Ito Romo
@itoromo
Author, artist, gardener. Former Professor of English Language and Literature. Texas Institute of Letters. ‘Filth Eaters’ to be released May ‘26. Deep Vellum Publishing.
Gracias, Ben Lindner for a lovely conversation. Beyond the Zero (literary podcast from Syndey, Australia) is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. FILTH EATERS @willevans.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social #booksky
Houston, @ the über hip Poison Pen Reading Series, tomorrow, 8:30, Poison Girl Cocktail Lounge! See you there. ❤️👊🏼❤️ @deepvellum.bsky.social @willevans.bsky.social
AC/DC at the Alamodome last night with Larry Puig and Victor Landa, friends since forever ❤️🤘🏽❤️
Waiting for AC/DC at the Alamodome with friends since forever, Larry Puig and Victor Landa. ❤️👊🏼❤️
Super happy he’s visiting. ❤️ Hold your people close. ¡Salud, Richard Blanco! @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social
Really hoping that one day I won't need to post this image . . . someday. Hold your people close. ❤️👊🏼❤️ Tell them often that you love them.
Amazing audience at Deep Vellum Music & Literature Festival in Dallas over the weekend. Really really lovely. ¡Gracias! 📸 Rey Romo @deepvellum.bsky.social @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social @willevans.bsky.social #BookSky
See you Saturday in Dallas at the Deep Vellum Music and Literature Festival! Deep Vellum Bookstore, 4:30 @deepvellum.bsky.social @deepvellumbooks.bsky.social #booksky
Lalo Romo is 16 years old today! Every day he teaches me how to grow old gracefully. ❤️🎂❤️ Happy birthday to the bestest boy.
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” — Cicero Chouke Hoya (a hybrid of H. carnosa and H. serpens) first time blooming since I got her three years ago. ❤️ Here’s to a lovely weekend.
Went to the molino this morning for chicharrones because I’m on a protein kick, and they said happy Father’s Day and gave me buñuelos! I’m not a dad, but I took them anyway!
Happy birthday to my sister Carlota! I love you, manita. ❤️🎂❤️ Hold your people close. 📸: Laredo, Texas, c. 1966/67
Finding a double-flowered fig in my tree this afternoon can only mean good fortune. And the tree is loaded with figs (as you can see). Tree from a cutting of a cutting from an old tree in our home downtown Laredo. ❤️ Hold your people close.
Beautiful poster for the inaugural Deep Vellum Music and Literature Festival, Dallas, Deep Ellum, July 10-12. ❤️👊🏼❤️ More info soon. #FILTHEATERS @willevans.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social
FILTH EATERS launch & 1st ever Book Public Live with Yvette Benavides. Big thanks to the beautiful people @texaspublicradio.bsky.social & to all who came out. Honored. Nerd alert: check out my socks! Full photo album @ TPR. 📸: Alejandra Sol Casas/TPR. @willevans.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social
Always grateful for these moments. Really grateful. Gracias, Boldface Conference. University of Houston. ❤️👊🏼❤️ #FILTHEATERS @willevans.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social
Really great time at Boldface Conference, University of Houston. Thanks for the invite. ❤️👊🏼❤️ Borrowing Glass Mountain Magazine’s photos/post. @willevans.bsky.social @deepvellum.bsky.social
TOMORROW: Boldface Conference, University of Houston! ❤️👊🏼❤️ @deepvellum.bsky.social @willevans.bsky.social
TOMORROW, Tues, May 19, 7:00pm, TPR’s Malú & Carlos Alvarez Theater, San Antonio. Book Launch & 1st ever BOOK PUBLIC LIVE w/ amazing Yvette Benavides. Free and open to the public. Free parking too! Go to tpr.org for info. Hope to see you there! @deepvellum.bsky.social @texaspublicradio.bsky.social
Very first inflorescence of my Hoya Carnosa Freckled Splash I’ve had for probably 5 years. I believe it’s a hybrid of the Hoya fungii and the Hoya carnosa. Truly worth the wait. Here’s to a great weekend! ❤️
With the youngest, littlest Ricky Romo, my great nephew. Super happy. ❤️ Hold you baby boys close.
Happy birthday to my baby sister, Anissa! Love you! Foto de hace muchos años, Laredo. ❤️🎂❤️ Hold your sisters and your brothers close.
So happy to be back in the classroom with a virtual visit to Dr. Josie Saldaña’s ‘Indigenous and Latinx Speculative Film and Fiction’ class at NYU. We talked about FILTH EATERS (last book the students read for the semester). Gracias, María! ❤️👊🏼❤️ @deepvellum.bsky.social @willevans.bsky.social
First of the spring hoya carnosa compacta blooms. Notice the small buds just above. Hope you’re having a great week. ❤️👊🏼❤️
Because he & Aneida live in Dallas, my nephew Rey got his hardcover copies of FILTH EATER @DeepVellumBooks.bsky.social (early copies/pub’s bookstore). ❤️ Hold your baby boys close & teach them to love reading. Out May 19 sooner? Available for preorder. @deepvellum.bsky.social @willevans.bsky.social
With my brothers, Rodrigo, Ricky, Rafa, my cuñis Raul, and our dear life-long friend Eduardo Villarreal. ❤️ Hold your people close.
The most beautiful capirotada from my cuñis Betty in Laredo. You made us super happy. Gracias. ❤️ Felices Pascuas