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We're thrilled to share the acquisition of Daughtersong Diaspore by Barbara Jane Reyes—forthcoming with Black Lawrence Press in Spring 2027!
August 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We're thrilled to share the acquisition of Daughtersong Diaspore by Barbara Jane Reyes—forthcoming with Black Lawrence Press in Spring 2027!
Daughtersong Diaspore is a series of poems, epistolaries, lyric essays, unanswered questions, explorations of kapwa and loób, critical and confessional, de-colonial offerings of an American daughter for her late Filipino mother. Forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press in 2027.
August 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Daughtersong Diaspore is a series of poems, epistolaries, lyric essays, unanswered questions, explorations of kapwa and loób, critical and confessional, de-colonial offerings of an American daughter for her late Filipino mother. Forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press in 2027.
So happy to curate this Filipinx Poetas reading for this year's Flor y Canto at Medicine for Nightmares, featuring Aileen Cassinetto, Zoe Dorado, and Aimee Suzara.
Salamat to the ever generous Josiahluis Alderete for the opportunity and the space.
Salamat to the ever generous Josiahluis Alderete for the opportunity and the space.
May 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
So happy to curate this Filipinx Poetas reading for this year's Flor y Canto at Medicine for Nightmares, featuring Aileen Cassinetto, Zoe Dorado, and Aimee Suzara.
Salamat to the ever generous Josiahluis Alderete for the opportunity and the space.
Salamat to the ever generous Josiahluis Alderete for the opportunity and the space.
Carlos Bulosan, "Freedom from Want," Originally published March 6, 1943 in the Saturday Evening Post www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2017/12/carl...
Carlos Bulosan’s ‘Freedom from Want’ | The Saturday Evening Post
In 1943, the Post commissioned Filipino novelist and poet Carlos Bulosan to craft this essay to accompany Norman Rockwell’s ‘Freedom from Want.’
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April 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Carlos Bulosan, "Freedom from Want," Originally published March 6, 1943 in the Saturday Evening Post www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2017/12/carl...
Poem: "There are no kings in America," by Aileen Cassinetto poets.org/poem/there-a...
There are no kings in America
we are not that kind of country.
poets.org
April 19, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Poem: "There are no kings in America," by Aileen Cassinetto poets.org/poem/there-a...
Part of the reason why I am blogging again is so that my semi-daily words and thoughts will not get washed away in the noise and reactionary hysteria of social media feeds. poetadiwata.wordpress.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Part of the reason why I am blogging again is so that my semi-daily words and thoughts will not get washed away in the noise and reactionary hysteria of social media feeds. poetadiwata.wordpress.com
Are you reading Filipina/o/x poets for National Poetry Month. Here are 120+ single authored collections to get you started bookshop.org/lists/read-f...
Read Filipina/o/x Poets
I will continue to add titles to this list. I am sorry that some titles are not available on this Bookshop website.
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April 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Are you reading Filipina/o/x poets for National Poetry Month. Here are 120+ single authored collections to get you started bookshop.org/lists/read-f...
April 9, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes
“Let there be no shame in being incomplete.” - Barbara Jane Reyes
April 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
“Let there be no shame in being incomplete.” - Barbara Jane Reyes
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 16/20 #20bookchallenge #booksky
April 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 16/20 #20bookchallenge #booksky
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
17/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
17/20
December 8, 2024 at 7:42 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
17/20
#BookSky💙📚
#Books
#BookChallenge
17/20
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes
Aswang - Barbara Jane Reyes
March 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Aswang - Barbara Jane Reyes
For National Poetry Month, read Filipina/o/x authored poetry collections. Here are 125 titles to get you started bookshop.org/lists/read-f...
Read Filipina/o/x Poets
I will continue to add titles to this list. I am sorry that some titles are not available on this Bookshop website.
bookshop.org
April 4, 2025 at 2:36 PM
For National Poetry Month, read Filipina/o/x authored poetry collections. Here are 125 titles to get you started bookshop.org/lists/read-f...
Remember that our art and literature have kept our stories/histories/narratives in our collective memories. No fascist scrubbing of their archives can erase our own communities' productions and pedagogies. Onward.
March 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Remember that our art and literature have kept our stories/histories/narratives in our collective memories. No fascist scrubbing of their archives can erase our own communities' productions and pedagogies. Onward.
If you are looking for feminist literature for young people, you may find my book listed here, the Amelia Bloomer List of the American Library Association. www.ala.org/srrt/2019-am...
March 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you are looking for feminist literature for young people, you may find my book listed here, the Amelia Bloomer List of the American Library Association. www.ala.org/srrt/2019-am...
I am an author and an educator. I care very deeply about access to the arts, to literature, to education. I care very deeply about the critical thinking, the empathy, the joy, and the community building that come from these.
March 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I am an author and an educator. I care very deeply about access to the arts, to literature, to education. I care very deeply about the critical thinking, the empathy, the joy, and the community building that come from these.
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes
Thanks Publishers Weekly for spreading the news about our Immigrant Author Fellowship!
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief...
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March 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Thanks Publishers Weekly for spreading the news about our Immigrant Author Fellowship!
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief...
Sign the petition to demand Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released and threats against his legal status be dropped! And call on members of Congress and university leaders to protect and defend the right for students to organize and protest. sign.moveon.org/petitions/fr...
Free Mahmoud Khalil and protect students exercising their First Amendment rights!
Sign the petition to demand Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released and threats against his legal status be dropped! And call on members of Congress and university leaders to protect and defend the rig...
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March 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Sign the petition to demand Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released and threats against his legal status be dropped! And call on members of Congress and university leaders to protect and defend the right for students to organize and protest. sign.moveon.org/petitions/fr...
My third book, DIWATA, is 15 years old now. Isn't that something. bookshop.org/a/356/978193...
Diwata
Check out Diwata - Tagalog is a language spoken by about 22 million people in the Philippines. Diwata is a Tagalog term meaning, "muse." Diwata is also a term for a mythical figure or being who reside...
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March 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
My third book, DIWATA, is 15 years old now. Isn't that something. bookshop.org/a/356/978193...
Barbara Jane Reyes writes here, occasionally: poetadiwata.wordpress.com
March 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Barbara Jane Reyes writes here, occasionally: poetadiwata.wordpress.com
Coming soon! See you folks at CCSF Mission Campus. Thank you to Professor John Isles in the Creative Writing Program, for bringing me back to your students!
February 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Coming soon! See you folks at CCSF Mission Campus. Thank you to Professor John Isles in the Creative Writing Program, for bringing me back to your students!
