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Hey ,

It's almost July which means we're half way through 2022.

It's the perfect time to reflect on the first six months of your writing year and set intentions for summer writing (and if you're feeling ambitious fall writing as well).

Spring was super rewarding because I managed to submit two applications (have I mentioned I LOVE deadlines?), despite rotating illnesses between my kiddos (miraculously still no COVID).

For summer, my plan is to take it easy -- no newsletter, no courses. I'm shooting for one journal submission and A LOT of family time and back to school prep time.

In fact, by the time this hits your inbox my Mami will have arrived for our first visit together since December 2019! I'm SO excited she'll be here for a bit and I can't wait to watch my littles with their Guela.

So that's what's happening over here. Hit reply and share your summer writing intentions. I can be your virtual accountability partner.

Like I mentioned above, I'm taking a newsletter summer break, so I'll be back in your inbox in September.

In the meantime, happy writing, reading, relaxing, or a little of all three!

Here's to beach days and good reads!

P.S. SCOTUS overturned Roe. I don't have the words, so I'll just say give generously to abortion funds: abortionfunds.org

P.P.S. Get your summer reads from my Bookshop! It's an easy way to support my work and I would be so grateful. (You don't even have to stick to my recommendations -- I'll earn a small commission for any books you buy after visiting my shop). See below for some recs.

P.P.P.S. Looking for an academic year planner? Use this Passion Planner affiliate link to get $5 off your first purchase.

Summer Reads

FYI: Some of the links below are affiliate links and I'll receive a small commission at no cost to you if you order those (or any) books from my Bookshop. Thank you for the support!

Luivette Resto's

Living on Islands Not Found on Maps

In these vulnerable pages [of poetry], there are lessons and conversations with Audre Lorde, Tina Turner, Nikki Giovanni, and Naomi Ayala as well as my ancestors, children, the ocean, and me. All of it centering around inheritance, shame, grief, resilience, spirituality, and the multitudinous roles of women.

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Lizz Huerta's

The Lost Dreamer

A lush, immersive debut fantasy about a group of women whose way of life is threatened by a new king; a fierce celebration of community, sisterhood, and finding our power.

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Barbara Jane Reyes'

Wanna Peek Into My Notebook? Notes on Pinay Liminality

A collection of lyric essays/creative non-fiction about growing up into and practicing Pinay poetry/poetics, as a young immigrant and daughter of hustling immigrants, woman of color writer, educator and mentor.

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Magdalena Gómez's

Mi'ja

“At once irreverent and true, Magdalena Gómez writes with the prose of a poet and the soul of a survivor. You’ll find yourself savoring each playful phrase and philosophical rumination. By excavating and writing her coming of age story, Gómez gives her younger self that voice and full humanity the adults in her life too often denied her growing up. Mi’ja is thus a masterclass in the art of reparenting one’s inner child. Heartbreaking and hopeful, this memoir stays with you long after the final page.”

– Dr. Li Yun Alvarado, PhD, author of Words or Water

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Rosie Prohías Driscoll's

Poised for Flight

"The poems in Poised for Flight take readers on an intergenerational family journey full of yearning, adventure, and intimacy. In this memoir-in-verse, Rosie Prohías Driscoll traverses her family’s past, present, and imagined futures from Cuba to the United States and back... And while it may be true that “En Cuba no hay papel / ni pá los médicos escribir recetas,” Prohías Driscoll teaches us it’s not in the sheets of paper, but in the stories themselves — told and retold across the generations — that we come to appreciate what counts most."

– Li Yun Alvarado, author of Words or Water

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Sherre Vernon's

Flame Nebula, Bright Nova

"Sherre Vernon’s Flame Nebula road-trips through the pitch and bloom of various loves, excavating the challenges and joys of intimacy. Vernon’s questions fold over themselves “like clay petals”: what does it mean to be an estranged daughter and a devoted mother? How can one let go of past wounds to enter, full-hearted, into the present? Spun from “desert-sun” and “kestrel wing,” these poems are luminous, full of grit and humor. A marvelous debut."

– Amie Whittemore, author of Glass Harvest

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