Austin friends! See you at the book launch for The Bullet Takes Forever by Heidi Kasa. Here is the RSVP link: www.withfriends.co/event/269889...

Thank you to Minerva Reynosa for this beautiful review of my book Watcha (Deep Vellum Publishing). If you read in Spanish, check it out: revistaposdata.com/deep-watchin...

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Saturday, July 26, I will be reading with Lourdes Figueroa, hector son of hector, and arnoldo colibrí, at Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery in San Francisco, at 4 PM.

Saturday, July 26, I will be reading with Lourdes Figueroa, hector son of hector, and arnoldo colibrí, at Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery in San Francisco, at 4 PM.

This Sunday, at 2, francine j harris, Jadine Pluecker, Anthony Sutton and I will read some poetry about the town hall for LGBTQIA+ rights that Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin organized. Meet us at Art League Houston for the fun.

Happy belated birthday to my book Watcha! Pub date June 25, 2024. Had a “me” day yesterday taking care of some dental stuff, training at work, and going to a Nuestra Palabra event. It’s been a fun literary journey.

Moderated by @cloudelfina.bsky.social , we’ll be discussing trans poetry. Join us!

If you're in San Antonio tomorrow June 5, come join us for an awesome reading and discussion! @sgpoet.bsky.social , @profstalina.bsky.social , Cloud D. Cardona, and myself will be performing and talking about trans poetry at the Coates Chapel 300 Augusta San Antonio TX 78205.

San Antonio friends, there’s been a location change for tomorrow’s event! It’s now going to be at the Coates Chapel: 300 Augusta San Antonio, TX 78205 See you at 6:30 PM, Thursday

Thank you to @cloudelfina.bsky.social for interviewing me. Check out Infrarrealista Review: infrarrealistas.org/interview-wi...

San Antonio poetry lovers, join me and @sgpoet.bsky.social and @kwheat09.bsky.social in a conversation moderated by @cloudelfina.bsky.social on June 5, at 6:30 PM, at Gemini Ink.

I have a reading with Chiwan Choi on Tuesday at 7 PM at Basket Books & Art. Join us for some poetry fun!

I’ll collaborating with Laura Dykes at 7:30 PM this Monday, at Lawndale Art Center. She’ll be playing the double bass, while I will be reading some poems from my new manuscript. We will be paired with another duo of strings and poetry. Join us!

last night went to a great reading in Bellingham—performances by JD Pluecker & @profstalina.bsky.social. before leaving home, I meant to check my handmade book collection for a @jdpluecker.bsky.social handmade book from a while back. I swore I had and sure enough. from 2011!

This Saturday, I’ll be reading at the Inprint Poets and Writers Ball. Looking forward to meeting my fellow readers and Inprint’s guests. This will be my first reading at a gala!

I’m thrilled to announce that BIPOC Arts Network and Fund has recognized me as a 2025 Artist Awardee. This transformational investment in me—and all the awardees, creates new opportunities to define our future and build together #BANF #2025ArtistAwards #BIPOCArt

This Saturday, at 11 AM, I will be reading at Friendswood Library. If you can’t make it in person, here is the Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/8923364830...

I have three drawings and poems in Action, Spectacle. Thanks to my editor Roberto Tejada for the invitation and selection! Here is the link: static1.squarespace.com/static/634b7...

Artist-poets, our first ekphrastic submission call is open until 15 Dec. We're looking for pairings of art and prose poetry, both created by the same person. (No AI images or poems, please.) Details/subs here: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

So I have a book out. Now what do I do? store.deepvellum.org/products/wat...

I made this starter pack! I was shocked by how quickly I reached the 150 limit. I'm glad you're all here. :) go.bsky.app/7TdVB13

I made a visual poets of Bluesky starter pack & have added folks who i know make visual poetry. if you'd like to be on it, & don't find your name there, please let me know & i'll add you. if i've added you incorrectly & you'd like to not be on the list, please also let me know: go.bsky.app/Tt7Ljwf

Happy birthday to WATCHA! 6/25 is the pub date. Looks like Deep Vellum is giving a 20% discount with the coupon code READMORE. Here is the link to purchase: store.deepvellum.org/products/wat...

Here is the flyer!

@sgpoet.bsky.social, I will be reading at the Guadalupe Latino Bookstore in San Antonio on Friday, June 14, at 6 o’clock in the evening. Feel free to attend the event if you’re interested and available and in San Antonio. Cheers!

My book launch will be Saturday, June 29, at 2 p.m., at Lawndale Art Center. I will be joined by vocalists Ivette Román Roberto and Justin Rodriguez-Jones, trumpeter Anthony Almendárez, as well as contrabassists Sonia Flores and Juan J. García. Join us!

WATCHA is here!

Thank you to HipLATINA for including my forthcoming book Watcha among such great company! hiplatina.com/poetry-colle...

Honored to have one of my ekphrastic elegies published by Blue Press www.bluepress.uk/blog/withmyh...

COVER REVEAL! Artwork by Jorge Galván Flores

COVER REVEAL! Artwork by Jorge Galván Flores

My forthcoming book Watcha and I are on a list among such good company. www.letraslatinasblog2.com/post/llb2-s-...

You can now download my translation of Sor Juana’s Enigmas for FREE as a PDF on my website: www.stalinavillarreal.com/translations

Loving this quiet moment - my third collection looks to be in consideration in some spaces - crossing fingers! But just as important - I have slowly been churning out new work and one of those pieces has been published here: www.thecommononline.org/el-cuerpo-av...

Watcha is an ekphrastic book that is about looking. I mostly focus on Latinx art, and I also write about my life around art.

My forthcoming book Watcha has a preorder link: bookshop.org/p/books/watc...

My forthcoming book Watcha has a preorder link. bookshop.org/p/books/watc...

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My forthcoming book Watcha is now available for preorder: bookshop.org/p/books/watc...

Yes! It's us. We're still learning how to navigate this thing, but we just wanted to let you know, if you haven't heard, we're open for submissions! Please spread the word. And contributors, literary magazines, friends--give us a follow so we can follow back!

On Thursday, I will be reading at the Glass Mountain reading. 5:30 p.m. At the Reading Room (room number 202A) in the Roy Cullen Building at University of Houston.

At the Indie Book Fair held at Spring Street Studios today. These are my literary translations and an anthology in Spanish that I am a part of.

Entirely happy to announce my second collection- PRAYER HOLDING NIGHT: NEW & SELECTED WORKS (Forthcoming, TCU Press) Spring, 2025! This is part of the Texas Poet Laureate Series-

This Friday at 7:30, I will be reading poetry while Rachel Hulsey uses a synthesizer to play experimental music. Join us at Art League Houston!

Thank to the lovely folks at The Ocean State Review--https://oceanstatereview.org/2023/08/06/jesse-lee-kercheval-featured-in-the-new-ocean-state-review/

since i’m new here, putting the link to preorder my chapbook, which is pay what you can: have you ever dreamed of flamingos? from garden party collective. comes out next month. https://gardenpartycollective.bigcartel.com/product/have-you-ever-dreamed-of-flamingos-by-monica-teresa-ortiz

Stand with our school librarians and our school libraries! Bring your favorite book to our "Read-In For Freedom" event on August 10th. #HISD