Your daily dose of Chicano poetry
"I write poems on walls that crumble and fall
I talk to shadows that sleep and go away crying.”
Luis Omar Salinas (1937–2008)
Where in the world is Lorna?
June 10, 2009
Find out HERE for readings, writing intensives, workshopping, and hand-stitched signature books.
Paul Martínez Pompa
June 10, 2009
The Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize-winner of 2008 is now available for purchasing at Notre Dame Press.
Interviews with Martínez Pompa:
The Corrido Of The ‘World’s Best Accordionist’
The Corrido Of Esteban ‘Steve’ Jordan, World’s Best Accordionist : NPR Music, John Burnett
Gregg Barrios’ “El hijo de Frida y Diego”
May 31, 2009
San Antonio writer Gregg Barrios has a poem in the San Antonio Express-News today. Read it HERE. Barrios is the author of the award-winning play “Rancho Pancho.” “Frida y Diego” is from his latest collection, La Causa, to be published by Hansen Books in June.
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