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SUMMARY:Amber Isaac Peppermint Book Launch
DESCRIPTION:Are you looking for poetry inspired by Gregg Araki\, secret sex clubs\, and kayfabe? Then get ready to celebrate the release of Amber Isaac’s debut collection\, Peppermint! \nJoining Amber will be poet Melanie Robinson\, Infrarrealista Review’s favorite LA transplant. After the reading\, stick around for audience Q&A and a book signing. Both poetry and non-poetry questions are welcome! \nMake sure to stay to get your launch-exclusive “I want sexy words in Georgia font” tank top. Red and white outfits are encouraged\, but not necessary. \nPeppermint is Amber Isaac’s debut full-length poetry collection. Peppermint is for the queers raised on farms\, horror for movie lovers\, and for anyone who has fallen in love with the Coca Cola bottles your lover leaves behind on the nightstand. \nPeppermint guides you through the speaker’s childhood memories in rural Missouri\, the haunting and erotic scenes from films that stay with the speaker\, memories of fucking in a cemetery while struggling to pay the rent\, and subtle moments that led to the discovery of her queer trans identity. \nReferences include but are not limited to: In Cold Blood\, Alien\, Goodfellas\, poppers\, kayfabe\, Magic the Gathering\, Prince\, Goya\, Steve McQueen\, Taylor Swift t-shirts\, Avril Lavigne\, and Gregg Araki. \nABOUT THE READERS \nAmber Isaac is a queer transwoman from the Midwest. She is the Reviews Editor at Infrarrealista Review. Her works include Peppermint (Plancha Press) and Remember the Internet: r/WatchPeopleDie (forthcoming from Instar Books). \nMelanie Robinson: As a poet\, writer\, educator and owner of a small content writing business\, every aspect of Melanie’s creative and professional work is steeped in a reverence for communication. They hold an MFA in poetry from Texas State University and was the 2019-2020 Poet in Resident at the Clark House in Smithville\, Texas. They have been published by Kingfisher Magazine\, Rust + Moth\, Radar\, Roanoke Review\, Hooligan Magazine\, and more. Melanie now lives in Los Angeles. \n\nPRE-ORDER YOUR COPY OF PEPPERMINT!
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LOCATION:Alienated Majesty Bookstore\, 613 W. 29 Street\, Austin\, TX\, 78705\, United States
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SUMMARY:Trans Poetica: A Literary Pride Plática
DESCRIPTION:Kick off Pride Month with an intimate poetry reading and discussion about the challenges and joys of sustaining Queer and Trans Latinx literary communities across Texas. \nInfrarrealista Review\, in partnership with Gemini Ink and Letras Latinas\,* present “Trans Poetica: A Pride Month Literary Plática.” This reading and conversation between three published trans Latine poets will be moderated by the 2025 Letras Latinas Poetry Coalition Fellow\, Cloud Delfina Cardona. This event will highlight Pushcart Prize-nominated poet Keagan Wheat\, SG Huerta\, author of Burns (Sundress Publications\, 2026)\, and Stalina Villarreal\, Spanish translator and author of Watcha (Deep Vellum\, 2024). \nThese writers from across Texas will come together in San Antonio for an evening of centering trans Latine voices in a time of censorship and fear. Cardona\, Wheat\, Huerta\, and Villarreal will all read from their published books and discuss their craft\, publishing\, and roles in their literary communities in Houston and San Marcos\, TX. An audience Q&A will follow their discussion. \nOur panel will be followed by a book signing with all four writers. \n*the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies \n\nKeagan Wheat (he/him) is a trans\, Latinx\, disabled poet\, educator\, and visual artist from Houston. In 2020\, he released Viaticum. The Houston Transgender Unity Committee awarded him the Media and Arts Award for 2024. He’s a Pushcart Prize nominee with work appearing in The Acentos Review\, Anomaly\, Variant Literature and more. Check out his interviews with Brooklyn Poets and Latinx Lit. Find them on social media @kwheat09. \nSG Huerta is a queer Xicanx writer\, editor\, and organizer. They are the Poetry Editor of Abode Press and the author of two poetry chapbooks and the nonfiction chapbook GOOD GRIEF (fifth wheel press 2025). Their work has appeared in Barrelhouse\, Honey Literary\, Infrarrealista Review\, and elsewhere. Find them at sghuertawriting.com. They believe Palestine will be free from the river to the sea. \nStalina Emmanuelle Villarreal (she/they) sees\, hears\, feels\, and communicates across mediums and cultures. She’s a deep-watching ekphrastic poet\, a photographic eco-essayist\, a broad-stroke sketch artist\, a sonic improv performer\, a sound-sensitive literary translator\, and an assistant professor of English. Her debut collection of poetry called Watcha is out now from Deep Vellum Publishing. Their poetry can be found in the Rio Grande Review\, Texas Review\, The Acentos Review\, Defunkt Magazine\, and elsewhere.
URL:https://infrarrealistas.org/event/trans-poetica-a-literary-pride-platica/
LOCATION:Gemini Ink\, 1111 Navarro Street\, San Antonio\, TX\, TX\, 78205\, United States
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SUMMARY:Restlessness of Bound Wrists Launch
DESCRIPTION:CELEBRATE MAY DAY WITH ESE VATO JORGE ANTONIO RENAUD! We’re celebrating the launch of Jorge’s book\, The Restlessness of Bound Wrists! Join us at Red Salmon Arts for an evening of Jorge’s powerful poetry about liberation and resistance. Jorge will also be joined by the 2025 Hays Youth Poet Laureate\, Adelie Donovan. \nSince his last release from prison in 2008\, Jorge Antonio Renaud has been a policy analyst and community organizer at various social justice organizations\, among them the Texas Center for Justice and Equity\, Grassroots Leadership\, the Prison Policy Initiative\, and Latino Justice PRLDEF. Jorge was honored to be selected as the 2020 Poet in Residence by the Civil Rights Corps and the 2021 Writer in Residence at the Texas After Violence Project. He is the proud father of Katie\, a woman who enchants and astonishes and befuddles him in equal measures.
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LOCATION:Casa de Resistencia\, 2000 Thrasher Lane\, Austin\, TX\, 78721\, United States
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