if you read my blog, you already know this):
Suheir Hammad | breaking poems | Cypher [...:]
October 31, 2009
My 18th post, Indie Publishing: Two Questions and More Answers, is up at the Poetry Foundation blog. This is a continuation of my previous indie publishing post, in which I asked the questions, "Why did you start your small press/why did you become an independent publisher? What need was not being met by the existing [...:]
October 29, 2009
YOUNG URBANISTS
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 6:00pm
[Literature:] in the city
From the Beat movement and City Lights to McSweeney's, San Francisco has been shaped by its literary history. But this history does not simply lie in the texts produced by the writers—it was also a history produced in the city's fabric, in literary movements that defined [...:]
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 6:00pm
[Literature:] in the city
From the Beat movement and City Lights to McSweeney's, San Francisco has been shaped by its literary history. But this history does not simply lie in the texts produced by the writers—it was also a history produced in the city's fabric, in literary movements that defined [...:]
October 27, 2009
My 17th post, Indie Publishing: Two Questions and Several Answers, is up on the Poetry Foundation blog. For this post, I've asked Eileen Tabios, Francisco Aragón, Reb Livingston, and Rusty Morrison the following questions: Why did you start your small press/why did you become an independent publisher? What need was not being met by the [...:]
October 26, 2009
Please join us for the next reading in the PAWA Arkipelago Reading Series
Where: The Bayanihan Center 1010 Mission Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco
When: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Who: Writers Justin Chin, Sarah Gambito, and Marianne Vilanueva. Musical guests Myrna del Río and Bo Razon.
This event is free and open to the public!
[...:]
Where: The Bayanihan Center 1010 Mission Street @ 6th Street, San Francisco
When: Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Who: Writers Justin Chin, Sarah Gambito, and Marianne Vilanueva. Musical guests Myrna del Río and Bo Razon.
This event is free and open to the public!
[...:]
