A joy to be included on The Slowdown and forever love to my parents for showing me how to show up.

I'm so excited to be part of this reading tonight!

A conversation about Palestine, veganism, migration, diaspora, and the importance of resisting erasure. My latest ¡Hella Hungry! column for KQED Arts & Culture had me sharing food with strangers and catching up with old friends in Oakland this week: kqed.org/arts/13928345/…

Javier Zamora (@jzsalvipoet)'s New York Times bestselling memoir “Solito” details his monthslong odyssey as a nine-year-old child traveling unaccompanied by boat, bus, and foot to the United States. Zamora shares where his journey has now taken him as a writer and poet.

Anyone who makes tasty food has to be a good person, because think of all the love that goes into cooking: —Dorothy Chan poets.org/poem/so-chines…

One parent could get my poetry banned from classrooms. And yet one country can't ban assault rifles from massacring them.

My poem “To the Friend Who is Crying on the Phone” is on The Slowdown today. It’s about wanting so much to be there for a friend, but feeling like such a failure in love, all you know how to do is tell her how you survive loving someone alone, without them open.spotify.com/episode/70IgTv…

FlowerSong Press is open to submissions for the Chicanx Visions Book Series No.2 sponsored by GenteChicana/SOYmos Chicanos Arts Fund. Congratulations to Gustavo Barahona-López for the inaugural prize for his collection, FOUNDATION (forthcoming 2023) duotrope.com/duosuma/submit…

I’m really looking forward to my debut poetry collection’s release. More info soon!

I could use your help reaching my fundraising goal. Every single share and donation makes a difference. gofund.me/21e61122

"Homeownership is Unattainable for Most Bay Area Black, Latinx, Cambodian, and Pacific Islander Households" "The Bay Area is losing Latino homeowners" "Nearly half of Black and Latino families own homes in Bay Area compared to white and Asian families, according to data." 😔

On July 21, hop into the Grotto for a fantastic line up of readings by @J_Dominic_Lim Celeste Chan (she/her) Gustavo Barahona-López and Susan Gubernat! Free access, refreshments and a chance to chat with our dear, talented members!

Thank you so much for spending time with my book!

I’m so excited for this workshop! I’ve always wanted to write a sonnet crown. How can I pass up feedback from the master?!

I could use your help reaching my fundraising goal. Every single share and donation makes a difference. gofund.me/3c9e3f8e

My book along with a ton of other amazing collections are on sale at the @BlackLawrence website! 40% off!blacklawrencepress.com/sale/

I haven’t posted anything in a long while but I got an awesome mail day today. I have two poems in this beautiful anthology edited by POCHO BOY MEETS WORLD Michael Myers Apologist 🔪 and Malcolm Friend. So happy to be included!

On the eve of this election I think back to life under a Trump presidency in the midst of a pandemic. havehashad.com/hadposts/lette…

So very honored that MAGICAL/REALISM made NPR's 2024 Books We Love end-of-year list. Thank you so much to THEE ever-brilliant critic Feeling Distant for this write up—Tori 5-ever! apps.npr.org/best-books/?ut…