Classroom essentials:
•Latinext by @breakbeatpoets
• The Devil’s Highway by Luis Alberto Urrea
•Children of the Land by Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
•Tell me how it Ends by Valeria Luiselli
Dear America, Notes of an Undocumented Citizen by Jose Antonio Vargas
black culture whiz faux biden’s lil outburst reminded me to share my poem in the breakbeat poets volume iv: latinext, out from Haymarket Books. pls get it — it’s an amazing, eclectic anthology, & i’m especially happy to be just one of many black latinx voices included (for once!)
#PayAttention - Our full schedule for Fall 2020:
Aug. 21, 2020 - LatiNeXt Anthology Reading
Sept. 16, 2020 - Featured Poet reading (TBA)
Oct. 2, 2020 - AfroLatinx Reading
Oct. 23, 2020 - New Voces Reading
Nov. 2020 - Writing Workshop Series (English)
Mark your calendars.
My poem, “¡Wepa!”, published in The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNEXT. Thank you endlessly to josé olivarez , Willie Perdomo and Felicia Rose Chavez for giving this poem a home! #LatiNext #BreakBeatPoets
Check out the highlights from NALIP @ SXSW! We discussed creating and packaging Latinx content on a global level with 'LatiNext for the General' & partnered with #LaReyna to network & discuss exciting opportunities at our Latinx Mixer. | #NALIPatSXSW #WeAreInclusion
The BreatBeat Poets Vol 4 LatiNext book of poems is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 shout out to Willie Perdomo josé olivarez and Felicia Chavez and ALL THE AMAZING WRITERS!!! Ya’ll need to go ahead and get your copy Haymarket Books 💯@breakbeatpoets
Humbled to have my poetry posted up with so many talented writers! The Break Beat Poets Vol 4 : LATINEXT
Get your copy at Haymarket Books
25/31 @breakbeatpoets vol. 4 LatiNext | 2. El Bandolon
and vandal
bandwagons slandered
and branded
handwritten reprimands
–Nicole Sealey
what respect can we have for the word “legal” since
“illegal” can describe our skin
–Reyes Ramirez
#TheSealeyChallenge
#bookstoprisoners
You're invited to our final #LatiNext Poetry Salon of our Summer series! This last event will be hosted by the Chicago Public Library & we are so excited to hear from & celebrate local #Chicago poets! Everyone is welcome.
This Wed at 6pm CT, tune in on CPL's youtube: youtube.com/watch?v=TyHrSo…
Celebrate #HispanicHeritageMonth with these 11 FREE interactive poetry lessons created in collaboration with #THEBOOKCHAT , Latinx educators across the country, and the poets themselves! And check out LatiNext from Haymarket Books!
Click here: bit.ly/LatiNext_Lesso…
Today, The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNEXT is out Haymarket Books. Ft. my first Real Published Poem “Notes from the Valley of a Hundred Fires,” about all the literal + figurative ways we leave Cuba, how we continue to live in the leaving, (and somewhere in between, Andy García!)