the flow. Migrants floating in the Rio Grande haunt me, so // I think of families tired of waiting, of mercy that never comes, / of taking back Destiny. The rivers must have claimed more Today’s poem is “The Beginning of the Beginning” by Phuong T. Vuong bit.ly/3erYqY6

Incredible energy here at UCSD as support for the UAW Academic Workers continues to grow. Absolutely inspiring!

#Solidarity rally for our UAW Academic Workers at UC! The strike has been sanctioned by our California Federation of Labor Unions & San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council !

SIGN AND CIRCULATE--all UC campuses UAW bargaining team is trying to drop our base pay demands down to $42k and no COLA. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

@uaw2865 🍅 Most departments do not offer Summer positions 🍅 $43,020 a year = $32,265 in reality 🍅 This is not what people are striking for Is this part of the conversation?

Well, this is a nice way to hide that for those of us with a 9-month contract, we WON'T be earning 43K. Thanks a lot. 🙄👎

Keep withholding labor. Strike longer. @uaw2865

Issue 71 is here!!! Order your copy: haydens-ferry-review.asu.edu/issue-71-fallw…. In the meantime, check out our online preview featuring work by mya / matteo / misc., @baruchdayanemet, Maggie Boyd Hare, @upfromsumdirt, Kiyoko Reidy, Sadia Hassan, and more! haydensferryreview.com

What a beautiful issue to be a part of! 😍 Thank you Hayden's Ferry Review!

On the blog today! Phuong T. Vuong (Phuong T. Vuong), author of THE PLUCKED ZITHER talks about her writing and book recs for Women's History Month! Check it out here! medium.com/@redhenpress/s… Preorder a copy of her forthcoming collection now: bookshop.org/p/books/a-pluc…

Looking forward to this reading and conversation with Brenda Cardenas and Francisco Aragon!

Come to UC San Diego on June 10th for the release of Phuong T. Vuong book, A Plucked Zither! “beautifully reckons with the ghosts of war and the emotional turmoil of being othered in a new land..." —Mai Der Vang, poet and author of Yellow Rain #sandiego #poetry

Thank you SO much! Can't wait to listen to this!

"Vuong’s speaker processes and dwells on the migrant’s emotional experience" 🥹 Thank you Soapberry Review and Emily Velasquez!

🙏 Thank you so much!

#Harrietbooks and POETRY magazine, I'm so deeply moved by this review. Thank you for seeing the unknown. poetryfoundation.org/harriet-books/…

Today's poem is "Traversence" by Phuong T. Vuong from A Plucked Zither Red Hen Press open.substack.com/pub/versedaily…