Luisa A. Igloria
@thepoetslizard.bsky.social
Poet Laureate of VA 2020-22, Emerita; ODU Louis I. Jaffe Professor; Baguio girl; https://blacklawrencepress.com/books/caulbearer/ ; linktr.ee/thepoetslizard
Thank you 2025 BRILLIANT POETRY PRIZE judges for this honor ✨💕✨
You can read all of the poems in full at www.thebrilliantpoetry.com/2025
All are invited to a virtual reading with the shortlisted poets on Thursday 20 November 2025 from 13:00 to 14:00 GMT.
The event is free
tinyurl.com/bp2025-read
You can read all of the poems in full at www.thebrilliantpoetry.com/2025
All are invited to a virtual reading with the shortlisted poets on Thursday 20 November 2025 from 13:00 to 14:00 GMT.
The event is free
tinyurl.com/bp2025-read
November 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Thank you 2025 BRILLIANT POETRY PRIZE judges for this honor ✨💕✨
You can read all of the poems in full at www.thebrilliantpoetry.com/2025
All are invited to a virtual reading with the shortlisted poets on Thursday 20 November 2025 from 13:00 to 14:00 GMT.
The event is free
tinyurl.com/bp2025-read
You can read all of the poems in full at www.thebrilliantpoetry.com/2025
All are invited to a virtual reading with the shortlisted poets on Thursday 20 November 2025 from 13:00 to 14:00 GMT.
The event is free
tinyurl.com/bp2025-read
Bit of a late post— I just happened on this in a FB Group I’m a member of. Apparently one of my poems (from CAULBEARER, Black Lawrence Press) is among the “Special Mention” poems (among many excellent poets) in THE 2025 PUSHCART PRIZE Anthology and wasn’t informed (same with a lot of other poets).
November 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Bit of a late post— I just happened on this in a FB Group I’m a member of. Apparently one of my poems (from CAULBEARER, Black Lawrence Press) is among the “Special Mention” poems (among many excellent poets) in THE 2025 PUSHCART PRIZE Anthology and wasn’t informed (same with a lot of other poets).
It’s complete and it’s beautiful!!!
So proud, and grateful to Venazir Martinez who created ODU’s first public mural, one that honors the legacies and achievements of Filipinos in Hampton Roads! 🎉💕🎉
[Photo credit: Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth, Director of the ODU ODU Baron & Ellin Gordon Art Galleries ]
So proud, and grateful to Venazir Martinez who created ODU’s first public mural, one that honors the legacies and achievements of Filipinos in Hampton Roads! 🎉💕🎉
[Photo credit: Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth, Director of the ODU ODU Baron & Ellin Gordon Art Galleries ]
October 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
It’s complete and it’s beautiful!!!
So proud, and grateful to Venazir Martinez who created ODU’s first public mural, one that honors the legacies and achievements of Filipinos in Hampton Roads! 🎉💕🎉
[Photo credit: Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth, Director of the ODU ODU Baron & Ellin Gordon Art Galleries ]
So proud, and grateful to Venazir Martinez who created ODU’s first public mural, one that honors the legacies and achievements of Filipinos in Hampton Roads! 🎉💕🎉
[Photo credit: Jasper Waugh-Quasebarth, Director of the ODU ODU Baron & Ellin Gordon Art Galleries ]
Mark your calendars - and join us Wednesday 08 October at 8 PM.
Free/open to the public, but please register at Eventbrite—
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Free/open to the public, but please register at Eventbrite—
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September 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Mark your calendars - and join us Wednesday 08 October at 8 PM.
Free/open to the public, but please register at Eventbrite—
www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-ou...
Free/open to the public, but please register at Eventbrite—
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Join us — Luisa A. Igloria @thepoetslizard.bsky.social , Michelle Peñaloza, R.A.Villanueva, & @rhonierika.bsky.social — for a virtual reading & conversation, OUR HISTORY BRINGS US HERE * 8:00 ET, Wed Oct 8 * We're
toasting our books published this past year/this year, so RSVP now at aaww.org/events/
toasting our books published this past year/this year, so RSVP now at aaww.org/events/
September 27, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Join us — Luisa A. Igloria @thepoetslizard.bsky.social , Michelle Peñaloza, R.A.Villanueva, & @rhonierika.bsky.social — for a virtual reading & conversation, OUR HISTORY BRINGS US HERE * 8:00 ET, Wed Oct 8 * We're
toasting our books published this past year/this year, so RSVP now at aaww.org/events/
toasting our books published this past year/this year, so RSVP now at aaww.org/events/
Missing this crew already!!! Thank you KSU and Wick Poetry center— you bet we’re coming back! 💕💕💕 Thank you and here’s to everything else ahead 🍸🎉 #ecopoetry #thenatureofourtimes
September 21, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Missing this crew already!!! Thank you KSU and Wick Poetry center— you bet we’re coming back! 💕💕💕 Thank you and here’s to everything else ahead 🍸🎉 #ecopoetry #thenatureofourtimes
My book CAULBEARER (Immigrant Writing Series Prize; Black Lawrence Press, 2024) turned 1 year old in the last week of August (it’s a Virgo, like me)!
