Barbara Jane Reyes's Blog
August 9, 2009
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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: Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Who: Penélope V. Flores, Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III, Kevin L. Nadal, and Benito [...:]
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: Sunday, August 23, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Who: Penélope V. Flores, Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III, Kevin L. Nadal, and Benito [...:]
Props for new/recent publication, and more news:
Tara Betts's forthcoming debut collection Arc and Hue (Aquarius Press, 2009).
Reginald Dwayne Betts, recipient of the 2009 Beatrice Hawley Award, for his forthcoming Shahid Reads His Own Palm (Alice James Books, 2010).
Chad Sweeney's forthcoming third collecti0n, Parable of Hide and Seek (Alice James Books, 2010).
Jennifer K. Sweeney, recipient of [...:]
Tara Betts's forthcoming debut collection Arc and Hue (Aquarius Press, 2009).
Reginald Dwayne Betts, recipient of the 2009 Beatrice Hawley Award, for his forthcoming Shahid Reads His Own Palm (Alice James Books, 2010).
Chad Sweeney's forthcoming third collecti0n, Parable of Hide and Seek (Alice James Books, 2010).
Jennifer K. Sweeney, recipient of [...:]
August 8, 2009
It's time for a moment of lightness on this here blog, so let me briefly talk about my current TV show fixes. We don't have cable in the sexy loft, nor do we get any TV reception (at some point, if we ever decide to get to it, we'll go digital). In the meantime, it's [...:]
August 7, 2009
I've been thinking about Diwata and authenticity. The manuscript reads as mythological, though honestly, adhering strictly to any particular sets of mythologies was not such an important consideration for the project. I've made up so much story of origin, place, and practice, using people, objects, symbols, concepts as my points of departure, speculation, or extrapolation. [...:]
I type the word, "Alternatives," and already do not like its implications, that there are implied standards.
Still, let me point you to three other blogs:
Craig Santos Perez: "so someone tell me why an organization like the ACENTOS FOUNDATION will offer FREE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC writers' workshops in the Bronx (with some of the most [...:]
Still, let me point you to three other blogs:
Craig Santos Perez: "so someone tell me why an organization like the ACENTOS FOUNDATION will offer FREE, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC writers' workshops in the Bronx (with some of the most [...:]
August 6, 2009
Items for today:
I submitted my edited Diwata manuscript to editor Peter Connors at BOA Editions yesterday evening. I know I gave myself until the end of July, but I won't flog myself for being five days behind on my self-imposed deadline.
I've submitted a bunch of poems and one essay to at least four different publications [...:]
I submitted my edited Diwata manuscript to editor Peter Connors at BOA Editions yesterday evening. I know I gave myself until the end of July, but I won't flog myself for being five days behind on my self-imposed deadline.
I've submitted a bunch of poems and one essay to at least four different publications [...:]
August 5, 2009
The title of our panel for AWP 2010 is "Poets in the World: Building Diverse Communities through Independent Poetry Centers, Blogs, and Radio," which Camille Norton, poet and UOP professor, proposed. I've never met her, and she contacted me and Oscar upon the recommendation of Tim Kahl at the Sacramento Poetry Center. We met Tim [...:]
August 3, 2009
Yo. Some of the recent buzz in e-po-biz world is just tripping me out. Here are some noteworthy links:
HTML Giant
Vowel Movers
Reb Livingston
This current industry talk is actually kind of alienating, kind of revelatory, like Millennium's Frank Black coming to know the true face of evil, and his slowly coming to know this is like, "Duh, [...:]
HTML Giant
Vowel Movers
Reb Livingston
This current industry talk is actually kind of alienating, kind of revelatory, like Millennium's Frank Black coming to know the true face of evil, and his slowly coming to know this is like, "Duh, [...:]
Yo. Some of the recent buzz in e-po-biz world is just tripping me out. Here are some noteworthy links:
HTML Giant
Vowel Movers
Reb Livingston
This current industry talk is actually kind of alienating, kind of revelatory, like Millennium's Frank Black coming to know the true face of evil, and his slowly coming to know this is like, "Duh, [...:]
HTML Giant
Vowel Movers
Reb Livingston
This current industry talk is actually kind of alienating, kind of revelatory, like Millennium's Frank Black coming to know the true face of evil, and his slowly coming to know this is like, "Duh, [...:]
August 2, 2009
Wow, thank you to Michael McAllister, curator of the Barbershop Reading Series, and Joe Gallagher, the owner of Joe's Barbershop, for welcoming us into their community space.
Yesterday evening was a wonderful reading and performance, and blending of communities and family. Oscar has posted photos and video.
Oscar opened the evening with an arson set of [...:]
Yesterday evening was a wonderful reading and performance, and blending of communities and family. Oscar has posted photos and video.
Oscar opened the evening with an arson set of [...:]
