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Acknowledgment: Eleven Eleven Journal
Posted by Oscar Bermeo in journals, publications on March 4, 2010
Many thanks to the editors
at Eleven Eleven for including two of my poems, “Urban Relación” and “The Story of How Pigeon Came to Live in City,” in their latest issue.
This is the latest in what has been a wealth of great poetry news lately and it’s all coming in just in time as I have a few classes of poetry to teach and some talks to give in the very near future, and it would suck to be doing any of that important work without feeling 100% in love with poetry. A statement I think I’m almost ready to say but instead I will say this: Yes, I am 100% in love with the possibilities of poetry.
Back Room Live: October 31, 2009
Posted by Oscar Bermeo in journals, publications on November 1, 2009
The poetry of Amalia Bueno, Rachelle Cruz, Guillermo Parra and Amir Rabiyah is featured this month’s issue of Back Room Live, guest edited by Oscar Bermeo.
From my editor’s notes:
The poets presented here believe in the value of community. All the poems here happen in the wild open air with interactions as varied as Radiohead in Venezuela, a trip on the Bx1 in the Bronx, communion with the dead, and conversations with God. These poems bristle against the unexpected, invite conversation and (in my idealized world) spread out to create connections with their poetry.
Many thanks again to Life Long Press editor-in-chief Valyntina Grenier for this chance to the work of some very exciting poets.
Acknowledgment: Guest Editing at Back Room Live
Posted by Oscar Bermeo in journals, publications on October 26, 2009
Back Room Live with Guest Editor Oscar Bermeo
Many thanks to Valyntina Grenier of Life Long Press for the opportunity to guest edit this month’s issue of Back Room Live.
Be on the lookout for some great poetry from Amalia Bueno, Rachelle Cruz, Guillermo Parra and Amir Rabiyah.
And for all of y’all on Facebook, please check out the events page.
Acknowledgment: Tinfish 19
Posted by Oscar Bermeo in publications on October 6, 2009
Many thanks to Susan Schultz and everyone at Tinfish for including “What the Landlord Said” in the next issue of their journal. I love the amazing bookart Tinfish creates and can’t wait to get this issue in hand.
If you’d like to order a copy, just hit up their website to make that purchase.
You can also check out Susan’s blog for a behind-the-scenes look at the construction of Tinfish 19.
Tinfish 19 as Unalienated Labor (only the accounting sheet is alienated)
Tinfish 19 includes parodies of Wallace Stevens by Jill Yamasawa and Gizelle Gajelonia; a letter to the editor in verse by Ryan Oishi; poems from Daniel Tiffany’s forthcoming Tinfish volume, Dandelion Clock; landlord poems by Oscar Bermeo and Deborah Woodard; interventions in Maoist indigestion by Kenny Tanemura and Guantanamo by Rachel Loden; as well as poems by such luminaries as Barbara Jane Reyes, Jody Arthur, Jennifer Reimer, Janna Plant, Brandon Shimoda, Mandy Luo, Dennis Phillips, Emelihter Kihleng, Paul Naylor and others. Graphic design by Chae Ho Lee, covers and centerfold by Maya Portner, editorial assistance from Jade Sunouchi, art direction from Gaye Chan, and editorial due diligence by Susan M. Schultz. The covers were handmade, the books handbound.
Full blog post is at the Tinfish Editor’s Blog
Acknowledgment: Poets and Artists (O&S, 2.6)
Posted by Oscar Bermeo in publications on September 6, 2009
Many thanks to Didi Menendez for including my poetry in the Self-Portrait issue of the latest Poets and Artists.
I submitted “A Bodega on Anywhere Avenue” because it shows how I view myself in the line of Nuyorican Poetry, as an outsider following in the large footsteps of some legendary literary figures who in the final analysis are just street poets. Elders on the corner reciting poetry to be heard and spread in the same way their maestro, Jorge Brandon, did it. I’m hoping that’s the way I’m doing it, too.
Also in this issue, look out for poems by Barbara Jane Reyes, Marie Elizabeth-Mali, Denise Duhamel, among some other amazing writers and artists.
The print version will be available soon but for now you can view it at issuu.com or browse through the embedded image below.
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Born in Ecuador and raised in the Bronx, Oscar Bermeo is the author of the chapbooks Anywhere Avenue, Palimpsest and Heaven Below. He lives and works in Oakland, CA.
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