Driving from Tucson to Albuquerque to read from my book RECKON at @bkwrks.bsky.social , Thursday 6pm. Afterwords I’ll be in conversation with the incomparable Hakim Bellamy. Let a friend know!

I analyzed over 10 years of anti-trans legislation. Over 330 bills have passed, with ~300 of them in just the last 5 years. There is no precedent in American history for so many bills to target one particular minority group like this in such a short timeframe. www.thedissident.news/the-ratchet/

Find me at the Tucson Festival of Books this weekend! Lots going on with many good folks. I’ll be signing copies of my new book RECKON, leading a workshop, reading with Arizona Poet Laureate Laura Tohe and more! Reminder: clear bag policy in effect for the first time this year.

It’s an honor to be Tucson’s new Poet Laureate! arizonasonorannews.com/42118/ae/new...

Desert poetry tonight in Baltimore ~ free. 6:30pm doors. 1625 Fleet St #awp #awp2026 #awp26

“Damn, I need to buy an umbrella.” - The Tucsonan, landing in Baltimore

I’m headed to Baltimore for #AWP26 with ‘Reckon,’ just out on University of Arizona Press (Booth 838). Signing Thursday 2-3pm, reading Friday night & looking forward to seeing friends old & new!

Before the U.S.-Mexico border, there was a third country: Apachería. Álvaro Enrigue's new novel Now I Surrender recovers the history both nations erased. Read full review🦂🔗:

Some coverage of yesterday's announcement in the Tucson Sentinel www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/...

Thrilled to share I've been appointed as Tucson Poet Laureate for a three year term. It's an honor of a lifetime to continue to serve this city I love as a cultural worker and member of our vibrant arts ecosystem. Let's make good things happen! artsfoundtucson.org/city-of-tucs...

I’ll be at @changinghands.bsky.social in #Tempe tomorrow Wednesday 2/25 7pm reading from ‘Reckon’ and discussing how cowboy myths haunt us in ways that are more relevant than ever. Phoenix area, don’t miss! www.12news.com/article/life...

Tonight #Bisbee Arizona! Poetry reading & dual book launch. Central School Project 6:30pm. Books, records & shirts for sale.

There was once a separatist community in the middle of the desert — made up entirely of women — outside of Tucson. It was called Adobeland.

About to be live on the air KBRP Bisbee with Raquel Gutierrez www.kbrpradio.com

🌵🌵🌵 Tucson 🌵🌵🌵 Friday, Feb. 20th at 6pm 1307 W St Marys Rd Neighborhood Defense Kit Making Want to organize your neighborhood? Create kits & discuss how to equip & empower our neighbors to defend against ICE.

Great interview in the @azluminaria.org on Russ McSpaddens' book "Borderlings." The book has received great reviews, including from people who 'don't normally read poetry books.' azluminaria.org/2026/02/09/t...

Interview out today with @cetracey.bsky.social for @theborderchronicle.bsky.social. I'm always grateful for a thoughtful interview with someone who has given the work a close read. Listen here: www.theborderchronicle.com/gunfights-gu...

Tonight’s the night, Tucson! Doors open at 6:30. It’s going to be a special one. 191 Toole. All Ages (with content advisory of themes of sexuality, mentions of violence & ‘bad words’). Pay-what-you-will, no one turned away for lack of funds.

Poetry records? Yes! Red lathe cut 7”s, special edition of 50. 10 minute cut from my new audiobook, Reckon. 7” includes a download code for the full 2.5 hour book Avail at the book launch show Sunday 2/15 at 191 Toole in Tucson. Available online Friday 2/20. dirtyverbs.bandcamp.com/album/reckon

I love the work of Tucson-based singer songwriter Gat Mooney. Her new vid dropped today youtu.be/9eWx2GYq8DM?...

