The Alta California Chapbook Prize & Why You Should Submit
Emma Trelles to tell us more about the story behind the prize. The four previous chapbook winners to share their experiences.
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Juntos: Bridges Not Walls
Highlighting work by friends and allies in the literary community.
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Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference, ASU Tempe, October 12-14, 2023
Registration for the Desert Nights Rising Stars Writing Conference is now open! The conference will take place at Arizona State...
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Congratulations to the 2023 Poet Laureate Fellows!
On July 25, the Academy of American Poets announced its 2023 Poet Laureate Fellows. These twenty-three poets have each been awarded...
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Cynthia Guardado's Memories We Never Had: Writing in a Postcolonial Existence
“I’m here to tell you that you must write about what you can’t remember." -Cynthia Guardado
Laura Villareal
22 Books by Latinx Poets From the First Half of 2023
If you're like me, the flood of social media content can quickly erase the memory of an exciting book announcement. In an effort to...
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U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón Encourages "Existing in Wonder" at the Unveiling of Her Poem for Europa
Ada Limón’s work will reach a historic new high as it is set to travel into space. Watch Limón read her poem for NASA’s Europa Clipper.
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todx vuelven: translingualism is about the language that lives in us.
Reprinted from Boundless, the anthology of the Valley International Poetry Festival 2023 with permission of the author. We encourage you...
Brent Ameneyro
LATINX DIGITAL POETICS: An Electronic Literature Folio & Poetry Reading
As the Poetry Editor at The Los Angeles Review (LAR), my goal is to make space for a diverse range of voices, both culturally and...
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Francisco Aragón and Cornelius Eady Discuss Literary Activism on Open House
“Activism starts with relationships, one relationship at a time.” | Francisco Aragón & Cornelius Eady talk activism on Open House podcast
Brent Ameneyro
From Electric Literature: 10 Afro-Latina Writers You Should Read Right Now
Read the article: 10 Afro-Latina Writers You Should Read Right Now Writer, poet, and university professor Jennifer Maritza McCauley...
Laura Villareal
From LA Times: Christopher Soto on the Salvadoran Literary Renaissance
“We are living through one of the largest movements of Salvadoran literature in history, one that is beyond the reach of any single...
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From Apogee: Read "Atlas: Skin/Bone/Blood..." a folio on latinidad & disability
A folio commissioned by Apogee and Letras Latinas edited by heidi andrea restrepo rhodes
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From Annulet Poetics Journal - Salvadoran Poets Respond to Carolyn Forché’s “The Colonel”: A Folio
Maryam Ivette Parhizkar, William Archila, Alexandra Lytton Regalado, Claudia Castro Luna, and Yvette Siegert explore documentary poetics
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