Tempe, Phoenix, join us this Friday for a reading and conversation with 2025 LA Times Book Award Winner Remica Bingham-Risher and CantoMundo Fellows Lauren Espinoza + Lauren Licona “Speaking with the Ancestors.” 📅 Nov 7 | 🕖 7 PM | 📍 Piper Writers House.
November 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Tempe, Phoenix, join us this Friday for a reading and conversation with 2025 LA Times Book Award Winner Remica Bingham-Risher and CantoMundo Fellows Lauren Espinoza + Lauren Licona “Speaking with the Ancestors.” 📅 Nov 7 | 🕖 7 PM | 📍 Piper Writers House.
I have a new faery short story out in couple weeks :)
F(r)iction #25: Fairytales (November 15, 2025)--available digital & print.
"Full-color illustrations throughout. The sewn binding (in matching dark green thread) allows the pages to lay nearly flat."
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F(r)iction #25: Fairytales (November 15, 2025)--available digital & print.
"Full-color illustrations throughout. The sewn binding (in matching dark green thread) allows the pages to lay nearly flat."
www.brinkstore.org/products/fri...
October 30, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I have a new faery short story out in couple weeks :)
F(r)iction #25: Fairytales (November 15, 2025)--available digital & print.
"Full-color illustrations throughout. The sewn binding (in matching dark green thread) allows the pages to lay nearly flat."
www.brinkstore.org/products/fri...
F(r)iction #25: Fairytales (November 15, 2025)--available digital & print.
"Full-color illustrations throughout. The sewn binding (in matching dark green thread) allows the pages to lay nearly flat."
www.brinkstore.org/products/fri...
Join us for an evening with Remica Bingham-Risher and CantoMundo fellows Lauren Espinoza and Lauren Licona. Free and fabulous. Moderated by CantoMundo director Belinda Acosta!
October 21, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Join us for an evening with Remica Bingham-Risher and CantoMundo fellows Lauren Espinoza and Lauren Licona. Free and fabulous. Moderated by CantoMundo director Belinda Acosta!
Partnering with ASU's Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing and CantoMundo, I'm teaching a two-day workshop (Wednesdays, Nov 5 & 12) on Self-Portrait as Lyrical Exploration on Zoom. Open to all.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Partnering with ASU's Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing and CantoMundo, I'm teaching a two-day workshop (Wednesdays, Nov 5 & 12) on Self-Portrait as Lyrical Exploration on Zoom. Open to all.
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CantoMundo will host a book fair and mercado on Saturday at ASU's Tempe campus.
CantoMundo poetry group brings together writers and readers
CantoMundo will host a book fair and mercado on Saturday at ASU's Tempe campus.
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October 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
CantoMundo will host a book fair and mercado on Saturday at ASU's Tempe campus.
Tempe-Pheonix don't forget to come out TONIGHT. The first ever CantoMundo/Piper open mic at the Vib Hotel with Happy Hour and delicious tacos. "Things I Know for Sure" Share your words!
September 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Tempe-Pheonix don't forget to come out TONIGHT. The first ever CantoMundo/Piper open mic at the Vib Hotel with Happy Hour and delicious tacos. "Things I Know for Sure" Share your words!
Poet and CantoMundo founder CARMEN TAFOLLA is featured on "LEGUIZAMO DOES AMERICA in San Antonio " airing this Sunday!
CARMEN TAFOLLA in the literary world, and SHELLY LARES in the Tejano music industry are featured.
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CARMEN TAFOLLA in the literary world, and SHELLY LARES in the Tejano music industry are featured.
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John Leguizamo films in San Antonio for season 2 of ‘Leguizamo Does America’
John Leguizamo was seen in Market Square and is currently working on a show called "Leguizamo Does America" A six-part series.
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August 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Poet and CantoMundo founder CARMEN TAFOLLA is featured on "LEGUIZAMO DOES AMERICA in San Antonio " airing this Sunday!
CARMEN TAFOLLA in the literary world, and SHELLY LARES in the Tejano music industry are featured.
www.ksat.com/news/local/2...
CARMEN TAFOLLA in the literary world, and SHELLY LARES in the Tejano music industry are featured.
www.ksat.com/news/local/2...
Birds, water, travel, and Pueblo The Laurel Review interviews poet Juan J. Morales @LaurelReview #cantomundo laurelreview.org/juan-j-moral...
Laurel Review - Juan J. Morales
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July 31, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Birds, water, travel, and Pueblo The Laurel Review interviews poet Juan J. Morales @LaurelReview #cantomundo laurelreview.org/juan-j-moral...
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Books: SCAR ON/SCAR OFF, When Trying to Return Home and Kinds of Grace. Fellowships from NEA, Kimbilio, CantoMundo. Heralded by NYT, Kirkus Reviews, Elle, Latinx in Publishing, Ms. Magazine. Fiction editor, Pleiades. Assistant professor U Missouri - Kansas City.
Books: SCAR ON/SCAR OFF, When Trying to Return Home and Kinds of Grace. Fellowships from NEA, Kimbilio, CantoMundo. Heralded by NYT, Kirkus Reviews, Elle, Latinx in Publishing, Ms. Magazine. Fiction editor, Pleiades. Assistant professor U Missouri - Kansas City.
