Building Community One Draft at a Time, an Interview with Lucianna Chixaro Ramos
by Justin Knepper
For two years, the Porto Writers’ Workshop has been a Sunday sanctuary for writers seeking community, feedback, and creative growth. What started as a chance meeting at a Just Write! Wednesday Night meetup has blossomed into a thriving space where poets, memoirists, songwriters, and storytellers of all levels come together...
CELLS is a Latinx Poetry Book of Note: The La Treintena List from the Latinx Project at NYU
by Urayoán Noel
This year has been a tough one for independent poetry. The recent closure of Small Press Distribution has dovetailed with the ongoing consolidation of mainstream publishing and its backpedaling from the diversity and social justice initiatives it committed to, through pressure, over the last few years. Still, Latinx poetry itself is flourishing, even if few in the academy are paying attention.
Don't Let Your Self Get in the Way: Mindfulness, Multiculturalism, and the Creative Process
by Lucianna Chixaro Ramos
About two years ago I was lucky enough to make a wrong turn. While looking for a grocery store less crowded than the one near my apartment, I drove down the wrong two lane road in the south part of Orlando. The suburban landscape clogged with strip malls quickly gave way to a semi-rural stretch populated by sod companies and houses whose lots can be measured in quantities greater than quarter acres...