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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 2h

“My father was a regular listener of Jaime Licauco’s ‘Inner Mind on Radio,’ which aired in the evenings when I was growing up in the Philippines.”

Read Monica Macansantos's “My Father and W. B. Yeats” in @hopkinsreview.bsky.social for #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

“My Father and W. B. Yeats”

Monica Macansantos

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 4h

Writers, submission periods are closing soon at thirteen indie presses and lit mags! These deadlines are coming up between October 10 and October 22. Learn more and submit now: www.clmp.org/programs-opp...

Calls for Submissions - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

Take a look at the latest publishing opportunities currently available to writers from the many literary magazines and presses that are members of CLMP. Before submitting your work, be sure to check…

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 5h

THE MANY DEATHS OF INOCENCIO RODRIGUEZ by Iliana Rocha is on our #HispanicHeritageMonth reading list!

This @tupelopress.bsky.social collection “chronicles an obsession with the 1971 unsolved murder of Rocha’s grandfather while interrogating the true crime genre.” www.tupelopress.org/product/the-...

THE MANY DEATHS OF INOCENCIO RODRIGUEZ

Iliana Rocha

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 6h

Read BABYLAN, edited by Nick Carbó and Eileen R. Tabios, this #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth!

This anthology of Filipina and Filipina American writers from Aunt Lute Books features poetry and prose by Gina Apostol, Lilledeshan Bose, Shirley Ancheta, and more:
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Babaylan | auntlutebooks

Nonprofit Publishing Since 1982

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 23h

ALBUM OF FENCES (Cardboard House Press) is on our reading list this #HispanicHeritageMonth!

Omar Pimienta’s poetry collection “documents what living on either side of a militarized border does to a community, how it distorts, breeding suspicion and lies.”
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the album of fences omar pimienta — cardboardhousepress.org

ALBUM OF FENCESOmar Pimienta Translated from the Spanish by Jose Antonio Villarán Poetry / Photography....

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 1d

In FIRST, Lianne Cruz shares “the heartfelt, and often unplanned, moments of pregnancy and motherhood.”

This @readfuriously.bsky.social collection based on Cruz’s webcomics is on our #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth reading list:
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First

The highly anticipated followup to Pursuit:A Collection of Art In First, Lianne Cruz shares the heartfelt, and often unplanned, moments of pregnancy and motherhood. Drawn in a gorgeous series of…

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 1d

We're thrilled to announce that applications are open for the fifth annual Constellation Award, given to honor an independent literary press that champions the writing of people of color. Learn more and submit by November 7! www.clmp.org/constellatio...

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 2d

Reyes Ramirez’s collection “breaks open notions of destiny, in humorous and devastating ways, to reimagine the past and present a new future where lack transforms to abundance.”

Read EL REY OF GOLD TEETH (@hubcitypress.bsky.social) this #HispanicHeritageMonth!
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El Rey of Gold Teeth | Poetry | Hub City Writers Project

In El Rey of Gold Teeth, Reyes Ramirez explores living in America as a first-generation American of Salvadoran and Mexican descent, living among conflicting histories.

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 2d

Mānoa’s ALWAYS AGAIN: NEW WORK FROM THE PHILIPPINES AND PHILIPPINE DIASPORAS is “a living record of the historical forces and contemporary concerns that have shaped the Philippines and its diasporas.”

Order it here! #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/always...

Always Again: New Work from the Philippines and Philippine Diasporas

In Always Again: New Work from the Philippines and Philippine Diasporas, guest edited by Laurel Flores Fantauzzo, Mānoa brings together authors and visual artists in and of the Philippines and its …

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 2d

Don’t miss Eduardo Martínez-Leyva and Felicia Zamora discussing their respective new poetry collections, COWBOY PARK and INTERSTITIAL ARCHAEOLOGY! Read their conversation in @hopkinsreview.bsky.social this #HispanicHeritageMonth:
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New Books in Conversation: Eduardo Martínez-Leyva and Felicia Zamora — The Hopkins Review

The poets discuss their recent and forthcoming poetry collections, both featuring poetry first published in the pages of The Hopkins Review.

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 2d

According to Claudia Keelan, Ronaldo V. Wilson’s collection “is a warning to anyone tempted to believe that in objectification lies freedom.”

Read POEMS OF THE BLACK OBJECT (published by @futurepoem.bsky.social) this #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth!
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Futurepoem

“Ronaldo Wilson’s Poems of the Black Object is a warning to anyone tempted to believe that in objectification lies freedom. Livid inside an apocalyptic negative capability, these poems are…

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 3d

The speaker in Esteban Rodríguez’s poems “seeks refuge in undoing youthful lamentations of wielding English as a weapon to reclaim his diasporic lineage.”

Read THE LOST NOSTALGIAS (@cavankerrypress.bsky.social) this #HispanicHeritageMonth!
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The Lost Nostalgias – CavanKerry Press

Available Now!With a narrative voice that renders the seemingly unforgettable lyrical, The Lost Nostalgias once again demonstrates Esteban Rodríguez’s exploration of familial moments that move…

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 3d

Be sure to read Issue 6 of Slant’d this #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth! This issue exploring the theme of homecoming features a set of poems by I. Buenaventura and much more: www.slantd.com/product/issu...

Slant'd

Issue 06 (Homecoming) is a collection of 12 heartwarming and provocatively told stories that unpack the different layers of homecoming—belonging, reconciliation, transformation, homelands,…

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 3d

Paquito D’Rivera’s LETTERS TO YEYITO is on our #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth reading list!

This memoir, published by Restless Books, is “a fascinating tour of a life lived in music, and a useful guidebook for aspiring artists everywhere.” restlessbooks.org/bookstore/le...

