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Poem Draft: West Oakland Invocation

West Oakland Invocation After Juan Felipe Herrera’s “Blood Gang Call” Calling all scrap metal pickers, the ones wearing leaden paint instead of blue jeans Calling all watermelon & cherry v… more »

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Poem Draft: West Oakland Invocation — 2 comments

Barbara Jane Reyes wrote 1 week ago: West Oakland Invocation After Juan Felipe Herrera’s “Blood Gang Call” Calling all scrap metal … more »

Tags: Poems, West Oakland

Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems by Juan Felipe Herrera! — 3 comments

Barbara Jane Reyes wrote 2 weeks ago: Hey all, I’ve just received this press release from Juan Felipe Herrera: Contact: Holly Schaff … more »

Tags: Books, Poetry

Done!

Barbara Jane Reyes wrote 1 month ago: Submitted the California Poet Laureate application for Juan Felipe Herrera! Oscar and Ching-In helpe … more »

Tags: Work, southeast asian studies

Poet Laureates and All — 4 comments

Barbara Jane Reyes wrote 2 months ago: Some news and thoughts in and about Poet Laureate Land. (1) Tony Brown is the new Poet Laureate of t … more »

Tags: Poetry, Jack Hirschman, Tony Brown, Charles Simic, Poet Laureates

Quickie Reading Updates: Jen Bervin's Nets and Juan Felipe Herrera's Border-Crosser With a Lamborghini Dream — 3 comments

Barbara Jane Reyes wrote 2 months ago: Jen Bervin’s Nets is a deceptively quick read, I think. I didn’t read the actual Shakesp … more »

Tags: Books, Poetry, Border-Crosser With A Lamborghini Dream, Jen Bervin, Nets

Current Reading: Very quick thoughts on Juan Felipe Herrera and Andres Montoya — 2 comments

Barbara Jane Reyes wrote 5 months ago: (1) I finished Juan Felipe Herrera’s 187 Reasons Why Mexicanos Can’t Cross The Border: U … more »

Tags: Books, Poetics, Poetry, Andres Montoya, Floricanto, Gloria Anzaldua

A Poetics Brain Dump

Barbara Jane Reyes wrote 5 months ago: Seriously though. Here’s something I told Oscar, and Rupert Estanislao this past weekend, rega … more »

Tags: Poetics, Adrian Castro, Cantos to Blood and Honey

Poem: Worry

Barbara Jane Reyes wrote 5 months ago: We just got back from the Manilatown exhibit, Rendering Capitalism, featuring some of my favorite an … more »

Tags: Poems, Arvin Flores, litany, Manilatown, Rendering Capitalism

Sprawling thoughts on literary community while reading Juan Felipe Herrera

Barbara Jane Reyes wrote 5 months ago: I am currently reading Juan Felipe Herrera’s 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross The Borde … more »

Tags: Books, Filipino, Poetics, Poetry, Al Robles, Alejandro Murguía, Carlos Bulosan, Floricanto, Jessica Hagedorn

Downtown Boy by Juan Felipe Herrera

librarina wrote 2 years ago: This novel in verse (written all in poems) is about a Chicano boy, named Juanito, who always seems t … more »

Tags: Book Review, teen, Downtown Boy


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