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Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · 8d

Sharing a quote from my poem “Unpassable” — part of my forthcoming collection Still, We Are Sacred — for Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

We carry what they tried to erase.
Honor the ancestors. Tell the truth.

#IndigenousPeoplesDay #StillWeAreSacred #EmanuelXavier #LatinxVoices

Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · 14d

📖 Still, We Are Sacred — my new poetry collection — drops six months from today.

rebelsatori.com/product/stil...

If you’re interested in:
• Writing a review
• Booking me for Spring 2026 events
• Helping spread the word

DM me. Let’s make it happen.

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Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · 14d

🎙️ “el silencio is surrender”

Proud to share “Compromised Skyline” — a spoken word collab with the talented Douglas G. Cala — now streaming as part of his new album Ambrosia on Bandcamp.

Listen here: douglasgcala.bandcamp.com/album/ambrosia

Ambrosia, by Douglas G. Cala

10 track album

douglasgcala.bandcamp.com

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Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · 15d

🎙️ Honored to be a guest on the Out Loud Podcast with Kelliane Parker, Douglas Cala & Marissa Prada.

We got into it—poetry, survival, queer joy, resilience, and the power of refusing silence.

Grateful to speak truth. Hope you’ll tune in. 🖤🏳️‍🌈✊🏽

#EmanuelXavier #OutLoudPodcast #QueerVoices

Out Loud Podcast LIVE October 2025!

YouTube video by Read or Green Books

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Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · 17d

📚 This Wednesday, Oct 8 @ 5PM — I’ll be leading a free poetry workshop at Stapleton Library (Staten Island) as part of #BannedBooksWeek.

We’ll write, reflect, and turn lived experience into poetry. Open to all levels. ✍🏽

🗓️ Register: www.nypl.org/events/progr...

#PoetryWorkshop

Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · 17d

🎙️ This Sunday, Oct 6 at 11am ET—
I’m joining the Out Loud podcast for a live convo on queer resilience, poetry, survival & speaking truth.

Hosted by Kelliane Parker, Douglas Cala & Marissa Prada.

Join via Zoom:
ID: 886-9946-0037
PW: 554851

Or watch:
🔗 youtube.com/@thewordiswrite3153

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Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · 20d

📚✊🏽 Celebrating #BannedBooksWeek with free poetry workshops across NYC libraries, courtesy of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.

I’ll be at Stapleton Library, Staten Island – Wed Oct 8, 5PM leading a workshop on turning personal stories into poetry. Open to all.

Register: www.nypl.org/events/progr...

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Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · 23d

Just released: Here We Will Stay, my poetry video collaboration with Shani Mitchell, now out in the world.
Grateful to everyone who helped make it happen.

Emanuel Xavier - HERE WE WILL STAY

YouTube video by POETRY IN MOTION: NYC

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Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · Sep 19

🗓️ The Jersey City Poetry Festival returns Sept 19–21, bringing together a powerful lineup of poets from across the country.

🎤 Panels, readings, workshops, and a vibrant Family Day.

🎟️ Grab your tickets now:
👉 jerseycitypoetryfestival.org

Poetry Festival, Poets | Poetry

Jersey City Poetry Festival, founder and creative director, Melida Rodas - Jersey City’s Poet Laureate... JCPOFEST is a festival for The People, illuminating the tapestry of human connection... Est...

jerseycitypoetryfestival.org

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Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · Sep 15

Proud to be part of this year’s Jersey City Poetry Festival 💥 I’ll be speaking on the “Poetry to Move the People” panel this Saturday, Sept 21. Come thru!

🗓️ Sept 19–21
🎟️ Info: jerseycitypoetryfestival.org

Let’s gather, speak truth, and move people through poetry.

