Jose Hernandez Diaz
@josehernandezdz
Former Writer in Residence at U of Tennessee - author of The Fire Eater, Bad Mexican, Bad American, The Parachutist, Portrait of the Artist as a Brown Man.
Thx for the photos Molly. Watching blue collar family/people in my neighborhood grind all my life was an inspiration for the tenacity in publishing…
"The Gargoyle" from "Bad Mexican, Bad American." (Acre Books, 2024).
Sister Letty got me the Collected Fictions by Borges sister Cynthia the shirt for bday...!
here's the updated flier with the correct dates for "The Art of Brevity" workshop Saturday mornings in September. Thanks to Nicole for spotting that.. also included is the next workshop in the "Prose Poetry Masters" series.. both will max out at 15 writers..
celebrating my birthday today! if you'd like to help me celebrate my book is currently up for preorder! much love.. @acrebooks.bsky.social press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
new workshop: The Art of Brevity: Prose Poems, Microfiction, Lean Verse, Minimalism. Reading Lydia Davis, Jorge Luis Borges, Elaine Equi, Charles Simic. Maxes at 15 participants.
started a new prose poetry series "The Man in the Black Sabbath Shirt."
Psyched to have a brand new ode "Ode to Chicken Quesadillas" published in The Common @commonmag.bsky.social alongside a group of talented poets. Check it out here: thecommononline.org/july-poetry-...
here's a prose poem/hybrid piece by Lydia Davis I like to share in my workshops...
"The Barn Swallow" published in On The Seawall and in "Portrait.." @redhenpress.bsky.social
Birthday coming up on Saturday.. here's a throwback celebrating bday visiting Guanajuato in the summertime...
"Lizard Man" published in Pithead Chapel and in "Bad Mexican, Bad American." @acrebooks.bsky.social pitheadchapel.com/lizard-man-w...
went over proofs for forthcoming work in The Fiddlehead, The Journal, Laurel Review, and a new poem "Ode to Chicken Quesadillas" which will appear in The Common online on my birthday, August 1st..😍
Getting ready for my hybrid workshop on Jorge Luis Borges...
Throwback, three of the books I read in 2014 when I took a semester off graduate school and read 100 contemporary poetry books that yr w/the goodreads challenge. Many of the books from the public library..
You know they say preorders always help... thanks for taking a look at the forthcoming collection.. acre-books.com/titles/the-l...
Here's a prose poem by Ada Limón we'll read and discuss in my prose poetry masters workshop this morning. Class is full but there's another workshop in the prose poetry masters series coming up next month..