Letters to Yeyito: Lessons from a Life in Music — Restless Books

by Paquito D'Rivera Translated from the Spanish by Rosario Moreno A captivating memoir from one of jazz's most beloved practitioners, fourteen-time Grammy winner Paquito D’Rivera’s Letters to…

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 3d

In PROOF OF STAKE: AN ELEGY, Charles Valle “carries his lost loved one close against his chest as he soars through centuries, continents, climates, colonialisms.” —Joyelle McSweeney

@fonografeditions.bsky.social poetry for #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth: fonografeditions.com/catalog/f0no...

F0NO11 // Charles Valle – Proof of Stake: An Elegy (print; book) | Fonograf Editions

FE is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit.

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 4d

Dear Kabunian, I love you even though you gave your buhay to our bodies,
even though you shaped us from the soup…

—Hari Alluri’s “Letter to the Deity Who Told Me Arriving Here Is Difficult as Welcome” in @adimagazine.bsky.social #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth
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Letter to the Deity Who Told Me Arriving Here Is Difficult as Welcome

I love you / even though what I know of exile / living also includes joy.

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 4d

In this debut collection, Diana Rojas’s “characters grapple with their self-perception as they consider what they’re supposed to be and who they want to be.”

Read LITANY OF SAINTS: A TRIPTYCH from @artepublico.bsky.social this #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth:
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Litany of Saints: A Triptych - Arte Publico Press

Women and immigrants struggle with their perceived roles in this debut collection. by Diana Rojas ISBN: 978-1-55885-994-4 Publication Date: April 30, 2024 Format: Trade Paperback Pages: 212

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 4d

In RESIDENTS OF THE DEEP (@unsolicitedpress.bsky.social) “we meet fantastical beings—by turns charming and nightmarish—who, when examined unsparingly, turn out to be versions of ourselves.” —Luis H. Francia

Read Marianne Villanueva’s stories for #FAHM!
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RESIDENTS OF THE DEEP BY MARIANNE VILLANUEVA — Unsolicited Press

In “Ice,” two men contemplate their future in a bleak, post-apocalyptic landscape: “The point is, there is no point. You just keep going. Even if there’s no point.” In Dumaguete , a young boy…

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 4d

Ignacio Lopez’s monologue “is at once a coming-of-age story, a horror story, and a highly theatrical experiment in radical empathy.”

SEVERED, published by 53rd State Press, is on our reading list for #NationalHispanicHeritageMonth!
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SEVERED

Ignacio Lopez

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 4d

Kalehua Kim’s MELE (@triohousepress.org) is on our reading list for #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth!

This debut poetry collection “evokes modes of language and culture that shape the contours of memory and expose the fault lines of family and self.”
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Mele by Kalehua Kim

Mele, by Kalehua Kim, embodies the meaning of the word “mele” – a Hawaiian song or chant traditionally used to preserve history through the oral tradition. Winner of the Trio House Press Editor’s…

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 5d

According to Hilary Sun, Ina Cariño's FEAST reminds readers that “to be eaten does not have to be othering; it can be a way of knowing and understanding.”

Read a poetry collection from @alicejamesbooks.bsky.social this #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth:
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Feast — Alice James Books

Ina Cariño Featured in Poets & Writers Magazine's “Page One” Ina Cariño is a winner of a 2022 Whiting Award in Poetry Winner of the 2021 Alice James Award Recommended by Book…

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 5d

“In August of 2022, I rode the purple line from Evanston into Chicago. I was going to Madison and Halsted.”

Read Ingrid Rojas Contreras’s essay, “Goodbye to the Chicago Intersection Where I Was Reborn,” in @offassignment.bsky.social! #HispanicHeritageMonth www.offassignment.com/gttp/ingrid-...

Goodbye to the Chicago Intersection Where I Was Reborn — Off Assignment

“In August of 2022, I rode the purple line from Evanston into Chicago. I was going to Madison and Halsted. Madison and Halsted is a mythical place in my imagination. It’s the intersection where…

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 5d

In Rhoni Blankenhorn’s debut poetry collection, “daily life becomes a provocation into nonlinearity, sexuality, family history, and multiracial selfhood.”

Read ROOMS FOR THE DEAD AND THE NOT YET (@triohousepress.org) for #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth: triohousepress.myshopify.com/products/pre...

Rooms for the Dead and the Not Yet by Rhoni Blankenhorn

Winner of the 2024 Trio Award, Rooms for the Dead and the Not Yet explores landscapes of grief, desire, and identity. How does memory collapse time? In what ways do mourning and longing echo each…

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 5d

“Joe Biden and Donald Trump separately visited Texas on the same day to present their respective plans for cracking down on border crossing.”

—Gabriel Antonio Solis’s “Borderlands, Betrayed,” in @thedrift-mag.bsky.social & our #HispanicHeritageMonth reading list: www.thedriftmag.com/borderlands-...

Borderlands, Betrayed

How Hispanic Democrats Abandoned Progressivism in South Texas

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Community of Literary Magazines & Presses (CLMP) @clmporg.bsky.social · 5d

EYE OF THE FISH (Kaya Press) is on our reading list for #FilipinoAmericanHistoryMonth!

Luis H. Francia’s memoir “reflects on the hybridity that is simultaneously the burden and the benediction of the Philippines.”
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Eye of the Fish |

Pageturner Festival, Sunday Nov. 7, Powerhouse Arena, BKLYN We’re raising a little hell with the Asian American Writers Workshop this Sunday in Brooklyn – take the F train to DUMBO and we’ll riot…

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