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events Dec 2nd, Future Now Reading: Josh Evans, Daniel Morales Leon, & Yelisa Ambriz Join us in-person and on Zoom, Thursday, Dec 2nd, for the last Future Now reading & open mic of the 2021 year! Future Now is hosted by Assistant Editor Nikolai Garcia & the Dryland team. This month we are featuring California Poets: Josh… Continue reading Dec 2nd, Future Now Reading: Josh Evans, Daniel Morales Leon, & Yelisa Ambriz → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... events Writers, Roberto Lovato and Héctor Tobar, in Conversation at Re/Arte Centro Literario Roberto Lovato, author of Unforgetting: A Memoir of Family, Migration, Gangs, and Revolution in the Americas, will be joined by another voice of the unheard, author and journalist Héctor Tobar, at Re/Arte literary center on Saturday, Nov. 6 from 6:30-8:30… Continue reading Writers, Roberto Lovato and Héctor Tobar, in Conversation at Re/Arte Centro Literario → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... events Nov 4th, Future Now Reading: Gustavo Hernandez, Rosie Alonso, & hector son of hector Join us in-person and on Zoom, Thursday, November 4th, for a new installment of our monthly reading & open mic series, Future Now, hosted by Assistant Editor Nikolai Garcia & the Dryland team. This month we are featuring SoCal Poets: Gustavo Hernandez, Rosie Alonso,… Continue reading Nov 4th, Future Now Reading: Gustavo Hernandez, Rosie Alonso, & hector son of hector → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... Uncategorized Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara Discusses “Con Safos” Documentary at Re/Arte BOYLE HEIGHTS, CA – ReArte is pleased to welcome Los Angeles native and all-aroundartist, Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara, at ReArte headquarters on Saturday October 30th. He will bejoined by his son, Rubén Guevara III, who is the Co-creator and executive producer… Continue reading Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara Discusses “Con Safos” Documentary at Re/Arte → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... events Oct. 7th, Future Now Reading: Christian Hanz Lozada, Juliana Chang, & E.M. Franceschini Join us in-person and on Zoom, Thursday, October 7th, for a new installment of our monthly reading & open mic series, Future Now, hosted by Assistant Editor Nikolai Garcia & the Dryland team. This month we are featuring contributors from Issue 10: Christian Hanz… Continue reading Oct. 7th, Future Now Reading: Christian Hanz Lozada, Juliana Chang, & E.M. Franceschini → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... events Sept. 7th, Grito de Boyle Heights Featuring Luis J. Rodriguez Join us this Wednesday, September 7th, at Re/Arte Centro Literario for a reading & open mic featuring former L.A. poet laureate Luis J. Rodriguez! Grito de Boyle Heights happens in-person at Re/Arte (2014 1/2 E. Cesar Chavez Ave. LA, CA… Continue reading Sept. 7th, Grito de Boyle Heights Featuring Luis J. Rodriguez → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... events Sept. 2nd, Future Now Reading: Olga García Echeverría, Jo Foderingham Brown, & Edward Vidaurre Join us this coming Thursday, September 2nd, for the sixth installment of our monthly Reading & Open Mic Series, Future Now. Hosted by Assistant Editor Nikolai Garcia & the Dryland team. This month we are featuring contributors from Issue 10 and Issue 9: Olga… Continue reading Sept. 2nd, Future Now Reading: Olga García Echeverría, Jo Foderingham Brown, & Edward Vidaurre → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... Books Reviewed Flowers, Song & Dynamite: A Review of Matt Sedillo’s Mowing Leaves of Grass By Elias Serna PhD The first time I heard Matt Sedillo, he was the poet shouting in the street. Literally. And the streets have always been the terrain of poetry as well as polemics. When Rudy Acuña stated that “polemics… Continue reading Flowers, Song & Dynamite: A Review of Matt Sedillo’s Mowing Leaves of Grass → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... events Aug. 5th, Future Now Reading: Devynity Wray, Luivette Resto, & Monique Quintana Join us this coming Thursday, August 5th, for the fifth installment of our monthly Reading & Open Mic Series, Future Now. Hosted by Assistant Editor Nikolai Garcia & the Dryland team. This month we are featuring contributors from Issue 10: Monique Quintana, Luivette Resto,… Continue reading Aug. 5th, Future Now Reading: Devynity Wray, Luivette Resto, & Monique Quintana → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... events July 1st, Future Now Reading: Jessica Ceballos, Tricia Lopez, & Lituo Huang Join us this coming Thursday, July 1st, for the fourth installment of our monthly Reading & Open Mic Series, Future Now. Hosted by Assistant Editor Nikolai Garcia & the Dryland team. This month we are featuring contributors from Issue 10: Jessica Ceballos, Tricia Lopez,… Continue reading July 1st, Future Now Reading: Jessica Ceballos, Tricia Lopez, & Lituo Huang → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... Uncategorized Re/Arte Grand