Jalen Eutsey was a 2022-2024 Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. He received his MFA from The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University. He has been the recipient of a Rubys Artist Grant and a Hatty Fitts Walker Scholarship from the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center. His poems have appeared in The Yale Review, Best New Poets, Nashville Review, and Poetry Northwest. He was born and raised in Miami.
It’s Publication Day for before & after our bodies!
It’s Publication Day for before & after our bodies!
Grab a copy of Phil SaintDenisSanchez’s book.
ABOUT THE BOOK
Phil SaintDenisSanchez’s debut collection before & after our bodies tackles complex familial history and struggles, emerging in the rich backdrop of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Through multilayered language and immersive imagery, SaintDenisSanchez interweaves political and social issues–from the lasting impacts of colonialism to environmental disaster–with intensely personal narratives of love, learning, and loss. The long, lyrical form and enrapturing poetic voice draw you in and refuse to let you go.
before & after our bodies maps a stunningly poignant family tree and gets at the root of the social forces that shaped its growth.
ABOUT PHIL
Phil SaintDenisSanchez is a poet from New Orleans. His work has appeared in Best New Poets, Poetry International, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and elsewhere. His poem “monarchs are the communication medium for when i die” was a finalist for Poetry International’s C.P. Cavafy Prize and his chapbook “watch out for falling bullets” was a finalist for The Atlas Review’s and Button Poetry’s chapbook contests, and a notable manuscript for BOAAT’s chapbook contest. A semifinalist for the 2020 Discovery Prize, he has received scholarships to attend Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and presented at AWP on creating collaborations between poetry and music. His debut collection, self-portrait before & after my body, is forthcoming on Button Poetry. He studied music theory and composition at The City College of New York, records under the name SaintDenisSanchez, and currently lives in Brooklyn.
Rudy Francisco – On Days Like This
Performed at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA
“I know a few things about forgiving. It’s harder than it looks but it feels a lot better than it sounds.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at Queen Bee’s Art and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA
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Junious ‘Jay’ Ward – Dog
Performed at IWPS 2015
“You will either play fetch with this money or be thrown into your crate and that is a metaphor.”
Don’t miss this poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing at IWPS 2015
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Rudy Francisco – Your God
Performed at IWPS 2015
“Sooner or later you will realize that you are praying to your own shadow; that you are standing in front of mirrors and are worshipping your own reflection.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at IWPS 2015
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Junious ‘Jay’ Ward – Grandmother
Performed at IWPS 2015
“I know what it means to embrace a blossom of angles that is both delicate and difficult.”
Don’t miss this poem from Junious ‘Jay’ Ward, performing at IWPS 2015
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Composition
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Siaara Freeman – Bebe’s Kids
Performed at Rustbelt 2015
“No breaking things and putting them back together like nothing happened. This includes yourself.”
Don’t miss this poem from Siaara Freeman Bebe’s Kids, performing at Rustbelt 2015
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Rudy Francisco – A Letter to the Apocalypse
Performed at IWPS 2015
“I’m not saying you should end the world, but you could at least knock over a mailbox.”
Don’t miss this poem from Rudy Francisco, performing at IWPS 2015
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Aaron Coleman – St. Inside and Not
Performed at Camp Bar in St. Paul, MN
“Being bit nickel never trusted, being Runaway share crop or castrated burned away in pieces”
Don’t miss this poem from Aaron Coleman, performing at Camp Bar in St. Paul, MN
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Clint Smith – When People Say ‘We Have Made It Through Worse Before’
Performed at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY
“There is no solace in rearranging language to make a different word tell the same lie.”
Don’t miss this poem from Clint Smith, performing at The Bell House in Brooklyn, NY
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