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A Broken Thing: Poets on the Line

2011-08-17T10:32:00.001-05:00

A Broken Thing: Poets on the Line, edited by Emily Rosko and Anton Vander Zee, University of Iowa Press, 2011

To read the introduction from the anthology, click here

“Whether oral or written, ancient or modern, from one hemisphere or another, most poetry has organized itself in basic units that English calls lines. In their energetic collection of brief essay-sprints, Emily Rosko and Anton Vander Zee offer us nearly seventy contemporary writers’ thoughts about poetic lines. The result is a rich and glorious variety of insights and formulations, lavishly inclusive and resolutely uncommitted to any single orthodoxy. The editors’ forthright introduction is illuminating, judicious, and open-handed. This is a book that anyone drawn to the study of poetic form and its largest meanings should know.”—Stephen Cushman, author, Riffraff, and editor, Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics

“A Broken Thing is a lovely, useful, and well-conceived book. From the introduction’s astute and informative discussions of the historical embeddedness of tussles over the poetic line in poetry to the essays thereafter, readers and writers will be made aware that there is, as Rosko and Vander Zee note, no consensus, an awareness that can be vital for a young poet. A Broken Thing gathers the arguments and exchanges of the day. It does not offer essays that correct or offer definitive approaches to the line; on the contrary, it gathers the hubbub of voices that any critical approach would need to take into account.”—Lisa Steinman, author, Made in America, Masters of Repetition, and Invitation to Poetry and coeditor, Hubbub

“Negotiating segmentivities (a.k.a. line and sentence) defines poetry as a mode of practice. This energetic anthology examines the line from many poetic formations, assumptions, incarnations, platforms, and positions; it faces multiple debates with panache and frankness. The range and élan of the contributors present a strikingly pragmatic sense of contemporary poetics.”—Rachel Blau DuPlessis, author, Blue Studios and Drafts

Contributors:

Kazim Ali
Bruce Andrews
Hadara Bar-Nadav
Catherine Barnett
Charles Bernstein
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
Bruce Bond
Marianne Boruch
Scott Cairns
Joshua Clover
Norma Cole
Brent Cunningham
J. P. Dancing Bear
Christina Davis
Johanna Drucker
Camille T. Dungy
John Olivares Espinoza
Kathy Fagan
Annie Finch
Graham Foust
Alice Fulton
John Gallaher
Noah Eli Gordon
Arielle Greenberg
Sarah Gridley
Gabriel Gudding
Kimiko Hahn
Raza Ali Hasan
H. L. Hix
Cynthia Hogue
Fanny Howe
Christine Hume
Catherine Imbriglio
Karla Kelsey
Sarah Kennedy
Ben Lerner
Dana Levin
Timothy Liu
Thomas Lux
Joanie Mackowski
Shara McCallum
Heather McHugh
Wayne Miller
Jenny Mueller
Laura Mullen
Molly Peacock
V. Penelope Pelizzon
Emmy Pérez
Carl Phillips
Patrick Phillips
Donald Platt
Kevin Prufer
Paisley Rekdal
Donald Revell
Martha Rhodes
Alberto Ríos
Dana Roeser
MaryAnn Samyn
Robyn Schiff
Tim Seibles
Ravi Shankar
Evie Shockley
Eleni Sikelianos
Susan Stewart
Stephanie Strickland
Terese Svoboda
Cole Swensen
Sarah Vap
Joshua Marie Wilkinson
Robert Wrigley
Rachel Zucker

Carmen de la Calle - Amalia Ortiz play in San Antonio

2011-07-23T23:40:00.001-05:00

Sunday, July 24
2:00pm Carmen de la Calle
When: Sun, July 24, 2pm – 4pm

Where:Say Si Blackbox Theatre, 1518 s. alamo, san antonio tx 78204

Description: Concert Preview Performance of the New Musical “Carmen de la Calle” written by Award Winning poet Amalia Ortiz.

