JOIN US TO WELCOME AND CELEBRATE SOHAM PATEL AND THEIR LATEST BOOK OF POETRY: ALL ONE IN THE END/WATER—PUBLISHED BY DELETE PRESS! SOHAM WILL BE JOINED IN A CELEBRATORY READING BY POETS CARMEN GIMÉNEZ, JASON BAYANI, AND J. MICHAEL MARTINEZ, AND HOSTED BY SARA BORJAS.
SOHAM PATEL IS THE AUTHOR OF THE POETRY COLLECTIONS TO AFAR FROM AFAR (THE ACCOMPLICES, 2018), EVER REALLY HEAR IT (SUBITO, 2018 [WINNER OF THE 2017 SUBITO PRIZE, CHOSEN BY MATHIAS SVALINA]), AND ALL ONE IN THE END—/WATER (DELETE, 2023) AND OF THE CHAPBOOKS AND NEVERMIND THE STORM, NEW WEATHER DRAFTS (PORTABLE PRESS @YO-YO LABS), IN AIRPLANE AND OTHER POEMS (OXEYE PRESS), AND RIVA: A CHAPTER (KITCHEN-SHY PRESS). RECENT POETRY HAS APPEARED IN INTERIM, UNDER-BELLY, AND PRAIRIE SCHOONER.
CARMEN GIMÉNEZ IS THE AUTHOR OF NUMEROUS POETRY COLLECTIONS, INCLUDING MILK AND FILTH, A FINALIST FOR THE NBCC AWARD IN POETRY AND BE RECORDER (GRAYWOLF PRESS, 2019), WHICH WAS A FINALIST FOR THE 2019 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN POETRY, THE PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD, THE AUDRE LORDE AWARD FOR LESBIAN POETRY, AND THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE. SHE WAS AWARDED THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS FELLOWSHIP PRIZE IN 2020. A 2019 GUGGENHEIM FELLOW, SHE SERVED AS THE PUBLISHER OF NOEMI PRESS FOR TWENTY YEARS. SHE IS PUBLISHER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GRAYWOLF PRESS.
JASON BAYANI IS THE AUTHOR OF LOCUS (OMNIDAWN PUBLISHING 2019, NORCAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST) AND AMULET (WRITE BLOODY PUBLISHING 2013). HE'S AN MFA GRADUATE FROM SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE, A KUNDIMAN FELLOW, AND IS THE CO-DIRECTOR OF KEARNY STREET WORKSHOP, THE OLDEST MULTI-DISCIPLINARY ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN ARTS ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY. JASON IS THE RECIPIENT OF THE 2021 CALIFORNIA ARTS COUNCIL ESTABLISHED ARTIST FELLOWSHIP AND IS A FEATURED ARTIST FOR THE CONSORTIUM OF ASIAN AMERICAN THEATERS AND ARTISTS FESTIVAL IN 2022.
J. MICHAEL MARTINEZ IS THE AUTHOR OF FOUR COLLECTIONS OF POETRY—MOST RECENTLY , TARTA AMERICANA(PENGUIN, 2023). HIS WORK ALSO INCLUDES HEREDITIES, WHICH RECEIVED THE WALT WHITMAN AWARD FROM THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS, AND MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAS, WHICH WAS A WINNER OF THE NATIONAL POETRY SERIES COMPETITION AND LONG-LISTED FOR THE 2018 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN POETRY. HE IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH AND COMPARATIVE LITERATURE AT SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY.