GALATEA RESURRECTS IN FEBRUARY!

I'm delighted to release the February edition of Galatea Resurrects! You can click HERE but I'll also paste the Contents below for convenience:

FEBRUARY
Featured Poet: Sheila E. Murphy
(2/20)

The Palace of Flowers by Gerry Grubbs
Reviewed by Joseph P. Tomain (2/19)

The Small Door of Your Death by Sheryl St. Germain
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater (2/18)

Featured Essay: "Karl Kempton and 'The Enigma of the Other': The Originary Structures of Truth and Discovery of Visual Writing"
By Tom Hibbard (2/17)

Stubborn by Sheri Reda
Reviewed by M. Earl Smith (2/16)

WHEREAS by Layli Long Soldier
Engaged by Eileen Tabios (2/15)

some more strange meteorites by Mark Young
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater (2/14)

Guitar Tech by Mark Sonnenfeld
Reviewed by Jim Leftwich (2/14)

ANNE WITH AN E & ME by Wesley St. Jo
Engaged by Eileen Tabios (2/13)

Girl Gang by Juliet Cook
Reviewed by M. Earl Smith (2/12)

ORPHIC CANTOS by Ivan Argüelles
Engaged by John M. Bennett (2/11)

PHENOMENOLOGY OF THE FERAL by Julia Rose Lewis
Engaged by Eileen Tabios (2/10)

Phaneagrams by Jake Berry
Engaged by Jim Leftwich (2/9)

The Critic Writes Poems: Paul Pines
(2/8)

Featured Essay: "The Nearness of Asemic Writing" 
By Jim Leftwich (2/8)

MARAWI by Albert E. Alejo and Eileen R. Tabios with translations by Aileen Cassinetto
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater (2/7)

farnessity, wordslabs by Randee Silv
Reviewed by Jim Leftwich (2/6)

Interview: William Burroughs
Engaged by jim mccrary (2/5)

Tres tressstrisss trieesss tril trilssss: Transmutations of Cesar Vallejo by Jim Leftwich
Engaged by John M. Bennett (2/4)

From Here by Zoe Skoulding, with illustrations by Simonetta Moro
Reviewed by M. Earl Smith (2/3)

Publications by Scott MacLeod, Michael Palmer, Thomas Lowe Taylor, Ann Lauterbach, Daniel Davidson and Laura Moriarty
Engaged by Scott MacLeod (2/2)

The Critic Writes Poems: Jim McCrary
(2/1)

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I wasn't expecting it, but I certainly also am blessed to have one of my co-authored projects, MARAWI, receive a review.  Thanks to Neil Leadbeater!

THE FORCE IS WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY

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"The Force..."--just a Pinoy Pun on the generous title of an exhibit on some of my books over at the San Francisco Public Library's International Center (3rd floor, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco). The title is courtesy of the exhibit's generous curator who deserves to receive plaudits, not give them: Abraham "Abe" Ignacio. Since about four months ago, Abe has served as Librarian of the SFPL's Filipino American Center. I'm honored, I'm blessed, and I'm grateful. Maraming Salamat, Abe!  Abe is a historian and noted author as well, having released the important The Forbidden Book: The Philippine-American War (co-authored with Helen Toribio, Enrique de la Cruz and Jorge Emmanuel).

Here are photos of the exhibit which also reminds me to say Thank You to my book publishers whose faith I appreciate in publishing me. Featured in the exhibit are publications released through Editions du Cygne (France), Knives Forks and Spoons Press (U.K.), Black Radish Books, Theenk Books, Otoliths, and a few each by Paloma Press and Moria Books/Locofo. Thank you Patrice, Daniel, Irene, Alec, Marthe, Steve, Mark, Aileen and Bill.

Also below are photos of various Filipino- and Filipino-American titles displayed and also curated by Abe. It is great to be surrounded, to be contextualized among, these wonderful works by what is still one of the more overlooked groups within the literary world: Filipino English-language writings.

