Recommend: Lost Arts by Leslie Heywood.  Awesome.

Gone so long!

I know.  I know.  I gotta be better at this.  Thank you to all the people at Clark Atlanta University and Binghamton University for inviting me into your classrooms.  Wonderful experiences both.

Love,
Jose

Readings!

Will be reading at Clark Atlanta University in Georgia and Binghamton University in New York in April.  More details coming soon.

New book is out!

Here's the cover!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Backlit-Hour-Jose-Rodriguez/dp/1622880048/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1360626250&sr=8-1&keywords=%22backlit+hour%22

Man, I've been gone long.  Lots of stuff going on.

Check out new poems in 2nd issue of Huizache!

Check out a new poem in the 12/6/12 issue of The New Republic!

Check out my new poetry collection Backlit Hour in February!

Reread: Some Ether by Nick Flynn.  Brilliant.

So cool that Gary Soto is being published by SFASU press.  So cool.

New issue of Lake Effect!

Check out the Spring 2012 issue of Lake Effect.  I got a little something in there.

AWP!

Thank you to Luis Rodriguez for all his hard work in organizing the reading and book signing at AWP.  It was a wonderful experience.

Some more great news: My book has been nominated by the Texas Institute of Letters for the Bob Bush Memorial Best First Book in Poetry.  The banquet is in San Antonio next month.  Yay!