Barbara Jane Reyes's Blog
August 20, 2009
My third post, "Evie Shockley, 'a half-red sea' (Carolina Wren Press, 2006)," is up at the Poetry Foundation blog. Here's an excerpt:
There is much to be admired in this collection of poems. In addition to the sonnet-ballad form, she employs the pantoum and the acrostic in very smooth and revealing ways. As well, Shockley's Harryette [...:]
There is much to be admired in this collection of poems. In addition to the sonnet-ballad form, she employs the pantoum and the acrostic in very smooth and revealing ways. As well, Shockley's Harryette [...:]
August 19, 2009
Oscar's and Rachelle Cruz's recent blog posts have got me thinking.
Oscar discusses the 10,000 hour theory: "in short, you have to put in 10,000 hours of practice in order to master an art." I am down with this concept, which I think is common sense, actually investing a lot of our well-spent time in [...:]
Oscar discusses the 10,000 hour theory: "in short, you have to put in 10,000 hours of practice in order to master an art." I am down with this concept, which I think is common sense, actually investing a lot of our well-spent time in [...:]
August 18, 2009
My second post, "Suheir Hammad, 'breaking poems' (Cypher Books, 2008)" (in which I've included and edited my original breaking poems post is up at the Poetry Foundation blog. Here's an excerpt:
And so for those American poets who doubt the existence or relevance of well-written political poetry in the USA, for those who think "political poetry" [...:]
And so for those American poets who doubt the existence or relevance of well-written political poetry in the USA, for those who think "political poetry" [...:]
August 17, 2009
As I've just posted, I am now blogging for the Poetry Foundation; my first blog post, "San Francisco Poet Al Robles (1930-2009)" went up the other day. I am now officially posting on five blogs, though I am hardly active on the International Exchange for Poetic Invention blog, where I really can afford to be [...:]
August 16, 2009
My first post, "San Francisco Poet Al Robles (1930-2009)" is up on the Poetry Foundation blog. Here is an excerpt:
Al Robles was an activist, at the forefront of the movement to stop the demolition of the I-Hotel, which housed elderly and low income tenants, many of whom we've come to know as the "Manongs," elder [...:]
Al Robles was an activist, at the forefront of the movement to stop the demolition of the I-Hotel, which housed elderly and low income tenants, many of whom we've come to know as the "Manongs," elder [...:]
August 15, 2009
From Didi Menendez:
If you have not sent in your poetry submission for the Self-Portrait issue of Poets and Artists (O&S), it is a good time to do so.
Send up to three self-portrait poems new not published before and not being considered by another editor to didimenendez@hotmail.com. Forward, tweet, facebook, blog about it but more important, [...:]
If you have not sent in your poetry submission for the Self-Portrait issue of Poets and Artists (O&S), it is a good time to do so.
Send up to three self-portrait poems new not published before and not being considered by another editor to didimenendez@hotmail.com. Forward, tweet, facebook, blog about it but more important, [...:]
So let's speculate on an alternate reality in which these aliens parked their mother ship over Johannesburg in 1989, a few year before the end of the official system known as Apartheid.
Twenty years later, these aliens, who are more like refugees, live in a racially segregated slum called District 9 (reminiscent of District Six), which [...:]
Twenty years later, these aliens, who are more like refugees, live in a racially segregated slum called District 9 (reminiscent of District Six), which [...:]
August 14, 2009
I've been in a series of emails with Oscar and Craig, especially after the latest MFA Industrial Complex round of blog posts. We've decided to do a joint event between PAWA and Achiote Press for emerging writers of color interested in learning about community and college writing programs.
The event will take place at SFPL on [...:]
The event will take place at SFPL on [...:]
August 13, 2009
ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN & LATIN@ POETRY NIGHT
August 20 | 8-10 pm | The Nest | 200 2nd St Oakland, CA
FREE
OSCAR BERMEO | MAI DOAN | KENJI C. LIU | BARBARA JANE REYES | VICKIE VÉRTIZ
Posted in Bay Area, poetry readings literary events
August 20 | 8-10 pm | The Nest | 200 2nd St Oakland, CA
FREE
OSCAR BERMEO | MAI DOAN | KENJI C. LIU | BARBARA JANE REYES | VICKIE VÉRTIZ
Posted in Bay Area, poetry readings literary events
August 12, 2009
Today, Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is asking: "Who are the successful writers backing new voices, a la Peter Jackson and Blomkamp/District 9? Are writers too self-centered?" He specifies that he's looking for examples of established writers publishing emerging writers.
My initial response is that in po-biz world, isn't this popularly socially disliked, established writers who have their [...:]
My initial response is that in po-biz world, isn't this popularly socially disliked, established writers who have their [...:]
