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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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