Smoke Break by Jennifer Maritza McCauley
So I left Lady for good then got off the bus. It felt right, leaving Lady Prananda. Plus I thought no way sadness is not not not going to happen to this girl right here so I dropped her for good, my s...
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July 28, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Books: SCAR ON/SCAR OFF, When Trying to Return Home and Kinds of Grace. Fellowships from NEA, Kimbilio, CantoMundo. Heralded by NYT, Kirkus Reviews, Elle, Latinx in Publishing, Ms. Magazine. Fiction editor, Pleiades. Assistant professor U Missouri - Kansas City.
Books: SCAR ON/SCAR OFF, When Trying to Return Home and Kinds of Grace. Fellowships from NEA, Kimbilio, CantoMundo. Heralded by NYT, Kirkus Reviews, Elle, Latinx in Publishing, Ms. Magazine. Fiction editor, Pleiades. Assistant professor U Missouri - Kansas City.
Grateful thanks to Luke Rolfes for interviewing me in the Laurel Review, about how my poetry collection Quarantine Highway (FlowerSong Press) was conceived during a #CantoMundo 30 by 30 laurelreview.org/millicent-bo...
Laurel Review - Millicent Borges Accardi
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July 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Grateful thanks to Luke Rolfes for interviewing me in the Laurel Review, about how my poetry collection Quarantine Highway (FlowerSong Press) was conceived during a #CantoMundo 30 by 30 laurelreview.org/millicent-bo...
Meet Remy, my companion in the CantoMundo offices.
July 18, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Meet Remy, my companion in the CantoMundo offices.
CantoMundo 2025 is now history! Join us in celebrating Gerardo Pacheco, Cristina Correa, and Noel Quiñones, our newest CantoMundo graduate fellows.
July 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
CantoMundo 2025 is now history! Join us in celebrating Gerardo Pacheco, Cristina Correa, and Noel Quiñones, our newest CantoMundo graduate fellows.
The opening of CantoMundo 2025 is done! On to day 2.
June 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The opening of CantoMundo 2025 is done! On to day 2.
& finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry, & The House Has Teeth, forthcoming from Alice James Books in 2026. They have received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts & CantoMundo. Amparán's work has appeared in POETRY, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, The Georgia Review …
June 19, 2025 at 1:53 AM
& finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry, & The House Has Teeth, forthcoming from Alice James Books in 2026. They have received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts & CantoMundo. Amparán's work has appeared in POETRY, Ploughshares, Kenyon Review, The Georgia Review …
Phoenix/Tempe join us! CantoMundo 2025 FREE public readings featuring Raina J. Leon, @intifadabatata.bsky.social, @yeseniamontilla.bsky.social, and 2025 CantoMundo fellows. Two evenings of unforgettable live poetry. RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/1409354821...
June 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Phoenix/Tempe join us! CantoMundo 2025 FREE public readings featuring Raina J. Leon, @intifadabatata.bsky.social, @yeseniamontilla.bsky.social, and 2025 CantoMundo fellows. Two evenings of unforgettable live poetry. RSVP at www.eventbrite.com/e/1409354821...
Not sure where to park at ASU? Chillax! Step 1: Invite three friends. Step 2: Send your group's names to cantomundo@asu.edu, along with the reading you are attending. Step 3: Park in the Fulton Garage across the street from the Welcome Center, and your parking will be paid for.
June 11, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Not sure where to park at ASU? Chillax! Step 1: Invite three friends. Step 2: Send your group's names to cantomundo@asu.edu, along with the reading you are attending. Step 3: Park in the Fulton Garage across the street from the Welcome Center, and your parking will be paid for.
And finally...we welcome Laura Villareal from the great state of Tejas to CantoMundo 2025!
June 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
And finally...we welcome Laura Villareal from the great state of Tejas to CantoMundo 2025!
Joining us in Tempe for the annual CantoMundo retreat is this fresh face. Welcome Shelby! See you soon.
June 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Joining us in Tempe for the annual CantoMundo retreat is this fresh face. Welcome Shelby! See you soon.
Another exciting addition to our 2025 CantoMundo Fellows.
May 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Another exciting addition to our 2025 CantoMundo Fellows.
Yay! Pleased to welcome a home girl to CantoMundo 2025
May 27, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Yay! Pleased to welcome a home girl to CantoMundo 2025
CantoMundo graduates doing very cool things. On the right, Octavio Quintanilla has been named the Poet Laureate for the State of Texas — the third CantoMundista to hold this role. On the left, Ruben Quesada is officially the Best of the Net Poetry Judge.
May 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
CantoMundo graduates doing very cool things. On the right, Octavio Quintanilla has been named the Poet Laureate for the State of Texas — the third CantoMundista to hold this role. On the left, Ruben Quesada is officially the Best of the Net Poetry Judge.
We're happy to introduce another new 2025 CantoMundo Fellow.
May 22, 2025 at 5:36 AM
We're happy to introduce another new 2025 CantoMundo Fellow.
New to CantoMundo in 2025!
May 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
New to CantoMundo in 2025!
Introducing another of our 2025 CantoMundo fellows! See you in Tempe.
May 16, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Introducing another of our 2025 CantoMundo fellows! See you in Tempe.
Next in line of our introduction of the 2025 CantoMundo fellows, meet...
May 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Next in line of our introduction of the 2025 CantoMundo fellows, meet...