Must be comfortable learning basic dance choreography *

"Synopsis: Set in 1989 San Antonio and the present, this adaptation of George Bizet’s classic opera dives deep into the themes of passion and envy in portraying the lives and struggles of the marginalized and working classes of South Texas. “Carmen de la Calle” highlights the hybridity of Tex-Mex culture by incorporating the melodrama of novellas (Mexican soap operas), spoken word, bilingualism, and the musical confluence of Mexican standards, modern Tejano, Hip-Hop and the music of 1989 pop culture.

The story begins in present day with Mercedes, who sits behind her bar and tells us the tragic story of her friend, Carmen. With the musical help of her DJ nephew and the house band, Mercedes guides the audience through a flashback of her youth in San Antonio.

Through a series of musical performances and spoken word narration, audiences will be swept up in the lives of Carmen, a gorgeous and tenacious
femme fatale factory worker and Queen of the Theo Avenue Gs, her lover Joe, a straight laced all-American Military Police officer who grew up in the Valley, and neighborhood homies like Frasquita, a female emcee with big hair, big earrings and big attitude, and Don Cairo, Carmen’s macho equal, aspiring rapper, and leader of the Theo Avenue Gs.

With live musical accompaniment provided by members of the San Antonio musical group, Los Nahuatlatos, and original dance choreography, this groundbreaking New Musical by Amalia Ortiz will engage audiences like no other.

Produced by ColectivaSA"

from http://amaliaortiz.net/

Keep Los Lagartos in the Plazita de los Largartos

2011-07-19T00:36:00.000-05:00

"Luis Jimenez' 'Los Lagartos' (Alligators) sculpture in the Plazita de los Lagartos (San Jacinto Plaza) in El Paso, Texas, is in danger of being removed due to redevelopment plans by the city. Installed as a site specific piece in 1993, the sculpture reflects the history of the plaza and has become an iconic symbol for the city. At the time of his death in 2006, Jimenez was the most important contemporary Chicano artists in the United States." Petition to help save the sculpture--a vital part of El Paso's history.

José Antonio Rodríguez Reading 7/10 4pm

2011-07-10T00:18:00.000-05:00

José Antonio Rodríguez
reading from The Shallow End of Sleep (Tia Chucha Press 2011)
Barnes and Noble at Northcross Plaza (10th and Nolana)
McAllen, TX

Date: July 10th (Sunday)
Time: 4:00 pm

Reading and Q&A to follow.
Booksigning.

José Antonio Rodríguez's poetry collection The Shallow End of Sleep was published this April by Tia Chucha Press. A former editor of the national literary journal Harpur Palate, his work has received the 2009 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award and been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His work has appeared in cream city review, Paterson Literary Review, Rio Grande Review, The Spoon River Poetry Review, and elsewhere. He recently complted his PhD in English and Creative Writing at Binghamton University.

Blog http://joseorbust.blogspot.com/.

CantoMundo Fellows Reading in Austin, July 8th, 7:30pm

2011-06-28T21:41:00.001-05:00

For immediate release

Nationally recognized Latino Poets from across the U.S. offer a free public reading in Austin, Texas.

Friday, July 8, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Free. Open to the public.
Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Arts Center
600 River Street Austin, TX 78701

More than 20 nationally recognized Latino poets from across the U.S. will gather in Austin, Texas, for CantoMundo, a national poetry workshop dedicated to supporting and developing Latina/o poetics.

On Friday, July 8, 2011, at 7:30 p.m., these poets will present a free poetry reading that will be open to the public at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Arts Center. A reception will follow the reading.

These participants in CantoMundo represent the best of Latina/o poetry in the United States. Some of the featured award-winning and nationally recognized poets include: Millicent Borges Acardi (New York City), Francisco Aragón (Washington D.C.), Oscar Bermeo (California), Eduardo Corral (Arizona), Carolina Ebeid (Austin, Texas), Amalia Ortíz (Texas/California), Luivette Resto (California), and ire’ne lara silva (Austin, Texas), among others.

