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mad love to valeria & all the lengua suelta crew for inviting to read on WBAI last week. the afternoon was chock full of all the madness which can be live radio but im kinda used to it by now. the after party (you know how we roll) was at ibrahim gonzález’s home with great food, living history & true mentorship in the air. after hangin with various poetic crews, it was cool to be the outsider and to really be amazed at how generous & motivated this crew is when it comes to their mission of getting real latino news out there. color me impressed.

now, in case ya missed it, here is the realplayer archive of the show (if ya want to go straight to the heart of the matter jump to 1:20:00)

next stop… la cueva

Barbara Jane Reyes’s POETA EN SAN FRANCISCO is the winner of the highly prestigious James Laughlin Award for 2005, awarded annually from the Academy of American Poetry and the only prize for a second book of poetry in the United States. Although Reyes’ first book was not as widely known as the first book of many of the other eligible poets, the judges nevertheless couragously chose this risky, radical, and deserving second book put out by an energetic but very small publisher. Reyes received her undergraduate education at UC Berkeley, where she also served as Editor-in-Chief of the Pilipino American literary publication Maganda. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Her first book, Gravities of Center, was published by Arkipelago Books (SF) in 2003.

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gladys tagged me up so here ya go….

LISTS OF 3

Three books I can read over and over:
1. Neil Gaiman’s SANDMAN series
2. Federico García Lorca’s “The Collected Poems: A Bilingual Edition”
3. Jimmy Santiago Baca’s “Martín & Meditations on the South Valley”

Three places I’ve lived:
1. The Bronx (Whitestone, Parkchester, Morris Park, University Heights, Boynton Ave, Jerome Ave, Fox St, Hoe Ave)
2. La Loisaida (East 10th & 1st Ave)
3. Crown Heights (The Snackbox)

Three TV shows I love:
1. WWE Raw
2. Battlestar Galactica
3. Charmed

Three highly regarded and recommended TV shows that I’ve never watched a single minute of:
1. Lost
2. Desperate Housewives
3. Smallville

Three places I’ve vacationed:
1. Guayaquil, Ecuador
2. New Orleans
3. Puerto Rico

Three of my favorite dishes:
1. my mom’s shrimp ceviche with shrimp sango (a plantain porridge stewed with shrimp broth)
2. a four course Italian meal at La Mela
3. my mom’s sopa de queso with a big helping of white rice

Three sites I visit daily:
1. Bloglines
2. Yahoo!
3. G-Mail

Three places I would rather be right now:
1. Oakland
2. The Cave
3. By the fire escape’s tangerine light

Three bloggers I am tagging:
1. tara betts
2. mara jebsen
3. raina león

welcome to the blog.verse the (VERY occasional) blog of lynne procope

Rich Villar rocked the house last night at Bar13. One of the things I failed to mention about last week’s Acentos feature was how relaxed I was especially in relation to the louderMONDAY feature where I was craving a strong Scotch to calm my nerves. If Rich was suffering from the same nervousness, he didn’t let it show. The set was calm, well paced and teeming with a variety of voices & inflections.

The post-feature Q&A went smooth even with Roger’s left-field questions but they kind of had to be left-field being that many of us have spent a lot of time with Rich and are familiar with his politics and inspirations.

Best part- show done by 9:30 which left plenty of time for… dancing! Ask and ye shall receive.

More pics, including me reciting an imaginary duet with Tara Betts, the meeting of the families, the poetic version of ‘Master Killer: Return to the 36 Chambers,’ and Rich shining bright in the spotlight are here.