Watch me catch fire with both hands
A new poem for the Brillantina Project. Watch me Catch fire with both Hands.
Read more "Watch me catch fire with both hands"A Fire that Started From Nothing
The Brillantina Project are poems for those who glitter and glisten, those with bright wondrous gazes, hearts bursting with love. Somos brillo que brilla: Somos Orlando. Let us unite in solidarity through poetry and use our words to create awareness and change. Here is my contribution.
Read more "A Fire that Started From Nothing"Rest Stops, Flower Shops, and Yankee Pie: A Conversation with Jon Corcoran.
Jon and I chat about Ropes and Swinging: HERE
Read more "Rest Stops, Flower Shops, and Yankee Pie: A Conversation with Jon Corcoran."Essential.
According to Rigoberto González and the LA Times: Angel Park is among the ESSENTIAL new books by Latinx poets! So TAKE THAT, LILY WHITE CANON! Many people seem to think that this country is one of binaries: Black|White Male|Female Us|Them I hate that. So should you.Lists like Rigoberto’s demonstrate that there is grey, and brown and red, and yellow, […]
Read more "Essential."¡Finalista!
Last year, I handed Danez his Lammy finalist sticker at the LLF table in Minneapolis. This year, I placed that sticker on my own book! I know awards do not define greatness… but being recognized for something you work so hard at is simply beautiful. Growing up in the South Bronx, I didn’t think that […]
Read more "¡Finalista!"Living like a KWEEN
Here is an interview I did with the author of SAD GIRL POEMS (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2016): Living like a KWEEN: A Conversation with Loma
Read more "Living like a KWEEN"On Your RADAR
Here is an interview I did with the awesome and unstoppable Juliana Delgado Lopera: An Interview with Juliana Delgado Lopera
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