Snippet of the introduction’s title line, “The Material Conditions of Victorian Poetry,” with two versions of the phrase “Victorian Poetry” laid on top of one another. One version is not italicized and refers to the field of study. The other version is italicized and refers to the journal, which has undergone a series of seismic transitions as a direct result of the erosion of literary studies and higher ed.

A new special issue of VP on material conditions is out & it’s a banger. It considers what it looks like to interrogate the protocols whereby intellectual production’s insides are quarantined from their constitutive outsides in conversation with Victorian poetry. muse.jhu.edu/issue/56685

how it's going

It’s my novel’s first birthday! 🎂

Hernández Romero doesn’t dwell on revenge or bitterness. Instead, he’s focused on gratitude for the coalition that fought for him, for his family’s strength, for the strangers who saw his face and decided his life mattered. “It’s gratifying to see people take a minute from their day to send me a religious phrase, a message of love, of support,” he said. And to the LGBTQ+ community in the U.S., he has a message. “Here you have a Venezuelan brother who loves you, too. This fight will go on for a long time, but I know we will meet someday,” he said.

Andry Hernandez Romero, the hairdresser Trump and Kristi Noem sent to CECOT, has a message to the American LGBTQ+ community "Here you have a Venezuelan brother who loves you, too. This fight will go on for a long time, but I know we will meet someday."
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A grid of 49 headshots, each a different person, honoring the victims of the Orlando Pulse nightclub shooting. Here are the names of the 49 victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting: * Edward Sotomayor Jr. * Stanley Almodovar III * Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo * Juan Ramon Guerrero * Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera * Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz * Luis S. Vielma * Kimberly Morris * Eddie Jamoldroy Justice * Darryl Roman Burt II * Deonka Deidra Drayton * Alejandro Barrios Martinez * Anthony Luis Laureanodisla * Jean Carlos Mendez Perez * Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez * Amanda Alvear * Martin Benitez Torres * Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon * Mercedez Marisol Flores * Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado * Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez * Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez * Oscar A Aracena-Montero * Enrique L. Rios, Jr. * Miguel Angel Honorato * Javier Jorge-Reyes * Joel Rayon Paniagua * Jason Benjamin Josaphat * Cory James Connell * Juan P. Rivera Velazquez * Luis Daniel Conde * Shane Evan Tomlinson * Juan Chavez-Martinez * Jerald Arthur Wright * Leroy Valentin Fernandez * Tevin Eugene Crosby * Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega * Jean C. Nives Rodriguez * Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala * Brenda Lee Marquez McCool * Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan * Christopher Andrew Leinonen * Angel L. Candelario-Padro * Frank Hernandez * Paul Terrell Henry * Geraldo A Ortiz-Jimenez * Akyra Monet Murray * Antonio Davon Brown * Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz

Nine years. Our hearts are with the victims, survivors, and all those forever changed by the Pulse tragedy on June 12, 2016. We stand with you in love and remembrance. #OrlandoStrong #WeWillNeverForget

Andry José Hernández Romero

Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.

No one has heard from you in 43 days.

As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.

Very excited for this, Elias!

I'm SO excited to be working on This Queer Arab Family, a new anthology with @saqibooks.bsky.social to be published Sept 2025🧿
 
Are you a queer Arab writer with something to say about family, community, safe spaces, etc? Submit something to our open call!

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