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The Nature of Our Times: Book Launch, Readings, Panel, & Exhibit Opening
We are so excited to announce that THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES anthology will be launched at Kent State University and Cleveland Public Library on September 18th & 19th! All three editors will be present to celebrate the release along with Dr. Phillip Levin, Director of United By Nature (originally, the U.S. National Nature Assessment). Edited by…
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How I Became a Writer
I’m honored to be part of this anthology exploring how writers come into themselves! Thank you so much to Cecilia and Vibal for all the care and effort that went into bringing this book into the world. How I Become a Writer: Essays by Filipino and Filipino American Writers Edited by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Publisher:…
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Women’s Equality Day
Join us for Women’s Equality Day, celebrating women’s right to vote and amplifying the voices of women who are shaping equitable and thriving communities. Facilitated by Commissioner LaSaundra Gutter, this dynamic 1.5 hour program features San Mateo County Board of Supervisors Noelia Corzo, Lisa Gauthier, and Jackie Speier engaging in personal stories and shared wisdom…
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Everybody’s Climate 2025
The chaos produced by our changing climate is steadily increasing. Poetry can be both solace and activism. Poets Molly Fisk and Kim Shuck invite you to hear poems from varied perspectives about wildfire, flooding and related catastrophes in California. They will be joined by six other contributors to the California Fire & Water anthology: Gene…
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Immigrant Heritage Month
I’ve been organizing Immigrant Heritage Month events for many years, but this one feels especially meaningful as part of my ongoing collaboration with Skyline College Library. My gratitude to Saul Milan and the library for their installation portraying the movements, struggles, and freedoms woven into migration stories. It includes miniature handmade passports pinned over an…
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Flor Y Canto
“If You Want To Know What We Are” A Filipinx Poetas Reading (part of San Francisco International Flor Y Canto Literary Festival), hosted by Medicine for Nightmares Saturday, June 21, 20254:00 PM 5:00 PM3036 24th Street, San Francisco From Medicine for Nightmares: 4 powerful Filipinx poetas read their work in our galeria as part of the San…
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The 2025 Foley Poetry Prize
I’m overjoyed to have received this year’s Foley Prize for Poetry. A heartfelt thank you to the judges for the care and attention they gave to my work, and congratulations to America Magazine on its 116th year of publishing poetry and other commentaries. “CATALOG OF CURES IN ORDINARY TIME, our unanimous winner, features a grief-stricken speaker who draws the…
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Remembering Nick Carbó
This beautiful essay by my mentor Eileen Tabios on the pioneering and legendary poet Nick Carbó echoes the broader trajectory of our Filipino history here in the U.S. (a historical and sociocultural arc that stretches from 1587 through the American colonial period to the more recent waves of immigration). Thank you, Eileen and Nick. Though…
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Bone Flute book launch
Please join us in celebrating the launch of BONE FLUTE: A WOMAN SPEAKS by Irene Adler, on June 8th (virtual) and July 2nd (in-person)! Thank you so much to Hilary King and Poetry Los Altos and Books Inc. Palo Alto for hosting: June 8th, 5pm-6:30pm PDT, a virtual gathering hosted by Hilary King and Poetry…
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Support the Academy of American Poets
I’ve experienced firsthand the Academy’s unparalleled support of poets and their communities, and I’m deeply disheartened by the termination of their grant with the NEA as it puts at risk the vital work that they do. Poets have carried our nation through its most pivotal moments, and the Academy now needs and deserves our support…
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