CantoMundo provides a space where Latina/o poets can nurture and enhance their poetics; lecture and learn about aspects of Latina/o poetics currently not being discussed by the mainstream publishers and critics; and network with peer poets to enrich and further disseminate Latina/o poetry. For the complete list of CantoMundo poets, please visit www.cantomundo.org.

Biographies

Millicent Borges Accardi, a Portuguese-American poet, is the author of three books: Injuring Eternity, Woman on a Shaky Bridge (chapbook), and Only More So (forthcoming Salmon Press, Ireland). She has won fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the California Arts Council, Barbara Deming (Money for Women), the Formby Foundation at Texas Tech as well as residencies at Yaddo, Jentel, Vermont Studio, Fundación Valparaíso in Mojacar, and Milkwood in Cesky Krumlov.

Francisco Aragón is the author of Puerta del Sol and Glow of Our Sweat, as well as editor of The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry. He directs Letras Latinas—the literary program of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame. He is also the editor of “Canto Cosas,” a book series from Bilingual Press featuring new Latino and Latina poets. For more information, visit: http://franciscoaragon.net.

Born in Ecuador and raised in the Bronx, Oscar Bermeo is the author of the chapbooks Anywhere Avenue, Palimpsest, Heaven Below and To the Break of Dawn. He lives in Oakland, where he teaches creative writing to elementary school students, co-edits Doveglion Press and blogs.

Eduardo C. Corral won the 2011 Yale Series of Younger Poets Award. His first book will be published in April 2012.

Carolina Ebeid was born in West New York, NJ and now lives in Austin, TX where she is a fellow at the Michener Center for Writers and the poetry editor of the Bat City Review. Her poems appear in Agni, Poetry, West Branch, Gulf Coast, 32 Poems, Anti-, Memorious, and many other journals.

Amalia Ortíz is a performance poet and a playwright. After living in Los Angeles for almost five years, she is moving back to Texas this summer.

Luivette Resto was born in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico but proudly raised in the Bronx. Her first book of poetry, Unfinished Portrait, was published in 2008 by Tia Chucha Press and was named a finalist for the 2009 Paterson Poetry Prize.

ire’ne lara silva is the author of furia, a collection of poetry, and two chapbooks: ani’mal and INDíGENA. She is the 2008 recipient of the Gloria Anzaldua Milagro Award and an inaugural CantoMundo fellow. Website: www.irenelarasilva.webs.com.

For more information about the event, contact Celeste Mendoza at cmendoza@cantomundo.org or Deborah Paredez at dparedez@cantomundo.org.

International Latino Book Awards 2011

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Best Poetry Book – English
First Place, Camino del Sol: Fifteen Years of Latina and Latino Writing, Edited by Rigoberto González, University of Arizona Press

Second Place, Flamenco Hips and Red Mud Feet, Dixie Salazar, University of Arizona Press
Second Place, Glow of Our Sweat, Francisco Aragón, Scapegoat Press

Honorable Mention, Torch Song Tango Choir, Julie Sophia Paegle, University of Arizona Press
Honorable Mention, Each and Her, Valerie Martinez, University of Arizona Press
Honorable Mention, Furia, Ire’ne Lara Silva, Mouthfeel Press
Honorable Mention, Flexible Bones, Maria Melendez, University of Arizona Press

sandra cisneros: summer reading list

2011-05-26T09:16:00.007-05:00

"Sandra Cisneros is tackling an entire library of books this summer as she looks forward to the Macondo writers workshops. A short list includes Lorraine López's 'The Realm of Hungry Spirits' ('she's just a terrific writer'), Valley poet José Antonio Rodríguez's 'The Shallow End of Sleep,' Ernest J. Gaines' 'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman' ('we should teach history to kids with books like this one'), Manuel Muñoz's 'What You See in the Dark' ('delicious') and Jessica Hagedorn's 'Toxicology,' which is on her bedside keeping company with Edwidge Danticat's 'Create Dangerously.' "

new poetry collection

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The Shallow End of Sleep

Congratulations to José Antonio Rodríguez... poet from la frontera/the Rio Grande Valley of Tejas. His first poetry collection The Shallow End of Sleep was just published by Tia Chucha Press.

