Many thanks to Kathryn Petruccelli and the Agony Column Podcast for posting an MP3 from my reading in Salinas with Jimmy Santiago Baca at the Cesar Chavez Library. The recording also comes with some great commentary.
You can also hear an interview with Baca right before his reading. Recordings of Marcos Cabrera and Garland Thompsons’ reading will be up soon.
Thanks goes out to the editors of Ozone Park—a new journal from the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literary Translation at Queens College, The City University of New York—for accepting one of my poems in their premiere issue.
You can find “Fire Escape” in the Poetry section or view/print it by downloading this PDF.
Many thanks to Poetry Editor Sasha Pimentel Chacón and everyone at BorderSenses for including my work in the Summer 2008 issue.
From the Editor’s Note:
Manila-born Barbara Jane Reyes writes an answer to Ecuador-born husband Oscar Bermeo in two “We, Spoken Here” segments. Both Oakland writers balance their own careers with teaching and literary commitments.
Yeah, it’s great to be in the same publication space as Barb and it’s extra fitting the the “We” poems are the representative poems as Barb and I were both inspired by Nathaniel Mackey’s reading and talk at the DeYoung Museum.
Here is the official list of poets in BorderSenses Summer 2008:
This is all welcome news in the face of a big work schedule and the fact that I am behind on a lot of poetry projects. Time to get back to balancing those work and literary commitments.
Many thanks to editors Sonya Chung and Helen Dano for publishing “About B-Boys in the Boogie Down†and “In the City, you can’t help but think of God†in the inaugural edition of CrossBRONX.
Additional shout-out to Anthem Salgado for recording the audio clips that accompany the text to the poems. Thanks much, brother man.
New York Peeps: Tonight’s First Wednesdays Bronx Culture Trolley will be featuring readings of selected works by some of the first issue’s contributing writers. If you check it out, please let me know.
Welcome to the inaugural issue of CrossBRONX, compiled and edited by the Bronx Writers Center’s 2008 Fellows Sonya Chung and Helen Dano. The task to create a new digital journal was an extraordinary accomplishment. But just as extraordinary are the poets, writers, and artists selected for the premiere edition. Each reflects the diversity of the Bronx as well as its future. The talent that comprises CrossBRONX is only a sample of what will be presented in future issues.
There’s a dramatic change in the Bronx -new artists, poets, critical thinkers, and cultural visionaries sharing their insights, hopes, and creative talents. I’m sure that this venture will continue the borough’s growth as an incubator for the new creative frontier.
CrossBRONX will be published three times a year, giving a variety of writers and visual artists the opportunity to share their work in a new media form.
Sincerely,
Bill Aguado
Executive Director
Bronx Council on the Arts
It is a real honor to be included in this issue which focuses on Latina/Latino poets who who have not yet published a full-length book. I can’t wait to get the issue in hand and read the poems! Many thanks to Francisco Aragón and Didi Menendez for making this happen. Palabra.
OCHO #15: MiPOesias Magazine Print Companion
Guest edited by Francisco Aragón.Featuring: Lisa Alvarado, Oscar Bermeo, Xochiquetzal Candelaria, Diana Marie Delgado, Jose B. Gonzalez, Octavio R. Gonzalez, Raina J. León, elena minor, John Murillo, Kristin Naca, Emily Pérez, Ruben Quesada, Peter Ramos, Carmen Gimenez Smith, Rich Villar.
Cover design by April Carter-Grant. Artwork by Didi Menendez.