AND! the new anthology copies arrived! THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES, co-edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, and David Hassler <3
AND! the new anthology copies arrived! THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES, co-edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, and David Hassler <3
September 7, 2025 at 3:09 AM
My book CAULBEARER (Immigrant Writing Series Prize; Black Lawrence Press, 2024) turned 1 year old in the last week of August (it’s a Virgo, like me)!
AND! the new anthology copies arrived! THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES, co-edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, and David Hassler <3
AND! the new anthology copies arrived! THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES, co-edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto, and David Hassler <3
Tune in Wed. 27 Aug at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT, when poets Luisa A. Igloria and Kindra McDonald will be guests on "Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour."
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August 27, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Tune in Wed. 27 Aug at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT, when poets Luisa A. Igloria and Kindra McDonald will be guests on "Dr. Andy's Poetry and Technology Hour."
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www.poetrytechnology.com
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www.poetrytechnology.com
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Excited for the book launch of THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES, which I co-edited with Aileen Cassinetto & David Hassler: at Kent State U/Wick Poetry Center, 18 Sept. 🌳🌿 There will be additional events: a reading at Cleveland Public Library, & this reading at Last Exit Books. Stay tuned for more info!
August 25, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Excited for the book launch of THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES, which I co-edited with Aileen Cassinetto & David Hassler: at Kent State U/Wick Poetry Center, 18 Sept. 🌳🌿 There will be additional events: a reading at Cleveland Public Library, & this reading at Last Exit Books. Stay tuned for more info!
We are so excited to share this
cover reveal of THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES:
Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and other Natural Wonders Edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto,
and David Hassler; Foreword by Phil Levin.
Forthcoming from Paloma Press on 18 September, 2025...
cover reveal of THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES:
Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and other Natural Wonders Edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto,
and David Hassler; Foreword by Phil Levin.
Forthcoming from Paloma Press on 18 September, 2025...
August 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
We are so excited to share this
cover reveal of THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES:
Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and other Natural Wonders Edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto,
and David Hassler; Foreword by Phil Levin.
Forthcoming from Paloma Press on 18 September, 2025...
cover reveal of THE NATURE OF OUR TIMES:
Poems on America’s Lands, Waters, Wildlife, and other Natural Wonders Edited by Luisa A. Igloria, Aileen Cassinetto,
and David Hassler; Foreword by Phil Levin.
Forthcoming from Paloma Press on 18 September, 2025...
from CAULBEARER (Black Lawrence Press, 2024)
blacklawrencepress.com/books/caulbe...
blacklawrencepress.com/books/caulbe...
July 7, 2025 at 1:51 AM
from CAULBEARER (Black Lawrence Press, 2024)
blacklawrencepress.com/books/caulbe...
blacklawrencepress.com/books/caulbe...
Whoa... 24 years ago I wrote about this same ship (it came into the Waterside harbor as part of the Parade of Ships that year).
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May 18, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Whoa... 24 years ago I wrote about this same ship (it came into the Waterside harbor as part of the Parade of Ships that year).
nypost.com/2025/05/17/u...
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I am brokenhearted to learn that Delfin L. Tolentino, Jr., my brilliant college professor and then friend for all these years after, and Ninong ng Bayan to so many (including 2 of my daughters), has crossed the bridge. (1950-2025) 🌿
Rest in abundance in the afterlife.
Rest in abundance in the afterlife.
May 17, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I am brokenhearted to learn that Delfin L. Tolentino, Jr., my brilliant college professor and then friend for all these years after, and Ninong ng Bayan to so many (including 2 of my daughters), has crossed the bridge. (1950-2025) 🌿
Rest in abundance in the afterlife.