(Abe Ignacio)

In the marvelous company of:

MARAWI: AN ANTI-WAR FUNDRAISER

MARAWI, a recent poetry publication co-authored, with Albert Alejo, was put out as a fundraiser for relief efforts in Marawi where nearly 400,000 people have been displaced from the battle that started on May 23, 2017 between Philippine government security forces and affiliated militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, including the Maute and Abu Sayyaf Salafi jihadist groups.[Wiki] Proceeds from MARAWI--and you can participate/contribute for a mere $5.00--will be dedicated to Laoanen's efforts to help the evacuees. Click on links for more information.

Relatedly, here’s an update on moi Recently Bought Poetry List of books by poets or about poets/poetry.

MARAWI by Eileen Tabios & Albert E. Alejo 

CRUSHED by Trinidad Escobar

ON LOST SHEEP by Shiro Murano, Trans. by Goro Takano

FORGET IT by Anastacia Renee

GO WITH ME by Jared Hayes

ANYJAR by Jaimie Gusman

STEP BELOW: SELECTED POEMS 2000-2015 by William Allegrezza

UNPROTECTED TEXTS: SELECTED POEMS (1978-2006) by Tom Beckett

YOU THEN A DANG by Hoa Nguyen

NEAR: A LUMINESCENCE by Melissa Buzzeo

EPHEMERA & ATMOSPHERES by Cheena Marie Lo

THE LAST LYRIC by Yu Xinqiao, Trans. by Yunte Huang

LITTLE ANODYNES by Jon Pineda

FRAMEWORK by Andrew Topel

DEGRETS by Anselm Berrigan

DICTIONAR INTERCULTURAL AL REVISTEI / AN INTERCULTURAL DICTIONARY of Contemporary Literary Horizon, Edited by Daniel Dragomirescu

147 MILLION ORPHANS (MMXI-MML) by Eileen R. Tabios

AMNESIA: SOMEBODY’S MEMOIR by Eileen R. Tabios

SILK EGGS: COLLECTED NOVELS by Eileen R. Tabios

#EileenWritesNovel (Otoliths Issue 44, Part 3) by Eileen R. Tabios, editor Mark Young

FOR MARAWI RELIEF EFFORTS

Got copies today of my and Albert Alejo's and Paloma Press' fundraiser for relief efforts in Marawi where about 253,000 folks have been displaced by armed conflicts in the regions. MARAWI is also a bilingual (Filipino and English) chapbook, and some of you may have a use for that. My poem in it is also (cough) accessible and some of you may be relieved by that. All for $5.00. Here's link TO ORDER -- and notice a different cover from the first edition. All niftily done by Paloma's nonprofit arm, the charmingly titled Mi-Go Zine!

BOOK-MATCH PROGRAM FOR NICK CARBO FUNDRAISER

If you haven't heard, poet and cultural activist Nick Carbo recently had to have his right foot amputated on an emergency basis--a month before his insurance coverage would have kicked in! There's a GoFundMe fundraiser to help with his daunting health costs. Recent donations helped him get a wheelchair and a shower chair. I'm grateful that Paloma Press is running a Book-Match program for donations. Basically, donations of at least $25 will garner 3 publications worth more than double that amount:

MANHATTAN: An Archipelago by Eileen Tabios
BLUE by Wesley St. Jo and Reme Grefalda
MARAWI by Eileen Tabios and Albert Alejo

Thank you, Paloma Press!

For the same $25 donation, you can receive a copy of Nick Carbo's edited anthology PINOY POETICS from Meritage Press (contact me if you wish to avail yourself of this offer). Let's help a poet who's helped many poets.

POETRY FOR MARAWI

The world can be overwhelming but we just do what we can. So I'm grateful to Paloma Press' new Mi-Go Zine for publishing a fundraising chap (Pilipino and English) of poems by me and Albert Alejo. Only $5 but everything helps. Everything. Helps. Go HERE for more information.