Letter Received from CESTA, Stanford University for collaboration in the LiQ ( Life in Quarantine) Project

I'm elated to receive the letter of recognition for my work as curator/editor for the "Word in Quarantine" project of the CESTA, Stanford University. Immensely grateful to the project managers Nelson Endebo, Ellis Schriefer and Faraz Bazzi for beleiving and supporting my work for the last two years. Thankful to the Faculty Director, Giovanna Cesarani, …

A Persistence of Cormorants, Sunday, June 26 at 1:30 p.m.

Looking forward to this reading at the Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn. Happy to share space with Patricia Carragon , Roxanne Hoffman and David Francis.Thankful to Gerald Wagonar for the opportunity.

Patricia Carragon's Blog: Words Give Me the Will to Write

Coming up Sunday, June 26 from 1 :30 p.m. to around 3:30 p.m.

at 165 Second Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231

Another poetry event curated by Gerald Wagoner

Four powerful poets to read by the Gowanus Canal

Free Admission

The Featured Readers:

Patricia Carragon

Roxanne Hoffman

David Francis

Megha Sood

Bios:

Patricia Carragon has been widely published online and in print. Her most recent publications include First Literary Review-East, I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe, Jerry Jazz Musician, MER VOX Quarterly, Muddy River Review, The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow anthology, et al. Her poem, “For All We Know,” is forthcoming in the 2022 great weather for MEDIA anthology. Her fiction piece What Has to Happen Next has been nominated for Sundress Publications Annual Best of the Net Anthology. Her poem Paris the Beautiful won Poem of the Week from great weather for MEDIA. She was nominated by Bear…

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Third Place Winner State Level NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Poetry Contest 2022

I'm thrilled to share the news that my poem has been placed as a third-place winner for the New Jersey NAMI Dara Axelrod Poetry Contest 2022. Thankful to the people who voted and supported me. Congratulations!! to the fellow winners and the finalists. You can read the works of the Top 10 finalists in the …

Video recording of Poetry reading for the Life in Quarantine, Stanford University

I'm elated to share the video recording of the poetry event held on June 03, 2022, to celebrate the successful completion of the project "Life in Quarantine" by CESTA, Stanford University. What more beautiful way to celebrate anything other than with poetry.  I'm grateful to the project managers, Nelson Endebo, Ellis Schriefer, and Farah Bazzi …

” My Body Lives Like a Threat” is a Finalist in the 16th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards

I'm thrilled to share the news that my debut poetry collection "My Body Lives Like Threat" is one of the six finalists in the 16th Indie Excellence Awards in the category of Poetry. I'm elated and honored to share the space with books from Four Ways Books, Sheila N Gig, Toho Publishing,  June Road Press, …

Poetry Reading at FUMFA Live( Fairfield University MFA in Creative Writing)on Sunday, June 05, 22, 8-9:30pm EDT

I'm thrilled about my upcoming poetry reading and discussion with Katherine (Katie) Schneider and Chris Belden for the FUMFA Live. The reading will take place on ZOOM and will be live-streamed on the FUMFA Facebook page and its Twitter account on Jun 05, 2022, 8-9:30PM EDT. I'm honored to share space with FUMFA alum poet …

List of publications/press mentions/events for the month of May 2022

May is the month that celebrates my identity as a person of color and also a first-generation immigrant in this country. In addition to my book tour events, I was honored to be part of the community events celebrating the #AAPIHeritageMonth. Thanks to Summer Dawn for making me part of the two events with Tommy …