
Octavio R Gonzalez
@tavirgonzalez
professor, poet, literary critic, raconteur, ex-fashionista, pop-culture junkie & interpreter of dreams
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https://wellesley.academia.edu/OctavioGonzalez 07-02-2012 21:51:14
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In 2019, Eduardo C. Corral (he/him/his)—one of the poets I most admire—wrote this on the first draft of my book. I often looked back on it for warmth as I refined the work. Eventually, asked him if I could use it as a "blurb"... Thanks for helping speak this into being, endless generous friend.


I love this cover. I met A. Light Zachary at the Lambda Literary is on Bluesky emerging writers workshop.


If you picked up a copy of #limerence Rebel Satori Press press you will note p.64 ends with this couplet. Here is the piece i created from it:



Trump hosted Kyle Rittenhouse after he killed Black Lives Matter protesters. Greg Abbott wants to pardon Daniel Perry, who murdered a Black Lives Matter protester. Ron DeSantis is fundraising for Daniel Penny, who killed a Black man on a subway. This is the Republican Party.


Poetry bryantpark.org/calendar/event… tomorrow at 6pm! Reading from #limerence alongside poetry legends #MarkDoty and #MarthaRhodes RU Writers House Bryant Park Jason Schneiderman

This is amazing, #2Authors2Books is my inaugural public humanities podcast now hosted by Modernism/modernity on their PrintPlus platform. Also available on Apple Podcasts! Episode 1 transcript and audio available now. Funded by Mellon Foundation and the UNH humanities institute


An excerpt from Octavio R. González (Octavio R Gonzalez)'s "Conversations with My Father" is our latest in poetry, and is the final selection by July poetry curator Jason Schneiderman (Jason Schneiderman). zps.la/3rNUWWc

So excited to share this - from a work in progress. #latinxpoetry Zócalo Public Square Jason Schneiderman Rebel Satori Press


Episode 2 of "2 Authors 2 Books" hosted and produced by Octavio R Gonzalez, is now available on Apple Podcasts and as a download and transcript on Print Plus. Listen to Joseph Cermatori and Emmelyn Butterfield-Rosen here: modernismmodernity.org/forums/posts/2…


We are live with Episode 2 of #2Authors2Books podcast! Modernism/modernity !

April is National Poetry Month, and to celebrate, Wellesley Books will be hosting an event with Wellesley College professor Octavio R Gonzalez to discuss his new collection "Limerence" on April 22. Learn more and RSVP: wellesleybooks.com/event/gonzalez…

Fantastic The New York Times article by Derrick Bryson Taylor on the "Queer" Harlem of the 1920s, '30s, and beyond... with some juicy quotes from yours truly! When Harlem Was ‘as Gay as It Was Black’ nytimes.com/interactive/20…

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