Opening Party! Sat. June 26th Celebrate with us this Saturday, June 26th 2021, for the opening of Re/Arte, a literary space in the Boyle Heights community & the new home of Dryland Literary Journal, Hombre Lobo, & Ponte Las Pilas Press. DOORS OPEN AT 6… Continue reading Re/Arte Grand Opening Party! Sat. June 26th → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... events June 3rd, Future Now Reading: Karo Ska, Haolun Xu, & Timothy Gomez Join us on Thursday, June 3rd, for our monthly Reading & Open Mic Series, Future Now. Hosted by Assistant Editor Nikolai Garcia & the Dryland team. This month we are featuring contributors from Issue 9 and Issue 10: Karo Ska, Timothy… Continue reading June 3rd, Future Now Reading: Karo Ska, Haolun Xu, & Timothy Gomez → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... Issue 10 Contributors Juliana Chang’s debut, “Inheritance,” wins the 2020 Vella Chapbook Contest The editors of Dryland congratulate author Juliana Chang for the release of her debut poetry collection, Inheritance; winner of the 2020 Vella Contest and published by Paper Nautilus Press in March, 2021. Her poem, “Mom’s Makeup” was featured in Dryland,… Continue reading Juliana Chang’s debut, “Inheritance,” wins the 2020 Vella Chapbook Contest → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... events May 6th, Future Now Readers: Teka Lo, Briana Muñoz, & Alan Chazaro Join us on Thursday, May 6th, for our monthly Reading & Open Mic series, Future Now! This month we are featuring Dryland contributors: Teka Lo, Briana Muñoz, and Alan Chazaro! Hosted by Assistant Editor Nikolai Garcia. Fill out this google… Continue reading May 6th, Future Now Readers: Teka Lo, Briana Muñoz, & Alan Chazaro → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... events Future Now, A Black & Brown Open Mic & Reading Series Calling all Black & Brown poets and writers to join us for the launch of FUTURE NOW, a Virtual Open Mic & Reading Series happening every first Thursday month, hosted by Viva Padilla & the Dryland team. The first open… Continue reading Future Now, A Black & Brown Open Mic & Reading Series → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... Q + A Questions from our IG Followers for Viva Padilla, EIC of Dryland Thank you to all our Instagram followers for sharing your questions with Editor-in-Chief Viva Padilla of Dryland literary journal. Viva shares a few tips to help you in your writing journey, overcoming some of the challenges in the publishing world,… Continue reading Questions from our IG Followers for Viva Padilla, EIC of Dryland → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... Uncategorized Dryland Literary Journal Awarded Critical Minded Grant We are excited to announce that Dryland has been awarded a $5,000 grant from Critical Minded, a grantmaking and learning initiative of The Nathan Cummings Foundation and The Ford Foundation which aims to support critics of color in the United… Continue reading Dryland Literary Journal Awarded Critical Minded Grant → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... Issue 10 Contributors Tongo Eisen-Martin named San Francisco’s 8th Poet Laureate The editors of Dryland congratulate Tongo-Eisen Martin for being selected as San Francisco’s 8th Poet Laureate by city Mayor London Breed. Eisen-Martin is a previous contributor of Dryland; his poems “I Do Not Know the Spelling of Money” and “I… Continue reading Tongo Eisen-Martin named San Francisco’s 8th Poet Laureate → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... Issue 10 Contributors E.M. Franceschini wins 2020 Anzaldúa Poetry Prize The editors of Dryland congratulate issue 10 contributor Eric Morales Franceschini for his upcoming chapbook “Autopsy of a Fall,” winner of the 2020 Gloria E. Anzaldúa Poetry Prize. The annual award is provided by Newfound, a non-profit publisher based in… Continue reading E.M. Franceschini wins 2020 Anzaldúa Poetry Prize → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... Q + A Community Not Competition: Q&A with Women Who Submit Editors By Viva Padilla When it comes to submitting work to literary magazines for publication consideration, there are two strategies: 1. Submit everywhere and submit often. 2. Network with publishers and get solicited. Creating connections to publishers is a great way… Continue reading Community Not Competition: Q&A with Women Who Submit Editors → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... Q + A Like Bullets For Fascists: Q+A with Political Poet Matt Sedillo Chicano revolutionary poet Matt Sedillo met up with Viva Padilla (proper masks were worn) in El Sereno this past weekend to catch up and talk about his newest poetry collection Mowing Leaves of Grass (published by FlowerSong Press). During this… Continue reading Like Bullets For Fascists: Q+A with Political Poet Matt Sedillo → Share this: Tweet Email Like this:Like Loading... Books Reviewed Ramona and Rumi: Love in the Time of Oligarchy by Edward Vidaurre Reviewed By: Nikolai Garcia Edward Vidaurre’s latest chapbook, Ramona and rumi: Love in the...

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