Lupe Mendez
@thepoetmendez.bsky.social
🇲🇽Writer | Artivist | Editor | Founder, Tintero Projects
| TX Poet Laureate Emeritus - linktr.ee/GuadalupeMendez
| TX Poet Laureate Emeritus - linktr.ee/GuadalupeMendez
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Lupe Mendez
@thepoetmendez.bsky.social
· Aug 20
With the way the world is moving to crush and make invisible, I won’t be hiding. I will celebrate you and me and us. Make art. Tell me about your books- and I will tell you about mine.
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(I wonder how many hit the trifecta?)
It’s wrong to lump all top Trump people in one category. There are differences among them. But they do seem to fall into three (sometimes overlapping) categories:
• Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption).
• Sex criminals.
• War criminals.
• Ordinary criminals (grift and corruption).
• Sex criminals.
• War criminals.
November 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
(I wonder how many hit the trifecta?)
I signed this petition organized by Texas Freedom Network. They still need more signatures. Can you sign and share as well? www.mobilize.us/tfn/event/86...
Teach the Truth: Schools Are for Kids, Not Politics · Texas Freedom Network
Our children’s classrooms have for too long been a battleground in the nation’s political wars. As the State Board of Education overhauls social studies standards for Texas schools in the coming month...
www.mobilize.us
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I signed this petition organized by Texas Freedom Network. They still need more signatures. Can you sign and share as well? www.mobilize.us/tfn/event/86...
Fuck that old man. He has gambled so much money and supported maga causes where he was in a position to do more than fake charity to people in and around Houston.
Mattress Mack slept outside without a mattress to raise funds for the youth shelter Covenant House Texas. Here's what he's been thinking about since. bit.ly/44voubn
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Fuck that old man. He has gambled so much money and supported maga causes where he was in a position to do more than fake charity to people in and around Houston.
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BREAKING: a federal court has BLOCKED the TX congressional gerrymander
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Federal Court Blocks Texas Gerrymander for 2026, Appeal Expected
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
BREAKING: a federal court has BLOCKED the TX congressional gerrymander
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Just getting on here real quick to share some awesome news! #Huizache Journal has nominated me and a few other good folks for a #PushCartPrize! This is my first nomination. So grateful!
November 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Just getting on here real quick to share some awesome news! #Huizache Journal has nominated me and a few other good folks for a #PushCartPrize! This is my first nomination. So grateful!
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Brent Camalich and Jamie Lynn Camalich share their process and hopes for their story.
Read More👉 ebx.sh/5IlKYG
Read More👉 ebx.sh/5IlKYG
October 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Brent Camalich and Jamie Lynn Camalich share their process and hopes for their story.
Read More👉 ebx.sh/5IlKYG
Read More👉 ebx.sh/5IlKYG
If you are in Galveston, TX- come see me launch my book!!
Link for more info:
www.visitgalveston.com/events/meet-...
Link for more info:
www.visitgalveston.com/events/meet-...
October 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
If you are in Galveston, TX- come see me launch my book!!
Link for more info:
www.visitgalveston.com/events/meet-...
Link for more info:
www.visitgalveston.com/events/meet-...
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Out today: The long game that research historians played depended on the impractical approach of waiting out the natural death of the traditional narrative, a creation story of frontier exceptionalism that was baked into the Texan identity.
How Scholars Lost the Culture War over Texas History
And how they could still start winning it.
www.texasobserver.org
September 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Out today: The long game that research historians played depended on the impractical approach of waiting out the natural death of the traditional narrative, a creation story of frontier exceptionalism that was baked into the Texan identity.
I had a beautiful book launch event. Here are some lights! ¡Fue una noche tremenda!
September 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I had a beautiful book launch event. Here are some lights! ¡Fue una noche tremenda!
I need you to come join me as I start my multi city tour for PRAYER HOLDING NIGHT!
Next Wednesday, at #FincaTresRobles September 24 @ 7pm!
RSVP to get some free books and a signed copy of my book!!
luma.com/pcyjkghm
Next Wednesday, at #FincaTresRobles September 24 @ 7pm!
RSVP to get some free books and a signed copy of my book!!
luma.com/pcyjkghm
Meet the Poet: Lupe Mendez · Luma
Great poetry. Free books. And you might win a free fajita dinner!
Meet award-winning poet Lupe Mendez as he presents his new book PRAYER HOLDING NIGHT: NEW AND…
luma.com
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I need you to come join me as I start my multi city tour for PRAYER HOLDING NIGHT!
Next Wednesday, at #FincaTresRobles September 24 @ 7pm!
RSVP to get some free books and a signed copy of my book!!
luma.com/pcyjkghm
Next Wednesday, at #FincaTresRobles September 24 @ 7pm!
RSVP to get some free books and a signed copy of my book!!
luma.com/pcyjkghm
I wrote this article a few years ago- I didn’t know then how important it would become, now, in an age where all the book banning and defunding of ethnic communities is on the rise.
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/149...
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/149...
