Barbara Jane Reyes's Blog
October 9, 2009
The poet Luisa Igloria has recently Twittered, "It's time to bring tough revision back as the new sexy, over glibness."
I am with this in a big way. A cursory look over my blog entries will tell you I am a fan of tough revision and editing. I wonder about the "glibness" part of Luisa's statement. [...:]
I am with this in a big way. A cursory look over my blog entries will tell you I am a fan of tough revision and editing. I wonder about the "glibness" part of Luisa's statement. [...:]
October 8, 2009
My 14th post is up at the Poetry Foundation blog. Actually, I've happily given over the space to Craig Santos Perez's review of Tara Betts's debut poetry collection Arc & Hue. An excerpt:
The funniest poem is an interactive piece titled "A Survey on Enjoying Verse." One of the survey questions asks where the reader last [...:]
The funniest poem is an interactive piece titled "A Survey on Enjoying Verse." One of the survey questions asks where the reader last [...:]
October 7, 2009
Who is championing Filipino American literature on a national level? Who is advocating for our writers, with respect to performance, publication, and review? Who is mentoring our emerging writers as they work their way through writing workshops and writing programs, drafting, revising, editing poems, compiling manuscripts, submitting them for publication, and is this being done [...:]
October 6, 2009
Aloha Tinfish friends–
I am writing to announce publication of our 19th issue of the annual journal, which is beautifully designed, covered by hand-made stuffs, and full of wonderful work. Please support our efforts to publish experimental poetry from the Pacific.
_Tinfish 19_ includes parodies of Wallace Stevens by Jill Yamasawa and Gizelle Gajelonia; a letter to [...:]
I am writing to announce publication of our 19th issue of the annual journal, which is beautifully designed, covered by hand-made stuffs, and full of wonderful work. Please support our efforts to publish experimental poetry from the Pacific.
_Tinfish 19_ includes parodies of Wallace Stevens by Jill Yamasawa and Gizelle Gajelonia; a letter to [...:]
October 5, 2009
Exciting! I will be having a planning conversation with Robert of Eth-Noh-Tec re: co-curating one or two of their salon events in the spring. I've previously mentioned multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary Filipino American artists, and how to include them in the events I take on planning. Eth-Noh-Tec's space (the third floor of an old SF Victorian) [...:]
October 3, 2009
Hi all, So this is where I will be tomorrow, reading from Diwata at the Asian Art Museum for their Filipino American History Month Celebration. Rather than selling books via the museum bookstore (they take a huge cut), I will be giving away a free limited edition chapbook featuring a small selection of poems from [...:]
October 2, 2009
My 13th post, Adrian Castro, Handling Destiny (Coffee House Press, 2009), is now up at the Poetry Foundation blog. Here's an excerpt:
Adrian Castro's latest collection, Handling Destiny (Coffee House, 2009), includes the poem, "Itutu Sankófa 2003," written for the memory of the Afro-Cuban jazz percussionist Ramon "Mongo" Santamaria. In this poem, Castro writes, "You keep [...:]
Adrian Castro's latest collection, Handling Destiny (Coffee House, 2009), includes the poem, "Itutu Sankófa 2003," written for the memory of the Afro-Cuban jazz percussionist Ramon "Mongo" Santamaria. In this poem, Castro writes, "You keep [...:]
October 1, 2009
A couple of recent enjoyable reads:
Writing Advice: How to Embrace the Suck.
HTMLGIANT: What I Hear You Saying Is That My Writing Sucks.
I am interested the theme of sucking. That some writers suck, need to be told they suck, but no one ever tells them so. That some writers vehemently avoid editors and other means by [...:]
Writing Advice: How to Embrace the Suck.
HTMLGIANT: What I Hear You Saying Is That My Writing Sucks.
I am interested the theme of sucking. That some writers suck, need to be told they suck, but no one ever tells them so. That some writers vehemently avoid editors and other means by [...:]
September 29, 2009
I am here and I'm not, running through my lists of work, obligations, and projects. I'm a little disorganized right now.
I have four manuscripts, three written by Pinay poets, that I have agreed to read and respond to.
I am finishing up Diwata edits; it's all just cleaning up stuff now. I nailed the one poem [...:]
I have four manuscripts, three written by Pinay poets, that I have agreed to read and respond to.
I am finishing up Diwata edits; it's all just cleaning up stuff now. I nailed the one poem [...:]
September 28, 2009
My eleventh post, A few things about R. Zamora Linmark's The Evolution of a Sigh is up at the Poetry Foundation blog. Here's an excerpt:
I wanted to say a few things about R. Zamora Linmark's energetic collection The Evolution of a Sigh (Hanging Loose Press, 2008) which I've read and reread, and which had me [...:]
I wanted to say a few things about R. Zamora Linmark's energetic collection The Evolution of a Sigh (Hanging Loose Press, 2008) which I've read and reread, and which had me [...:]
