Tag: poetry

Tess Taylor is the author of the chapbook The Misremembered World, selected by Eavan Boland for the Poetry Society of America’s inaugural chapbook fellowship; The Forage House, which was a finalist for the Believer poetry prize; and Work & Days, which was named one of the best books of poetry of 2016 by the New York...
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Poet Reyes Cárdenas was born and raised in central Texas. He is the author of Anti-Bicicleta Haiku (1976), Survivors of the Chicano Titanic (1981), Elegies For John Lennon (1984, 2006), I Was Never A Militant Chicano (1986), Chicano Poet: 1970–2010 (2013), and Tortured Barrio Songs (2019).
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Norma E. Cantú currently serves as the Norine R. and T. Frank Murchison Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Trinity University in San Antonio. She has published widely in the areas of folklore, literary studies, women’s studies, and border studies. She cofounded CantoMundo, a space for Latinx poets and poetry. Currently living in San Antonio,...
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Liliana Valenzuela is the author of Codex of Journeys: Bendito Camino (Mouthfeel Press, 2013) and several artisan chapbooks. Her poetry has appeared in the Edinburgh Review, Indiana Review, Tigertail, Huizache, Borderlands, Drunken Boat, and other publications. She has received writing awards and recognition from Luz Bilingual Publishing, Austin International Poetry Festival, Drunken Boat, Indiana Review,...
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John Olivares Espinoza was born and raised in Indio, California. He received degrees in creative writing from the University of California at Riverside and Arizona State University, at which time he was awarded a grant from the Elizabeth George Foundation and a Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. His collection of poetry, The...
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Joe Jiménez’s essays and poems have recently appeared in The Adroit Journal, Iron Horse, RHINO, Aster(ix), and Waxwing, and on the PBS NewsHour, and Lambda Literary sites. Jiménez was awarded a Lucas Artists Literary Artists Fellowship from 2017-2020. He lives in San Antonio, and is a member of the Macondo Writing Workshops. His new YA...
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Faylita Hicks (she/her/they) is the author of HoodWitch, editor-in-chief of Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review, an organizer with social justice nonprofit Mano Amiga, and a finalist for the 2018 PEN America Writing for Justice Fellowship and the 2019 Palette Poetry Spotlight Award. Hicks was awarded fellowships and residencies from Lambda Literary and Jack Jones Literary Arts,...
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Diana Marie Delgado is the author of the poetry collection Tracing the Horse and the chapbook Late Night Talks with Men I Think I Trust. She is the recipient of numerous grants, including a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. A graduate of Columbia University, she currently resides in Tucson, where she is...
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Chibbi is a Mexican-born, Texas-raised poet, actor, and makeup artist. He started performing poetry in Austin in 2006 where he received his BA in Theatre and Dance from the University of Texas. He is the founder of Laredo BorderSlam, and a founding member of the Houston poetry spot, Write About Now. He has self-published 3...
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