Check out his book and blog.

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Macondo writers' workshop fundraiser

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founder Sandra Cisneros:
"The Macondo Foundation works with dedicated and compassionate writers who view their work and talents as part of a larger task of community-building and non-violent social change. We are poets, novelists, journalists, performance artists, and creative writers of all genres whose work is socially-engaged. What unites us is a commitment to serve our under-served communities through our writing."

Pajama Pachanga-Sandra Cisneros's 56th Birthday Party Fundraiser

Sunday, December 19th from 6 to 11 p.m.
At LUNA, 6740 San Pedro Avenue, San Antonio, Texas

ATTIRE: Pajamas

6:30 Krayolas

8:50 Mariachis/Conjunto Taller

9:40 Chayito and Teresa Champion and El Curro

10:00 Agosto Cuellar- Jive Refried

Featuring special guest performances by Janis DeLara and S.T. Shimi.

We request a minimum donation of $56 (Sandra’s age) per person if you plan to attend the party. Even if you can't come, please consider making a donation to help make our important work with writers possible. Because this is a small lounge venue, we aren’t selling the traditional table seating, but please don’t let that stop you from giving more. Seating will be limited and on a first-come-first-serve basis. The venue is intimate and the party is all night with different bands and people come and go during the evening. There will be a cash bar. Click here to make your donation: http://www.macondofoundation.org/home.html All donations are tax deductible.

For more information call Roland at 210-432-9098.

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UTPA students to go on hunger strike in support of DREAM Act

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HARLINGEN, Nov. 20 - University of Texas-Pan American students supporting the DREAM Act plan to go on a hunger strike beginning Monday until U.S. Sens. Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn declare support for the bill.

“While everybody else will be celebrating Thanksgiving we are going to join in solidarity for those who were not fortunate enough to have been born in the United States; for those who are trapped in a legal limbo right now and cannot enjoy the fullness of Thanksgiving,” said Jose Alexandro Garrido, UTPA Dreamer and member of the Coalition for Educational Opportunity Dream Act Project.

Students at the University of Texas at San Antonio have been in a hunger strike for over a week and more strikes are expected to spread across universities in Texas by students in support of the DREAM Act; a bill that if passed will grant conditional residency to undocumented immigrants who were brought into the United States as minors, if they attend college or serve in the military.

The decision of UTPA students to go on hunger strike was announced Friday after Garrido and nine other students from UTPA, South Texas College and the University of Texas at Brownsville and Southmost College met in Harlingen to speak with the Rio Grande Valley district directors for Sens. Hutchison and Cornyn.

click link to read whole article on the Rio Grande Guardian website

Bilingual Interview w/ Lila Downs

2010-10-23T12:10:00.001-05:00

thanks to Nancy G. for sending the link

Environmental Justice Poetry

2010-09-11T18:51:00.003-05:00

Environmental Justice Poetry

Who: Dr. Kamala Platt

What: “Environmental Justice in Food Production Systems and Related Poetry”

When: 6:00pm

Where: Texas Lutheran University Schuech Fine Arts Center & Wupperman Theatre

Monday eve, September 13th, 2010

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Siempre Sustainable Network's Monthly Meeting will be held Monday, 8/13 beginning
with an advocacy letter writing campaign "on the patio" in front of the Schuech Fine Arts Center at 6:00pm (tea/cookies served and produce from community gardens available) followed by a special evening of poetry at 7:00pm in the Wupperman Theatre on the campus of TLU by Dr. Kamala Platt, university professor, poet, author. Her program is entitled: Environmental Justice in Food Production Systems & Related Poetry." Please join us.
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Dr. Kamala Platt received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at the University
of Texas, Austin in 1997. Her dissertation, "Women Write Environmental Justice:
the Literary Tradition in India and Greater Mexico" and a subsequent book
manuscript,"Environmental Justice Poetics: Cultural Representations of Environmental
Racism from Chicanas and South Asian Women" investigate the practice, theory,
and aesthetics of women generating cultural poetics that promote environmental
justice. "influenced by their socio-historical terrains." www.artco.org/sa/kamala/
index.html

Festival de Flor y Canto.

