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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 Time of Oligarchy (& Unedited Necessary Poems), Hercules Publishing, 2018, is a bit oddly constructed, but full of love language. The Prologue poem introduces us to… Continue reading Ramona and Rumi: Love in the Time of Oligarchy by Edward Vidaurre
Cruel Fiction by Wendy Trevino
Reviewed by Nikolai Garcia Wendy Trevino’s debut poetry collection, Cruel Fiction (Commune Editions, Sept. 11 2018), is a confrontational book. It wants to remind us that the world we inhabit—the one that praises artists like Michael Jackson and Prince—is the… Continue reading Cruel Fiction by Wendy Trevino
Revelations by Ruben Quesada
Reviewed by Dryland Staff Ruben Quesada’s chapbook, REVELATIONS, is a collection where poems about angels, Christ, and crucified gods mix with poems about heroin, erections and dead birds; the holy and the unholy. Poems are grouped together by titles of… Continue reading Revelations by Ruben Quesada
Dated Emcees by Chinaka Hodge
Reviewed By Amanda Hildebrand Poet, activist, educator, and spoken word/rap artist Chinaka Hodge has gifted us with her first book, Dated Emcees (City Lights Publishers, 2016), and shows us how hip-hop’s biggest names are history’s most tragic lovers, cheaters, victors,… Continue reading Dated Emcees by Chinaka Hodge
Bruja by Wendy Ortiz
Reviewed by Amanda Hildebrand Following Excavation: A Memoir and Hollywood Notebook, Wendy C. Ortiz’s third experiment in memoir, Bruja, (Civil Coping Mechanisms, Los Angeles, 2016) is a similar manifestation of Ortiz’s self-evaluative journeys through the magic and mystery of inner… Continue reading Bruja by Wendy Ortiz
Mortal Trash: Poems by Kim Addonizio
Reviewed By Amanda Hildebrand Mortal Trash (W. W. Norton & Company, 2016) is a collection of handfuls: odes to old friends and family members, instructional poems about what poetry isn’t, simple pleads for answers. There’s a eulogy at the end,… Continue reading Mortal Trash: Poems by Kim Addonizio