Adding Latinx Poetry to Your Curriculum
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
www.poetryfoundation.org
September 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I wrote this article a few years ago- I didn’t know then how important it would become, now, in an age where all the book banning and defunding of ethnic communities is on the rise.
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/149...
www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/149...
My mother taught me to not speak ill of the dead. She also taught me not to mourn white supremicists.
“Quien siembra vientos,
recoje tempestades.”
“Quien siembra vientos,
recoje tempestades.”
September 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
My mother taught me to not speak ill of the dead. She also taught me not to mourn white supremicists.
“Quien siembra vientos,
recoje tempestades.”
“Quien siembra vientos,
recoje tempestades.”
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"Fuck Ted Cruz"
-Green Day and pretty much everyone else
-Green Day and pretty much everyone else
September 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
"Fuck Ted Cruz"
-Green Day and pretty much everyone else
-Green Day and pretty much everyone else
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From our magazine: Rural Texas wears a friendly facade. You know everyone, and everyone treats each other so kindly, but, if you’re Black, you just ignore the stares when you walk into the local steakhouse for fish fry night.
Racism Wrapped in Rural Warmth
Staying in my hometown means facing subtle prejudice in day-to-day life.
www.texasobserver.org
September 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
From our magazine: Rural Texas wears a friendly facade. You know everyone, and everyone treats each other so kindly, but, if you’re Black, you just ignore the stares when you walk into the local steakhouse for fish fry night.
For all the #LatinosForTrump pendejos- I hope you are happy that this brilliantly thoughtful exhibit is now closed- our kids can’t see themselves in museums outside of the image of conquered people.
hyperallergic.com/1037811/smit...
hyperallergic.com/1037811/smit...
Smithsonian Latino Gallery Quietly Closes for Nine Months
As Trump goes after the institution, a temporary space for the National Museum of the American Latino closed ahead of schedule in preparation for America’s 250th programming.
hyperallergic.com
September 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
For all the #LatinosForTrump pendejos- I hope you are happy that this brilliantly thoughtful exhibit is now closed- our kids can’t see themselves in museums outside of the image of conquered people.
hyperallergic.com/1037811/smit...
hyperallergic.com/1037811/smit...
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The Methodist Church steps up.
August 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The Methodist Church steps up.
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DO NOT PUT CHILDREN ON TV TALKING ABOUT A SHOOTING THEY JUST LIVED THROUGH
The media who do this are heartless bastards
The media who do this are heartless bastards
August 27, 2025 at 9:04 PM
DO NOT PUT CHILDREN ON TV TALKING ABOUT A SHOOTING THEY JUST LIVED THROUGH
The media who do this are heartless bastards
The media who do this are heartless bastards
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Tapping the sign:
Horror movies can be elegantly constructed metaphors for the human condition AND fun times at the cinema with monsters. At the same time.
Saying "It's good because it's not really a horror movie" because you think it's deep and complex is not the compliment you think it is.
Horror movies can be elegantly constructed metaphors for the human condition AND fun times at the cinema with monsters. At the same time.
Saying "It's good because it's not really a horror movie" because you think it's deep and complex is not the compliment you think it is.
August 27, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Tapping the sign:
Horror movies can be elegantly constructed metaphors for the human condition AND fun times at the cinema with monsters. At the same time.
Saying "It's good because it's not really a horror movie" because you think it's deep and complex is not the compliment you think it is.
Horror movies can be elegantly constructed metaphors for the human condition AND fun times at the cinema with monsters. At the same time.
Saying "It's good because it's not really a horror movie" because you think it's deep and complex is not the compliment you think it is.
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To the Bluesky community and everyone who follows and fights.
August 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
To the Bluesky community and everyone who follows and fights.
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Love this poem from @earthtokb.bsky.social selected by @thepoetmendez.bsky.social: www.texasobserver.org/texas-no-exo...
Poem: Texas, No Exodus
I insist on survival every day I stay in Texas...
www.texasobserver.org
August 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Love this poem from @earthtokb.bsky.social selected by @thepoetmendez.bsky.social: www.texasobserver.org/texas-no-exo...
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The edgar is now a resistance haircut.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
'Edgar' haircuts, mohawks prohibited in El Salvador schools after military captain becomes education minister
Karla Trigueros has been praised by Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, while teacher groups say a military official in charge of education is "absurd."
www.nbcnews.com
August 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The edgar is now a resistance haircut.
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
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May James Dobson burn and rot below for all eternity. A cruel, venal man who caused grave harm with every breath he took.
August 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
May James Dobson burn and rot below for all eternity. A cruel, venal man who caused grave harm with every breath he took.
August 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
With the way the world is moving to crush and make invisible, I won’t be hiding. I will celebrate you and me and us. Make art. Tell me about your books- and I will tell you about mine.
August 20, 2025 at 1:59 AM
With the way the world is moving to crush and make invisible, I won’t be hiding. I will celebrate you and me and us. Make art. Tell me about your books- and I will tell you about mine.
Did anybody else get this today?
August 20, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Did anybody else get this today?