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Festival de Flor y Canto. Yesterday • Today • Tomorrow
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, September 15 - 17, 2010
Friends Lecture Hall. Doheny Memorial Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA

In 1973, USC hosted the Flor y Canto literary festival, a three-day event that featured dozens of emerging Mexican American poets and writers in the nascent Chicano movement... This year, which marks the centennial of the Mexican Revolution and the bicentennial of Mexican independence, the university will reprise the event, inviting prominent participants from the previous festival... to share the stage with a new generation of Chicano and Latino writers.

Schedule of Events

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

1:00 p.m. Welcome and introductions by John Carlos Rowe (USC Professor of English), Sy Abrego, Mary Ann Pacheco and Michael Sedano

1:30 p.m. Alejandro Murguía

1:45 p.m. Ernest Mares

2:00 p.m. Enrique Lamadrid

2:15 p.m. Estevan Arellano

2:30 p.m. Verónica Cunningham

2:45 p.m. Rolando Hinojosa

3:00 p.m. Ron Arias

3:15 p.m. Vibiana Aparicio-Chamberlin

3:30 p.m. Roberto Vargas

3:45 p.m. Dorinda Moreno

4:00 p.m. Frank Sifuentes

4:15 p.m.–5:00 p.m. Break for refreshments and book signings

5:00–6:15 p.m. Readings in Spanish, introduced by Gloria Arjona, USC Dept. of Spanish

5:15 p.m. Alurista

5:30 p.m. Marco A. Domínguez, Sr.

5:45 p.m. Juan A. Contreras

6:00 p.m. Juan Felipe Herrera

6:15 p.m. Jose Montoya

6:30 p.m. Richard Montoya and members of Culture Clash present One More Canto, a short documentary on a 1978 Flor y Canto festival

Thursday, September 16, 2010

1:00 p.m. Welcome and introductions

1:15 p.m. Conrad Romo

1:30 p.m. Daniel Acosta

1:45 p.m. Melinda Palacio

2:00 p.m. Amarilis Mari Martinez

2:15 p.m. Danny Romero

2:30 p.m. Gloria E. Alvarez

2:45 p.m. Estella Gonzalez

3:00 p.m. Manuel Ramos

3:15 p.m. Reyna Grande

3:30 p.m. Luis Rodriguez

3:45 p.m. Adelina Anthony

4:00–5:00 p.m. Break for refreshments and book signings

5:00–6:00 p.m. Readings in Spanish, introduced by Consuelo Sigüenza-Ortiz, USC Dept. of Spanish

5:15 p.m. Francisco Alarcón

5:30 p.m. Xánath Caraza-De-Holland

5:45 p.m. tatiana de la tierra

6:00 p.m. Olga Garcia

6:15 p.m. “Celebrando Chicana Poetry,” sponsored by Letras Latinas and introduced by Rob Casper, Poetry Society of America

6:30 p.m. Maria Melendez

6:45 p.m. Diana Garcia

7:00 p.m. Emmy Pérez

Friday, September 17, 2010

10:00 a.m. Welcome and introductions by William N. Vela (Director, El Centro Chicano) and Michael Sedano

10:15 a.m. Karen Cordova

10:30 a.m. Odilia Galvan Rodriguez

10:45 a.m. Ruben R. Mendoza

11:00 a.m. Mónica Teresa Ortiz

11:15 a.m. Sarah R. Garcia

11:30 a.m. John-Michael Rivera

11:45 a.m. Special presentation by Juan Felipe Herrera, honoring Cuca Aguirre with the UCR Tomás Rivera Lifetime Pioneer Award

12:00–1:30 p.m.: Lunch break

1:30–2:30 p.m. Student poetry section introduced by William N. Vela

2:30 p.m. Marco Domínguez, Jr.

