Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes Black Lawrence Press @blacklawrence.bsky.social · 12/06/2026✨ We are thrilled to reveal the cover for Daughtersong Diaspore—a series of poems, epistolaries, and lyric essays by Barbara Jane Reyes. Stay tuned for pre-order details! 151
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 07/06/2026For almost 20 years, I have been teaching Filipino Women’s Literature and Filipina/o/x Literature at University of San Francisco. This summer, I am teaching Filipina/x Poetry and Poetics online – barbarajanereyes.com/product/fili... 010
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Oakland Rotary is pleased to welcome Barbara Jane Reyes, an award-winning Filipina American poet, author, and educator whose work has been celebrated for its powerful exploration of identity, migration, culture, and social justice. www.eventbrite.com/e/oakland-ro...eventbrite.comOakland Rotary Thursday Club Meeting: Barbara Jane Reyes, Immigrant & PoetAward-winning Oakland poet, author, and educator Barbara Jane Reyes shares her journey as an immigrant poet in the Bay Area. 020
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Join me this summer for Filipina/x Poetry+Poetics barbarajanereyes.com/filipina-x-p... 011
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes Pamela Delupio @pameladelupio.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Filipina poets to read for National Poetry Month. Their words always strike a chord in my heart. Books pictured: Letters To A Young Brown Girl by Barbara Jane Reyes The Future is a Country I Do not Live in by Cynthia Buiza Sana by Maria Bolaños I Must Belong Somewhere by Dawn Lanuza #booksky 0389
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 07/03/2026www.eventbrite.com/e/dvan-readi...eventbrite.comDVAN Reading Series | Storytellers & ActivistsJoin DVAN for a powerful reading featuring Barbara Jane Reyes & Lan Duong, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Julie Thi Underhill. 000
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 07/03/2026www.eventbrite.com/e/accented-l...eventbrite.comÁCCENTED | Letters & Lullabies: Diasporic Filipina PoetsJoin DVAN for our 54th episode, featuring Barbara Jane Reyes and Karen Llagas in conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen and Philip Nguyen! 000
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 26/10/2025youtu.be/cucLZcC0MqQ?...youtu.beWho Owns America? Bernie Sanders Says the Quiet Part Out LoudYouTube video by Trevor Noah 000
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes Black Lawrence Press @blacklawrence.bsky.social · 30/08/2025We're thrilled to share the acquisition of Daughtersong Diaspore by Barbara Jane Reyes—forthcoming with Black Lawrence Press in Spring 2027! 021
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 27/08/2025Daughtersong Diaspore is a series of poems, epistolaries, lyric essays, unanswered questions, explorations of kapwa and loób, critical and confessional, de-colonial offerings of an American daughter for her late Filipino mother. Forthcoming from Black Lawrence Press in 2027. 000
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 24/05/2025So happy to curate this Filipinx Poetas reading for this year's Flor y Canto at Medicine for Nightmares, featuring Aileen Cassinetto, Zoe Dorado, and Aimee Suzara. Salamat to the ever generous Josiahluis Alderete for the opportunity and the space. 000
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Carlos Bulosan, "Freedom from Want," Originally published March 6, 1943 in the Saturday Evening Post www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2017/12/carl...saturdayeveningpost.comCarlos Bulosan’s ‘Freedom from Want’ | The Saturday Evening PostIn 1943, the Post commissioned Filipino novelist and poet Carlos Bulosan to craft this essay to accompany Norman Rockwell’s ‘Freedom from Want.’ 010
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 19/04/2025Poem: "There are no kings in America," by Aileen Cassinetto poets.org/poem/there-a...poets.orgThere are no kings in Americawe are not that kind of country. 041
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 18/04/2025Part of the reason why I am blogging again is so that my semi-daily words and thoughts will not get washed away in the noise and reactionary hysteria of social media feeds. poetadiwata.wordpress.com 000
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 16/04/2025Are you reading Filipina/o/x poets for National Poetry Month. Here are 120+ single authored collections to get you started bookshop.org/lists/read-f...bookshop.orgRead Filipina/o/x PoetsI will continue to add titles to this list. I am sorry that some titles are not available on this Bookshop website. 031
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes Ariana Brown @arianathepoet.bsky.social · 05/04/2025“Let there be no shame in being incomplete.” - Barbara Jane Reyes 051
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes Sabne Raznik @sabneraznik.bsky.social · 05/04/2025Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers! 16/20 #20bookchallenge #booksky 051
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes scorpio @jovialmartian.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky💙📚 #Books #BookChallenge 17/20 021
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes Carol não Carol @carolbnt.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Aswang - Barbara Jane Reyes 133
