Traveling Mollys Literary Reading Series Hosts Nina Corwin and Albert DeGenova invite you to The Traveling Mollys Open Mic and Reading Series (now virtual and live streaming on YouTube). Be part of one of the longest running and most highly ...

Monday, April 13, I will be presenting alongside Ching-In Chen docupoetics at the Traveling Mollys Reading Series at 7 PM Central. The livestream is

www.youtube.com/channel/UCjP...

Portrait of poet Minerva Reynosa next to the El Martillo Press logo and small text.

I’m excited to announce that my translation of WE’LL GO AS I THINK OF YOU BETWEEN LINES AND THE POOR SENSE OF SMELL FROM A LANDSCAPE WITH DRUNKARDS OR HANGED HUMANS by Minerva Reynosa will be published by El Martillo Press later this year. It’s such a moving collection of poems!

Book launch flyer for Heidi Kasa

Austin friends! See you at the book launch for The Bullet Takes Forever by Heidi Kasa. Here is the RSVP link:

www.withfriends.co/event/269889...

Deep Watching Manifesto - POSDATA Stalina Villarreal dice: mirar ver es involuntario, watch es observar voluntariamente. WATCHA es por lo tanto y categóricamente, un deep watching.

Thank you to Minerva Reynosa for this beautiful review of my book Watcha (Deep Vellum Publishing). If you read in Spanish, check it out:

revistaposdata.com/deep-watchin...

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Saturday, July 26, I will be reading with Lourdes Figueroa, hector son of hector, and arnoldo colibrí, at Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery in San Francisco, at 4 PM.

Saturday, July 26, I will be reading with Lourdes Figueroa, hector son of hector, and arnoldo colibrí, at Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery in San Francisco, at 4 PM.

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This Sunday, at 2, francine j harris, Jadine Pluecker, Anthony Sutton and I will read some poetry about the town hall for LGBTQIA+ rights that Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin organized. Meet us at Art League Houston for the fun.

Happy belated birthday to my book Watcha! Pub date June 25, 2024. Had a “me” day yesterday taking care of some dental stuff, training at work, and going to a Nuestra Palabra event. It’s been a fun literary journey.

Moderated by @cloudelfina.bsky.social , we’ll be discussing trans poetry. Join us!

If you're in San Antonio tomorrow June 5, come join us for an awesome reading and discussion! @sgpoet.bsky.social , @profstalina.bsky.social , Cloud D. Cardona, and myself will be performing and talking about trans poetry at the Coates Chapel 300 Augusta San Antonio TX 78205.

San Antonio friends, there’s been a location change for tomorrow’s event! It’s now going to be at the Coates Chapel:

300 Augusta
San Antonio, TX 78205

See you at 6:30 PM, Thursday

An Interview with Stalina Villarreal | Trans Poetica - Infrarrealista Review An interview with Houston poet & Watcha author Stalina Villarreal.

Thank you to @cloudelfina.bsky.social for interviewing me. Check out Infrarrealista Review: infrarrealistas.org/interview-wi...

San Antonio poetry lovers, join me and @sgpoet.bsky.social and @kwheat09.bsky.social in a conversation moderated by @cloudelfina.bsky.social on June 5, at 6:30 PM, at Gemini Ink.

I have a reading with Chiwan Choi on Tuesday at 7 PM at Basket Books & Art. Join us for some poetry fun!

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I’ll collaborating with Laura Dykes at 7:30 PM this Monday, at Lawndale Art Center. She’ll be playing the double bass, while I will be reading some poems from my new manuscript. We will be paired with another duo of strings and poetry. Join us!

Thank you for joining us and sharing your energy!

cover of UNDONE, a handmade book combining images from Texas and prose poetry by JD Pluecker

Image and prose poem from JD Pluecker's handmade book "UNDONE", published as part of the Dusie Kollektiv

last night went to a great reading in Bellingham—performances by JD Pluecker & @profstalina.bsky.social. before leaving home, I meant to check my handmade book collection for a @jdpluecker.bsky.social handmade book from a while back. I swore I had and sure enough. from 2011!

This Saturday, I’ll be reading at the Inprint Poets and Writers Ball. Looking forward to meeting my fellow readers and Inprint’s guests. This will be my first reading at a gala!

The Zoom passcode is 250296

Thanks, Jake!

I’m thrilled to announce that BIPOC Arts Network and Fund has recognized me as a 2025 Artist Awardee. This transformational investment in me—and all the awardees, creates new opportunities to define our future and build together #BANF #2025ArtistAwards #BIPOCArt

This Saturday, at 11 AM, I will be reading at Friendswood Library. If you can’t make it in person, here is the Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/8923364830...

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I have three drawings and poems in Action, Spectacle. Thanks to my editor Roberto Tejada for the invitation and selection! Here is the link: static1.squarespace.com/static/634b7...

Artist-poets, our first ekphrastic submission call is open until 15 Dec. We're looking for pairings of art and prose poetry, both created by the same person. (No AI images or poems, please.)

Details/subs here:

duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

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