This bad boy should hit the shelves sometime in late summer or early fall — and I am really jazzed to be printed alongside my nibbling, X.E. Oaks! Only UNM’s Daily Lobo and now this anthology from Casa Urraca can claim that fame (so far)!
From the announcement:
A Year of New Mexico Poetry presents a poem a day, celebrating the people, cultures, communities, landscapes, and traditions of the Land of Enchantment. This thoughtful, uplifting collection evokes the range of New Mexican life, from the poignant to the playful and from the historical to the contemporary.
If you don’t know Casa Urraca — they are absolutely worth a look — churning out NM Book Awards honorees and making a splash all over the state and the southwest. And they have good taste — selecting one of my absolute favorites for this collection. So — if a big, fat book of poems (maybe one a day?) is on your wishlist, then you could do a lot worse than checking out A YEAR OF NEW MEXICO POETRY.
Willison West
If you’re anywhere nearby, pop on in for my first-ever Santa Fe area event!
There will be readings and typewriters and poetic fun from a couple of fellow poets — and of course I’m bringing the DrunkSkull Sidewalk Cinema to show off some project-specific multimedia and celebrates just a little of what I adore about the small press! I’ll also have copies of at least a few books — and I’m happy to scribble a little something in it if you’d like!
And the space itself is filled with local art of all kinds, with a particular focus on recycled artwork — inventive reconfigurations of things abandoned or ignored — made new and gorgeous once more! If you’re after something unique and one-of-a-kind, well you’d be hard-pressed to find a better spot to shop! Here’s to hoping you pop in for something a little different in the City Different!
Formidable! [Le Devoir] + Litbreak Magazine + Willison West
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C’est trop cool + some ink in Le Devoir!
The best thing we can do for our fellow artists is give people a chance to discover it by doing what we can to share their stuff. Tell your favorite coffee shop, craft cocktail joint, or kickass 3rd space to stream Emma Beko’s new album Cicada on whatever service they use — it should be out there and available!
Who knows, you might even hear my voice if you do!
SHOW ME SOMETHING COOL