Paul Hlava Ceballos
paulhlava.bsky.social
Paul Hlava Ceballos
@paulhlava.bsky.social
Author of banana [ ], winner of AWP Prize & PSA 1st Book Award. Finalist for Kate Tufts & National Book Critics. Editor Seattle Met, CantoMundista, echocardiographer
“I have spent / the currency of my body / clawing
my way out / of the blood-dark dirt /
that birthed me”

Super excited for these poems @theoceanisgay.bsky.social in @seattlemet.com.web.brid.gy

I love this and am excited for the new book, Let the Moon Wobble!

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October 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
These 2 gorgeous books from Winter Texts for #thesealeychallenge 🐦‍⬛ 2nd pic from @nanya.bsky.social Into Our Personal Weather 🤩 3rd pic from Connor Bouchard-Roberts’s A Field Companion for Wandering 🗺️ & of course #endthegenocideingaza

Sameer Project here:
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August 15, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“Lo! The light from the desert trees / does not speak in numbers, costs us nothing”

Loved this book, its poetry, ethos & cool form—a stock ticker! The Market Wonders @utopiaminus.bsky.social

& let’s still support Gaza in the face of the starvation & genocide #thesealeychallenge #endthegenocide
August 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
So my friend @cathylinhche.bsky.social won a *ahem* Sundance Film Award

Come see her film at SIFF or at Elliot Bay Books this Sunday 5/18 at 5 PM!

I will read a lil something to celebrate her, and her new book, too!
May 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Seattle friends, I’m reading at Seattle U tomorrow with @theoceanisgay.bsky.social! 4 PM—come thru!
May 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Florida friends, I’m performing at USF Tampa on 2/18 and I’d love to see your faces ❤️

Come out!
February 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Congrats @oliverbaezbendorf.bsky.social on being a finalist for the National Book Critics Award! 🏆
January 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Seattle frenz, join meee!

Jan 9th at 7 PM at Elliot Bay, I’m reading with Nam Le 🤯

his books The Boat and 36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem will change how you write. Just amazing
January 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Hi Seattle friends, I’m reading this Thursday 12/12 at The Hugo House w some amazing writers—drop by! 🙌
December 10, 2024 at 3:30 PM
“The failure of his mouth against the street signs”

My heart. So much to quote from this book, an absolute fav

Happy AWP Donald Hall Prize Day to Sahar, happy birthday Octobers ❤️
October 11, 2023 at 1:46 AM
HAPPY BOOK BIRTHDAYS to my bb triplets 🥳😭

A year ago, I shared a pub day w 2 of my favorite books, period.

🌱A Shiver in the Leaves by Luther Hughes

🤗 Intimacies, Received by Taneum Bambrick

Buy Luther & Taneum’s books, give them love today! ❤️
September 27, 2023 at 4:54 PM
East coast, fun events!

I’m on tour w bill carty for banana [ ] 🌴& We Sailed on the Lake!

Ruth Stone House, VT
Emily Petit, Hannah Brooks-Motl, MA
Leslie Sainz, VT
Eleni Sikelianos, CT
j mae barizo, Steven Karl, MA
Matthew Olzmann, NH
Anastacia Renee, cathy linh che, NYC
Zoe Tuck, NY
🥳❤️📖
September 8, 2023 at 2:41 PM
Eeeee, I’m really excited I got nominated for the WA State Book Award! Libraries, i love you too
September 6, 2023 at 7:09 PM