Who could have guessed that when you gut the CDC and put a quack with no medical expertise in charge of American healthcare, diseases we had eradicated would come back and there would be explosive diarrhea situations happening. Just no way to know.

Lupe Mendez @thepoetmendez.bsky.social, our poetry editor, is author of "We Exist in the Whisper: Huelga School Verses," one of the first books to tackle Houston’s historic Mexican-American strike. Read a new excerpt from this collection of interviews, poems, and journal entries:

More about my book- WE EXIST IN THE WHISPER: HUELGA SCHOOL VERES!!

Heads up folks!!! Check out so new news!! I am an editor for @huizache

If you have ever emailed a writer to let them know you enjoyed something they wrote, you are among the noblest and best and most saintly in this entire world, and I hope you sleep really well tonight.

La Niña, La Pinta y La Santa María.

Si tienen un momento - leen esto - un review de mi nuevo libro We Exist in the Whisper: Huelga School Verses de Arte Publico Press. Bien agradecido - mil gracias Literal, Latin American Voices. literalmagazine.com/existir-en-l...

My book has been out a week-&-a-half! My thanks for the news coverage! www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston...

Ya'll. I am shook. In a good way. Pope Leo XIV makes historic apology for Holy See's own role in legitimizing Slavery

If nobody is listening- I am available for services!!

FUCK ICE NOW AND FOREVER

The entire GOP are treasonous traitors who have betrayed America

THE FILTH EATERS ARE HERE. @itoromo.bsky.social’s Chicano Gothic vampire epic—spanning 1000+ years of history, brutality, and longing in less than 150 brilliant pages—is available today.

Not sure why some people are so shocked over Lupita Nyong'o's casting in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘖𝘥𝘺𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘺. Christopher Nolan is known for his attention to detail, and since the source material describes Helen of Troy as the most beautiful woman in the world, he cast the most beautiful woman in the world.

As bad as you may think Texas statewide GOP officials are now, Bo French's explicit and detailed fascism actually does remain an outlier: www.texasobserver.org/bo-french-bl...

My WE EXIST IN THE WHISPER book launch happened on Wednesday and it was beautiful- Community led, filled with Elders speaking on the #MexicanAmerican experience with #Desegregation in Houston. 100 people attended, all my book sold out + Lupe Mendez Day!

Also fuck Mike Johnson for saying politicians can't survive off $175k salaries but they expect citizens to live off $40k or $7.25 an hour. Fuck all the way off

#Attention!!!

"You can't put a Black actor in this movie! That's desecrating the story of that long dead author!" Brought to you by the same impressively stupid fuckers who think Jesus is white.

Today is the day- I have a #BookLaunch event for WE EXIST IN THE WHISPER. Let me tell you about this book.

#Attention Hey #Poetry lovers! Attention #History lovers! My latest book is OUT NOW! My thanks to @latinxprojnyu.bsky.social and @urayoan.bsky.social for including my book WE EXIST IN THE WHISPER in this year’s list! www.latinxproject.nyu.edu/intervenxion...

Ok mi gente, should I make this my profile photo or my author headshot?

If anybody needs some words of support- KEEP GOING!! I gotchu!!! I published my first book of poems at 39. Became Texas Poet Laureate at 46, published my second collection of poetry at 48 and my third book will be out in a week!! I am 49 years old. Nobody here old. Small steps!

I need you to take a moment and come celebrate with me as I launch my third book- WE EXIST IN THE WHISPER: Huelga School Verses. This book has taken me a decade to create and it is all about Houston Mexican American history and the other story of desegregation. #poetry #Houston #desegregation

It’s as if they just want to keep Houston under State oversight forever.

SCOOP, from me and @yuniorarivas.bsky.social: The Callais in the Louisiana v. Callais ruling that just absolutely gutted voting rights is an avowed election conspiracist who was at the Jan. 6 protest at the U.S. Capitol. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

SUBMISSIONS ARE NOW OPEN!! Send me your best work!!!

"They really don't care about anything other than test scores."

If anybody needs some words of support- KEEP GOING!! I gotchu!!! I published my first book of poems at 39. Became Texas Poet Laureate at 46, published my second collection of poetry at 48 and my third book will be out in a week!! I am 49 years old. Nobody here old. Small steps!

Uh, 'interesting' way of presenting this... the only 'authors' I'm aware of using AI are the lazy, unethical, incompetent grifters who don't give a shit about their readers or real writers. People should stop using it, not resent that they have to 'lie about it.' Jesus.

Out tomorrow! Get yours now ⬇️

Stepped into Casa Ramírez one last time as this landmark space closes here in Houston.

I honestly don’t know if anybody is seeing any of my posts! I guess I will just keep posting…

they are this afraid of people advocating for humane behavior nyunews.com/news/2026/03...

I know I out of the South and out of Houston when I hear the beach boys playing in a restaurant or when they put tomatoes in a Cesar salad.

So I have a new book coming out! Here is a Monday cover reveal + praise for this work!

Hey, Texans! Feb. 21-22 is the ONLY WEEKEND we have to cast our ballots early in the statewide primary election. Don't wait until the last minute. Make a plan to vote early — now through Feb. 27 — or on Election Day, March 3 and learn your rights as a voter at aclutx.org/vote.

If you a writer of color in Houston- join us, #TinteroProjects as we host a submission party! Applying to grad school? Submitting a story or a poem? Writing a grant? Come and work with a community so we can cheer you on when you click that “submit here” button! Check the flyer for details!

Listen, I am writing a multi-genre book on the history of desegregation in Houston, TX. I knew it would be a risk: the state is actively trying to erase the very students who would read my work in Ethnic Studies course. But imma keep writing and reading. www.statesman.com/news/educati...

I am surprised maga folks haven’t called for a boycott of Levi’s.

here's my entry!! #Comics4Liam

UNIVERSITIES WERE NOT CREATED TO CHURN OUT PEOPLE FOR “JOBS.” They are institutions to help build LIFE LONG LEARNING. Red cap folks devalue the time, effort, energy and money it takes to earn a degree by equating it to how much money one makes. If it isn’t capitalistic, you a barista. FATWOWTS.

Today I saw ICE gas little white kids in the streets of Portland with chemical weapons. Imagine what they're doing to brown and black kids in the detention camps

My daughter is bilingual (Spanish/ English) and she translate “yep” into “síp” and it’s the cutest thing. She is 7 and I don’t think it will stop and I am ok with this nugget.

brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis

Light a candle for all our children.

Every time a new Star Trek series launches, Stephen Miller loses an inch. In both places.

Applause to my friend and colleague, Sheila Black, whose new poetry book drops in April 2026! As if that were not exciting enough, she is also the recipient of a 2026 Creative West Grant for artists. Wowza!

Also, lift up Keith Porter who also lost his life to ICE.