June 29, 2018
Precedent for the Present: Further Reading
Now we witness undocumented migrants detained and deported en masse on US soil; we witness vulnerable humans turned back from our shores and borders; we witness children – babies in […]
June 29, 2018
ICE Occupation Update
The news came early Thursday morning (June 28) that federal agents moved against the occupiers of the Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement building, so I wouldn’t have been surprised to […]
June 21, 2018
NO PERSON IS ILLEGAL
Just back from another late-night visit to the occupation of the Portland ICE building, I’m deeply impressed by how it continues to grow. There must be more than twice as […]
June 20, 2018
Protesting ICE in Portland
It’s one-thirty in the morning. I just got home from the Portland Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility, where dozens of people are camping out to protest the draconian detention […]
June 18, 2018
Ernesto Cardenal and the Situation in Nicaragua
Recent reports of government-sponsored violence in Nicargua have me thinking all over again about the trip I took there a year and a half ago. The occasion was an international […]
June 6, 2018
Stealing Stories, part 3
In the recent literary news, three examples popped up (two in Canada, one in the US) of writers utilizing Native stories without doing adequate research or asking for necessary permission. […]
May 21, 2018
Stealing Stories, Part 2
In the recent literary news, three examples popped up (two in Canada, one in the US) of writers utilizing Native stories without doing adequate research or asking for necessary permission. […]
May 16, 2018
Stealing Stories, Part 1
In the recent literary news, three examples popped up (two in Canada, one in the US) of writers utilizing Native stories without doing adequate research or asking for necessary permission. […]
May 7, 2018
Nepantla: An Anthology (Q&A with Editor Christopher Soto)
To celebrate the release of Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color, published by Nightboat Books, anthology editor Christopher Soto and I discussed both the editing process and […]
May 1, 2018
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
[Continued from “American Sonnets (Part XIX: The Pure Products of America)”] Now that I have my hands on the whole of American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin by Terrance Hayes, […]
April 26, 2018
Micro-Interview: LA Poet Emily Fernandez
This is the fifth interview in an ongoing series about the intersections of writing, teaching, and identity. Read Past Interviews in the series: Kathy Kottaras, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Mike Rose, Virginia […]
March 30, 2018
On Writing, Workshop & Mental Health: A Roundtable (Part 2)
Poetry is absolutely necessary for my mental health. Growing up, we never talked about well-being in my family– that is, directly. While my mother was easier to talk to, as […]