“Readers should expect to be delighted by a poet who touches subtly yet incisively on the friction between the different selves we become, moving between languages and nations.” Luis Torres reviews @brentameneyro.bsky.social’s A Face Out of Clay (@upcolorado.bsky.social). ➡️ buff.ly/nN3yWd5

The talented writer Luis Torres wrote a beautiful review of my book for @therumpus.net - thank you to Luis and to the editors at The Rumpus

“I don’t miss it, but I miss it.”

“the poet should observe, but not be observed.” From the translators’ preface in Bodies Found in Various Places: The Selected Poems of Elvira Hernández

Finished reading Brent Ameneyro's "A Face Out Of Clay: Poems." amzn.to/3GTSB3W 📖😬 This was really good, especiall the more personal / less abstract #poems. #books #reading #poetry @brentameneyro.bsky.social

Amazing reading last night from @josehernandezdz.bsky.social, Luivette Resto, William Archila, Malia Márquez, Adela Najarro, & @brentameneyro.bsky.social. Shoutout to Red Hen Press, Tia Chucha Press, and Letras Latinas for putting this salon together & enriching my TBR pile 🙏

Three upcoming events. Visit my website for links and full event info.

from @brentameneyro.bsky.social

Happy to see my book receiving some love

My friend, the talented poet Grace Li, has organized a one-day virtual poetry conference to support the people of Gaza. I will be hosting a workshop, and I hope you will join us. In lieu of a conference fee we ask for pay-what-you-choose admission:

NBCC member Laura Villareal interviewed @brentameneyro.bsky.social on his debut poetry collection, "A Face Made of Clay":

A Face Out of Clay is a finalist for the 2024 Golden Poppy Book Awards! Thank you to the California Independent Booksellers Alliance. Congrats to the other finalists.

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Brent Ameneyro @brentameneyro.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2024/07/12-o...