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.

Preorders are live for SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL, a novelette by @cornellwriter.bsky.social: www.starsandsabers.com/books/shoesh... #books #sff #romance

(I wonder how many hit the trifecta?)

I signed this petition organized by Texas Freedom Network. They still need more signatures. Can you sign and share as well? www.mobilize.us/tfn/event/86...

Fuck that old man. He has gambled so much money and supported maga causes where he was in a position to do more than fake charity to people in and around Houston.

BREAKING: a federal court has BLOCKED the TX congressional gerrymander www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Just getting on here real quick to share some awesome news! #Huizache Journal has nominated me and a few other good folks for a #PushCartPrize! This is my first nomination. So grateful!

Brent Camalich and Jamie Lynn Camalich share their process and hopes for their story. Read More👉 ebx.sh/5IlKYG

If you are in Galveston, TX- come see me launch my book!! Link for more info: www.visitgalveston.com/events/meet-...

Out today: The long game that research historians played depended on the impractical approach of waiting out the natural death of the traditional narrative, a creation story of frontier exceptionalism that was baked into the Texan identity.

I had a beautiful book launch event. Here are some lights! ¡Fue una noche tremenda!

I need you to come join me as I start my multi city tour for PRAYER HOLDING NIGHT! Next Wednesday, at #FincaTresRobles September 24 @ 7pm! RSVP to get some free books and a signed copy of my book!! luma.com/pcyjkghm

I wrote this article a few years ago- I didn’t know then how important it would become, now, in an age where all the book banning and defunding of ethnic communities is on the rise. www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/149...

My mother taught me to not speak ill of the dead. She also taught me not to mourn white supremicists. “Quien siembra vientos, recoje tempestades.”

"Fuck Ted Cruz" -Green Day and pretty much everyone else

From our magazine: Rural Texas wears a friendly facade. You know everyone, and everyone treats each other so kindly, but, if you’re Black, you just ignore the stares when you walk into the local steakhouse for fish fry night.

For all the #LatinosForTrump pendejos- I hope you are happy that this brilliantly thoughtful exhibit is now closed- our kids can’t see themselves in museums outside of the image of conquered people. hyperallergic.com/1037811/smit...

The Methodist Church steps up.

DO NOT PUT CHILDREN ON TV TALKING ABOUT A SHOOTING THEY JUST LIVED THROUGH The media who do this are heartless bastards

Tapping the sign: Horror movies can be elegantly constructed metaphors for the human condition AND fun times at the cinema with monsters. At the same time. Saying "It's good because it's not really a horror movie" because you think it's deep and complex is not the compliment you think it is.

To the Bluesky community and everyone who follows and fights.

Love this poem from @earthtokb.bsky.social selected by @thepoetmendez.bsky.social: www.texasobserver.org/texas-no-exo...

The edgar is now a resistance haircut. www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

May James Dobson burn and rot below for all eternity. A cruel, venal man who caused grave harm with every breath he took.

Just got the good news! The #AWPBaltimore panel I am in was just accepted! See you in March!

With the way the world is moving to crush and make invisible, I won’t be hiding. I will celebrate you and me and us. Make art. Tell me about your books- and I will tell you about mine.

Did anybody else get this today?

If you are in Houston, join me as I launch my book tour for my second collection- PRAYER HOLDING NIGHT: NEW & SELECTED WORKS! RSVP with this link —-> lu.ma/pcyjkghm

My second book “Prayer Holding Night: New & Selected Works” is out now from @TCUPress! You can get your exclusive SIGNED COPY of the book if you order with nuestrapalabra.org! #TexasPoetry #TXPL