I often get the itch to move to new locales. There's still so much more to see, but soon enough, I have this urge to go someplace else. I've started to get that here in Germany, so here is my remedy: to see the world with a home to go back to. If you are …
A rather bad poem and insomnia
At 158 this morning, I woke up. The radiator was whistling, my dreams were filled with calendars, and each time I rolled over I could swear that the angel of death was unfolding his dark wings from the top of my wardrobe. Of course, this probably means that I need to get the radiator looked …
Returning to Writing
Writing for me has become a process linked to separation from the world. The greatest work of the past few weeks that I've produced has been that created at residencies: Vermont Studio Center, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Montana Artists Refuge, Macdowell Colony, Cave Canem, etc. It's in those places, surrounded by the …
Summer Reading (and more) Tour
August 2, Bowery Poetry Club 6 - 9:30pm 308 Bowery (Between Houston and Bleeker)New York, New YorkHosted by Eliel LuceroAugust 6, Kaffa Crossing 7 pm 4423 Chestnut StreetPhiladelphia, PA 19104With Edward GarciaAugust 8 -9 Vacation in VegasAugust 11 Chapel Hill Meeting with Doctoral ChairAugust 11, Internationalist Books 7 pm405 W. Franklin St. Chapel Hill, NCWith …
Spring Book Tour 2009
Please join me in celebrating the poetry that Martin Espada called "explosions of pain and transcendence, jagged epiphanies, surreal, haunting, erotic and anguished by turns". This is the work that Aracelis Girmay noted as "... the work of a poet who possesses the graceful sensuality of dusk & the unflinching eye of the butcher ... …
The Last Lecture
Recently, I celebrated a friend's birthday in New York. It was a belated celebration for a truly beautiful spirit. My birthday gift for her was a day of her choice, all my treat. We went down to Chinatown and had bubble teas, dumplings, sesame pancakes, duck soup, enough food to feed an army. We walked …
Raina J. León 