Make art. Make art to support the art. Get other people paid while making art to support the art. Repeat. S/o to Yeah Right! for doing such high quality work. Tucson see you Sunday night at the book launch of ‘RECKON’! 6:30pm 191 Toole #ArtistLife

Today marks publication day for ‘RECKON,’ my new book out on University of Arizona Press. 7 years in the making - poetry, photography, essay & more. What’s it like to have been born in Tombstone, Arizona? Find out - Book available now on my site dirtyverbs.com & wherever books are sold

One of the most striking snd powerful parts of the halftime show

When he gave the Grammy to that young boy who made everyone think of Liam…even if that wasn’t actually Liam, it was just the perfect way of cutting through all the bullshit. Every kid impacted by this administration’s cruelty is another Liam.

Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous

I wrote about 3 takeaways from Tracy K. Smith's latest brilliant book, "Fear Less: Poetry in Perilous Times" for the University of Arizona Poetry Center. poetry.arizona.edu/blog/%E2%80%...

Tucson tonight at 6:30, come out for John Haskell and Sharon Wahl in the very first @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social reading at 6:30pm at 600 S. Meyer (a couple blocks west of 5 Points in Barrio Viejo)

With the new book coming out, I have a lot going on at this year's Tucson Festival of Books – panels / readings, a workshop, and several book signing sessions. Here's the full list! tucsonfestivalofbooks.org?action=displ...

Boooook meeerrrrch - Only available through Monday! Order at ReckonBook.com

Tucson

NOW: GENERAL STRIKE TUCSON. Largest protest I’ve ever seen in this city in 15+ years

ICE OUT! Fed building Tucson 2pm

Yesenia had walked thousands of miles through the Darién Gap and through Mexico to get a modicum of safety and security for her children in Tucson. Then a traffic stop destroyed it all @jwashing.bsky.social follows the story of one family after deportation azluminaria.org/a-long-way-h...

Over on the University of Arizona Press blog I wrote about five songs (OK actually 7 songs) that helped me get through the writing of RECKON (I'm now shipping copies btw!) Just a poet-DJ doing poet-DJ things. #Writing #BookSky #AmWriting #poetry uapress.arizona.edu/2026/01/five...

Sometimes posting on here is like speaking into the void. But I'll keep doing so in the hopes its reaching folks.

Shut. It. DOWN! Join in. Spread the word!

Which style is your fav? ReckonBook.com

Helped students write and/or perform poetry at three different Tucson area high schools today 😅 Kids are so amazing. And I am so tired lol

Headed back to #Bisbee! Join us Sat. 2/21 at Central School Project for a poetry double-header: Raquel Gutiérrez and myself reading from our recently published books, Southwest Reconstruction @noemipress.bsky.social & RECKON (U. Arizona Press). Both books are now shipping! Link below 👇

Tonight in Tucson ~ good people, good tunes, chill vibe. Come check out La Esquina on 9th St, especially if you haven’t already

The Santa Cruz River now flows again through Tucson after treated wastewater was redirected into its channel, reviving wetlands and native life. We can thank reconciliation ecology for this - the practice of environmental restoration in human-dominated landscapes. buff.ly/KDufzAv #ShareGoodNewsToo

Start off your new year writing! Last chance to register for the online seminar I'll be leading on Monday: "Poetry for every writer" www.margosteines.com/classes/p/po...

Join me this Saturday for an evening that will start with deep cuts and evolve into irresistible bangers from across the globe. FREE 8-midnight at La Esquina on 9th St, Tucson. #DJ I won’t be DJing as often this year as I’ll be on book tour (yeeeee - see 2nd slide for the big one!) so let’s hang.

Happy new year BlueSky people. Being on this platform has been a positive for me - great to make connections with other poets and Tucson folks too.

A useful digital zine: Digital Security for Artists & Activists vitalconversations.squarespace.com/episode6

On December 26, 1862, 38 Dakota men were hanged under orders of Abraham Lincoln, in the largest public mass extinction in US history. Lakota Nation vs. United States (2022) dir. Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli, words and narration by Layli Long Soldier from her poem "38"