Rest in abundance in the afterlife.
May 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Wrote 6 poems on the spot Friday (most on Kent Wascom's Olivetti typewriter) at the ODU MFA Program's "Poetry Fair," alongside Megan Pastore and Bridget Dolan. Super fun! 🎉 And such an amazing program of readings celebrating the global power of poetry 💕
April 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Wrote 6 poems on the spot Friday (most on Kent Wascom's Olivetti typewriter) at the ODU MFA Program's "Poetry Fair," alongside Megan Pastore and Bridget Dolan. Super fun! 🎉 And such an amazing program of readings celebrating the global power of poetry 💕
Thanks Consul Gen. Melanie Diano, Consul Ella Mitra & staff, Phil. Consulate Chicago; Scott Watanabe/Harold Washington Library; Reme Grefalda; my excellent discussant Mary Grace Bertulfo; my Chicago Igloria family; & all who came for the 2nd absolutely amazing Chicago book launch of CAULBEARER 💕
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Thanks Consul Gen. Melanie Diano, Consul Ella Mitra & staff, Phil. Consulate Chicago; Scott Watanabe/Harold Washington Library; Reme Grefalda; my excellent discussant Mary Grace Bertulfo; my Chicago Igloria family; & all who came for the 2nd absolutely amazing Chicago book launch of CAULBEARER 💕
Thank you/Agyamanac unay to Women & Children First Bookstore & the amazing Mary Grace Bertulfo ; & to all who made last night’s reading/book launch of CAULBEARER (Black Lawrence Press Immigrant Writing Prize) at Women & Children First Bookstore so amazing. Still glowing from your beautiful energy! 💕
April 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Thank you/Agyamanac unay to Women & Children First Bookstore & the amazing Mary Grace Bertulfo ; & to all who made last night’s reading/book launch of CAULBEARER (Black Lawrence Press Immigrant Writing Prize) at Women & Children First Bookstore so amazing. Still glowing from your beautiful energy! 💕
Hello again, Chicago!
Excited for 2 Chicago book launch programs this weekend for CAULBEARER ( Black Lawrence Press Immigrant Series Prize— tonight at Women and Children First Bookstore); tomorrow at 11AM at Harold Washington Library — both programs, with Mary Grace Bertulfo as discussant 🎉
Excited for 2 Chicago book launch programs this weekend for CAULBEARER ( Black Lawrence Press Immigrant Series Prize— tonight at Women and Children First Bookstore); tomorrow at 11AM at Harold Washington Library — both programs, with Mary Grace Bertulfo as discussant 🎉
April 11, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Hello again, Chicago!
Excited for 2 Chicago book launch programs this weekend for CAULBEARER ( Black Lawrence Press Immigrant Series Prize— tonight at Women and Children First Bookstore); tomorrow at 11AM at Harold Washington Library — both programs, with Mary Grace Bertulfo as discussant 🎉
Excited for 2 Chicago book launch programs this weekend for CAULBEARER ( Black Lawrence Press Immigrant Series Prize— tonight at Women and Children First Bookstore); tomorrow at 11AM at Harold Washington Library — both programs, with Mary Grace Bertulfo as discussant 🎉
2 Poetry Events coming up - READING & CHICAGO Book Launch of CAULBEARER (Immigrant Writing Prize) @blacklawrence.bsky.social
Fri 11 APR, 7 PM / Women & Children First Bookstore 📚
Sat 12 APR, 11 AM / Harold Washington Library Center 🇵🇭🇺🇸 Co-sponsored by the Philippine Consulate General of Chicago
Fri 11 APR, 7 PM / Women & Children First Bookstore 📚
Sat 12 APR, 11 AM / Harold Washington Library Center 🇵🇭🇺🇸 Co-sponsored by the Philippine Consulate General of Chicago
April 5, 2025 at 2:20 AM
2 Poetry Events coming up - READING & CHICAGO Book Launch of CAULBEARER (Immigrant Writing Prize) @blacklawrence.bsky.social
Fri 11 APR, 7 PM / Women & Children First Bookstore 📚
Sat 12 APR, 11 AM / Harold Washington Library Center 🇵🇭🇺🇸 Co-sponsored by the Philippine Consulate General of Chicago
Fri 11 APR, 7 PM / Women & Children First Bookstore 📚
Sat 12 APR, 11 AM / Harold Washington Library Center 🇵🇭🇺🇸 Co-sponsored by the Philippine Consulate General of Chicago