#PoetryToMoveThePeople #JCPF2025

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The Publishing Triangle @publishingtriangle.bsky.social · Sep 12

🌈✨ The Publishing Triangle Awards are now accepting entries for the best LGBTQIA+ books published in 2025. 🏆

🗓 Deadline: Nov 25, 2025
📚 Learn more + submit here:
submissions.publishingtriangle.org

#PublishingTriangle #LGBTQBooks #BookAwards

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The Publishing Triangle @publishingtriangle.bsky.social · Sep 5

🌈📚 Join us Sat 9/27 · 3 PM at BGSQD for Raíces & Resistencia: A Latinx LGBTQ+ Poetry Night hosted by Emanuel Xavier✨ Featuring viento izquierdo ugaz, Joshua Garcia, Yoseli Castillo Fuertes & Darrel Alejandro Holnes. FREE!

🔗 publishingtriangle.org/2025/09/raic...

#LatinxHeritageMonth #BGSQD

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The Publishing Triangle @publishingtriangle.bsky.social · Sep 4

🌈✨ Submissions now OPEN! ✨🌈

The Publishing Triangle is accepting books published Jan 1–Dec 31, 2025 for our 2026 Awards 🏆 honoring the best in LGBTQ+ literature.

🗓️ Deadline: Nov 25, 2025
📢 Finalists: March 2026
🌟 Winners: April 2026 @ The New School, NYC

submissions.publishingtriangle.org

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Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · Aug 20

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✨ Cover Reveal ✨
My new poetry collection “Still, We Are Sacred” drops April 2026 via Rebel Satori Press—33 new poems I believe may be my strongest yet.

Grateful to Tino Rodríguez (art) + Timothy Cummings (intro).

📩 ARC requests: [email protected]

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Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · Aug 17

Shot scenes today for my poem “Here We Will Stay” 🎥 w/ the amazing Shani Mitchell!

📅 Premiere: Sat, Sept 27 | 8 PM
📍 Hub 17, Staten Island (73 Wave St)

Also streaming on Poetry in Motion: NYC YouTube 👉 www.youtube.com/channel/UCU3...

#PoetryInMotionNYC #StatenIslandArts

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Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · Aug 11

Already missing my 12 amazing cohorts + our brilliant mentor Steven Canals. 🌈✍🏽 Thanks to Lambda Literary, every donor, my new LGBTQ+ screenwriting fam, & Steven for keeping it real + welcoming us into the House of Canals. We promise to make you proud. 💜🎬 #HouseOfCanals

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Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · Aug 5

Today, I had a virtual moment with Pose creator Steven Canals and I’m floored—my first poetry book, “Pier Queen” was a source of inspiration for the pilot. 🖤

That little chapbook from ’97 still echoes.
#PierQueen #PoseFX #StevenCanals #QueerHistory #LatinxVoices #EmanuelXavier

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Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · Aug 4

Honored to have my poem “Here We Will Stay” published in @CataloguingMag 🖤🏳️‍🌈

A piece about queer resilience—about choosing to exist loudly in a world that tries to erase us. We’re still here. We’re not going anywhere.

#QueerPoetry #EmanuelXavier #LGBTQLit #HereWeWillStay #PoetryIsResistance

HERE WE WILL STAY

by: Emanuel Xavier

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The Publishing Triangle @publishingtriangle.bsky.social · Jul 23

The Publishing Triangle is growing! 🌱📚

Thrilled to welcome Francisco Gutierrez, Reginald Harris, and Jean Redmann to our Board as we continue championing LGBTQ+ books and authors across genres and generations.

Meet the full Board: publishingtriangle.org/board/

#PublishingTriangle #LGBTQBooks

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Emanuel Xavier @emanuelxavier.bsky.social · Jul 23

Just unearthed raw early 2000’s footage of me reading some poems.

Includes the first version of “Legendary”—written for ballroom, filmed by Wolfgang Busch during How Do I Look.

📽️ youtu.be/cLJsWSzfKDg?...

#EmanuelXavier #QueerSpokenWord #BallroomHistory #LatinxPoets #PoetryRoots

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The Publishing Triangle @publishingtriangle.bsky.social · Jul 16

🌈 Pride In Verse
📅 July 31 | 🕡 6:30–8:30PM
📍 Society of Illustrators (128 E 63rd St, 3rd Fl)

10 NYC queer poets. FREE event. Open bar. No RSVP.

Hosted by @PublishingTri + partners.
Note: not wheelchair accessible.
#PrideInVerse #QueerPoetry #NYCEvents

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