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I’ll collaborating with Laura Dykes at 7:30 PM this Monday, at Lawndale Art Center. She’ll be playing the double bass, while I will be reading some poems from my new manuscript. We will be paired with another duo of strings and poetry. Join us!

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last night went to a great reading in Bellingham—performances by JD Pluecker & @profstalina.bsky.social. before leaving home, I meant to check my handmade book collection for a @jdpluecker.bsky.social handmade book from a while back. I swore I had and sure enough. from 2011!

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This Saturday, I’ll be reading at the Inprint Poets and Writers Ball. Looking forward to meeting my fellow readers and Inprint’s guests. This will be my first reading at a gala!

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I’m thrilled to announce that BIPOC Arts Network and Fund has recognized me as a 2025 Artist Awardee. This transformational investment in me—and all the awardees, creates new opportunities to define our future and build together #BANF #2025ArtistAwards #BIPOCArt

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This Saturday, at 11 AM, I will be reading at Friendswood Library. If you can’t make it in person, here is the Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/8923364830...

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I have three drawings and poems in Action, Spectacle. Thanks to my editor Roberto Tejada for the invitation and selection! Here is the link: static1.squarespace.com/static/634b7...

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Artist-poets, our first ekphrastic submission call is open until 15 Dec. We're looking for pairings of art and prose poetry, both created by the same person. (No AI images or poems, please.) Details/subs here: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

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So I have a book out. Now what do I do? store.deepvellum.org/products/wat...

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I made this starter pack! I was shocked by how quickly I reached the 150 limit. I'm glad you're all here. :) go.bsky.app/7TdVB13

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I made a visual poets of Bluesky starter pack & have added folks who i know make visual poetry. if you'd like to be on it, & don't find your name there, please let me know & i'll add you. if i've added you incorrectly & you'd like to not be on the list, please also let me know: go.bsky.app/Tt7Ljwf

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Happy birthday to WATCHA! 6/25 is the pub date. Looks like Deep Vellum is giving a 20% discount with the coupon code READMORE. Here is the link to purchase: store.deepvellum.org/products/wat...

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@sgpoet.bsky.social, I will be reading at the Guadalupe Latino Bookstore in San Antonio on Friday, June 14, at 6 o’clock in the evening. Feel free to attend the event if you’re interested and available and in San Antonio. Cheers!

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My book launch will be Saturday, June 29, at 2 p.m., at Lawndale Art Center. I will be joined by vocalists Ivette Román Roberto and Justin Rodriguez-Jones, trumpeter Anthony Almendárez, as well as contrabassists Sonia Flores and Juan J. García. Join us!

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WATCHA is here!

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Thank you to HipLATINA for including my forthcoming book Watcha among such great company! hiplatina.com/poetry-colle...

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Honored to have one of my ekphrastic elegies published by Blue Press www.bluepress.uk/blog/withmyh...

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COVER REVEAL! Artwork by Jorge Galván Flores

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COVER REVEAL! Artwork by Jorge Galván Flores

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My forthcoming book Watcha and I are on a list among such good company. www.letraslatinasblog2.com/post/llb2-s-...

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You can now download my translation of Sor Juana’s Enigmas for FREE as a PDF on my website: www.stalinavillarreal.com/translations

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Loving this quiet moment - my third collection looks to be in consideration in some spaces - crossing fingers! But just as important - I have slowly been churning out new work and one of those pieces has been published here: www.thecommononline.org/el-cuerpo-av...

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Watcha is an ekphrastic book that is about looking. I mostly focus on Latinx art, and I also write about my life around art.

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My forthcoming book Watcha has a preorder link: bookshop.org/p/books/watc...

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My forthcoming book Watcha has a preorder link. bookshop.org/p/books/watc...

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My forthcoming book Watcha is now available for preorder: bookshop.org/p/books/watc...

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Yes! It's us. We're still learning how to navigate this thing, but we just wanted to let you know, if you haven't heard, we're open for submissions! Please spread the word. And contributors, literary magazines, friends--give us a follow so we can follow back!

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On Thursday, I will be reading at the Glass Mountain reading. 5:30 p.m. At the Reading Room (room number 202A) in the Roy Cullen Building at University of Houston.

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At the Indie Book Fair held at Spring Street Studios today. These are my literary translations and an anthology in Spanish that I am a part of.

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Entirely happy to announce my second collection- PRAYER HOLDING NIGHT: NEW & SELECTED WORKS (Forthcoming, TCU Press) Spring, 2025! This is part of the Texas Poet Laureate Series-

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