2:45 p.m. Lisa Alvarez

3:00 p.m. Daniel Olivas

3:15 p.m. Daniel Cano

3:30 p.m. Rigoberto González

3:45 p.m.–4:45 p.m. Readings in Spanish, introduced by Gloria Arjona, USC Dept. of Spanish

4:00 p.m. reina alejandra prado (aka Santa Perversa)

4:15 p.m. Nancy Alcala

4:30 p.m. Javier Huerta

4:45 p.m. Rakel Delgado (aka La Pocha Catalana)

5:00 p.m. Exhibition reception for Sueños by the Sea: Celebrating Los Festivales de Flor y Canto at USC, ground floor of Doheny Library

Organized by Tyson Gaskill (USC Libraries), Barbara Robinson (USC Libraries) and María-Elena Martínez (History and American Studies and Ethnicity). Co-sponsored by El Centro Chicano and the Latino Student Assembly.

The above comes from this linked webpage... for further information on this event:
visionsandvoices@usc.edu

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whistling duck on top of border wall

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donna, tejas

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a tribute to tato laviera by la bruja

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El Mundo Zurdo: An International Conference on Anzaldúan Thought and Art and Performance

2010-05-31T13:55:00.003-05:00

The Second International Conference on the Life and Work of Gloria Anzaldúa. Deadline for proposals June 1, 2010.Conference is November 5-7, 2010, UT San Antonio.

Tribute At NYU Honors Poet Tato Laviera

2010-04-26T21:33:00.001-05:00

Tribute to Tato Laviera: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at NYU’s Kimmel Center from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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CantoMundo

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Vision: CantoMundo cultivates a community of Latina/o poets.

Mission: Through workshops, symposia, and public readings, CantoMundo provides a space for the creation, documentation, and critical analysis of Latina/o poetry.

Description: The Inaugural CantoMundo Master Poetry Workshop is a three-day retreat that will develop, sustain, and support a diverse community of Latina/o poets.

This year, CantoMundo will convene July 8-11, 2010, at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Master Poets Martín Espada and Demetria Martínez will each teach a three-hour craft workshop. These workshops will center on a particular element of poetic craft that is of interest to the instructor. All participating poets will attend both workshops.

In addition to the workshops, a guest lecture and a craft lecture will be presented. Applicants are free to submit a proposal for a craft lecture to cover a topic of their choice.

CantoMundo also will include a reading and book-signing that will be open to the public.

The three-day retreat will culminate in a visioning session where participants will discuss and plan the subsequent CantoMundo gathering. All participants will be asked to provide input and volunteer time to this collaborative and cooperative resource for Latina/o poets.

For more information, visit the CantoMundo website. Submission deadline is today, March 19th.

2010-03-15T12:32:00.000-05:00

Benefit for Tato Laviera

2010-03-05T10:45:00.013-06:00

Please consider donating to help Tato Laviera. (NY Times article on his current situation New York Times article on Tato Laviera.) Just last semester and several semesters before, he was a visiting writer at the university here en El Valle. He worked tirelessly with students and faculty in the Cosecha Voices program. Students from migrant farm working backgrounds wrote testimonios under Tato's and Dr. Stephanie Alvarez's direction and continue to perform their work all over the country. Tato was also a visiting writing in our mfa program and worked with me and our students to put on two Edinburgo Poets' Cafe performances. We all know Tato as a major poet, and I want to emphasize that he is also an incredible advocate for social justice, in New York, in his poetry, and beyond... especially here in la frontera -- a very real place that sounds abstract in the national and global news despite these times of very real and newly-erected border walls -- a place where Tato has motivated students to write about their lives and experiences and helped them break silences up on the stage. Please take a look at these two opportunities to donate to help him during this time. "It Takes a Village to Heal a Poet" poster and the campaign link below:

"Minnerican (Minnesota Puerto Rican) graphic artist Ricardo Levins Morales has created a poster to benefit Nuyorican poet Tato Laviera who is facing major health and housing challenges. The poster is available for $15.00 at www.rlmarts.com. Half the proceeds will go to Tato's support fund. They are also available for discounted bulk purchase to sell at events. Please forward this message widely. (Also click this link to The Point, to donate directly. None of the donations will be released unless we meet the goal)."

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"And even god and death are offspring"

-Li Young Lee

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no al muro

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documentary about the border wall

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July 17th at the Cine El Rey in McAllen and July 18th at the Guadalupe Theatre in San Antonio.

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"We are the song that sings us."

-Gloria E. Anzaldúa

from "Let Us be the Healing of the Wound: The Coyolxauhqui Imperative--La Sombra y El Sueño" in the anthology One Wound for Another/Una Herida Por Otra

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To the States
By Walt Whitman

To the States or any one of them, or any city of the States,
Resist much, obey little,
Once unquestioning obedience, once fully enslaved,
Once fully enslaved, no nation, state, city of this earth, ever
afterward resumes its liberty.

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El Retorno

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El Retorno: El Valle Celebra Nuestra Gloria

Gloria E. Anzaldúa
(Sept. 26, 1942 - May 15, 2004)

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BorderSenses

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BorderSenses (est. 2000), one of the few bilingual magazines in the U.S., has published fourteen issues so far.

BorderSenses is actively seeking submissions for Volume 15, a themed issue on double identity.

Deadline: Mar. 15, 09

Editorial News: "We're pleased to announce that Juan Felipe Herrera (poetry), James Espinoza (nonfiction) and Daniel Chacon (fiction) are joining our editorial staff for our Literary Magazine. Editor Selfa Chew continues to curate Spanish-language work and translation."

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Tato Laviera's new book

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review (excerpt)of Tato Laveria's book by Rigoberto González, The El Paso Times:

"Language is not the only way politics manifests in 'Mixturao.' So is the call to action to the Puerto Rican community that enriches this country, linguistically and otherwise.

'Carpetas in Your Dossier' issues a warning about the gentrification 'targeting our cultural centers,' and 'Consignas in Brutality' invites everyone to speak up about abuses against the people: 'no justice, no peace, el silencio nos mata aquí.' Particularly touching is Laviera's 'Southwest Border Trucos,' in which he acknowledges the growing Mexican population of New York:

When you see mexicanos ilegales

Selling fruits and flowers in all kinds of weather

Bow your head

To a formidable free nation

To a great Latino people

To a great Hispano nation

La voz de Aztlán speaking in deed!"

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Poetry: A Moment in History
by Nancy Lorenza Green

The tall
Black man
steps
into
the light
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Nancy Lorenza Green, M.Ed. is an Afro-Chicana performance and recording artist from El Paso and Cd. Juarez who uses poetry, percussion instruments and flute music as mediums of communication and cultural expression. Nancy has recorded three cds: Music From the Heart, Life Is Sacred, and a Tumblewords poetry compilation. Her poetry has been published in Border Senses, Chrysalis, Newspaper Tree, and Mujeres de Maíz Zine 5& 6. Nancy is the recipient of the 2006 Art & Entertainment Hispanos Triunfadores award and the 1999 Que Bonita Familia Homenaje a la Mujer award.

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Las oraciones son los hilos y el tejido es la aparicion de la luz.

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Prayers are threads and weaving is the birth of light.

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by José Lezama Lima

quoted in Cecilia Vicuña's Unravelling Words & the Weaving of Water

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obama visiting us here in deep south tejas~borderlands, feb. 2008. texas might be a red state, but our borderlands are blue.

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