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 04/04/2025For National Poetry Month, read Filipina/o/x authored poetry collections. Here are 125 titles to get you started bookshop.org/lists/read-f...bookshop.orgRead Filipina/o/x PoetsI will continue to add titles to this list. I am sorry that some titles are not available on this Bookshop website. 010
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Remember that our art and literature have kept our stories/histories/narratives in our collective memories. No fascist scrubbing of their archives can erase our own communities' productions and pedagogies. Onward. 010
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 29/03/2025If you are looking for feminist literature for young people, you may find my book listed here, the Amelia Bloomer List of the American Library Association. www.ala.org/srrt/2019-am... 000
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I am an author and an educator. I care very deeply about access to the arts, to literature, to education. I care very deeply about the critical thinking, the empathy, the joy, and the community building that come from these. 010
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes Black Lawrence Press @blacklawrence.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Thanks Publishers Weekly for spreading the news about our Immigrant Author Fellowship! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief... 062
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 14/03/2025Sign the petition to demand Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released and threats against his legal status be dropped! And call on members of Congress and university leaders to protect and defend the right for students to organize and protest. sign.moveon.org/petitions/fr...sign.moveon.orgFree Mahmoud Khalil and protect students exercising their First Amendment rights!Sign the petition to demand Mahmoud Khalil be immediately released and threats against his legal status be dropped! And call on members of Congress and university leaders to protect and defend the rig... 000
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 07/03/2025My third book, DIWATA, is 15 years old now. Isn't that something. bookshop.org/a/356/978193...bookshop.orgDiwataCheck out Diwata - Tagalog is a language spoken by about 22 million people in the Philippines. Diwata is a Tagalog term meaning, "muse." Diwata is also a term for a mythical figure or being who reside... 020
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Barbara Jane Reyes writes here, occasionally: poetadiwata.wordpress.com 000
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Coming soon! See you folks at CCSF Mission Campus. Thank you to Professor John Isles in the Creative Writing Program, for bringing me back to your students! 000
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 19/02/2025aclu.org/dogeaclu.orgKeep DOGE Out of Our DataTrump has given DOGE unrestricted access to our personal info, from finances to health records. Join me in demanding accountability. 000
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 19/02/2025choosedemocracy.us/what-can-i-dochoosedemocracy.usWhat can I do to fight this coup?If you look, there are people resisting at every level. Blockades of freeways. American Bar Association urging an end to... 000
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Today is about reading, writing, and listening to music. The anger isn’t going away any time soon, so take care of yourself so you can keep fighting. Do something you love. Eat a cookie. Watch a movie. Listen to music you love. Wishing you good vibes amidst the chaos. 491101139
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 10/02/2025Kendrick Lamar at the #SuperBowl 181445127
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Very helpful: Social Change Ecosystem Framework from Deepa Iyer. 030
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent. Opportunities are everywhere. Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉 359818815641153
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too. Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more. Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters. 231212020019149
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 25/01/2025KSW Presents We the Gathered Heat Book Release Celebration www.kearnystreet.org/events-blog/...kearnystreet.orgKSW Presents We the Gathered Heat Book Release Celebration — Kearny Street WorkshopJoin us as we celebrate the release of this new groundbreaking anthology published by Heyday Books! 010
Reposted by Barbara Jane Reyes Kelli @kellianna.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Almost everything is a societal construct and as such could be deconstructed. We could change the world if more of us embraced that fact. 061
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 11/12/2024You can find my books at the always awesome, always independent City Lights Bookstore. And thank you for supporting small businesses! citylights.com/author/barba... 010
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 06/12/2024So I started a non-profit book publication fund for Bay Area Filipina/o/x writers pawainc.com/new-page-14 010
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 05/12/2024I submitted another book proposal yesterday for a collection of Filipina/x writings, one I would curate myself - so here's hoping for good response, i.e. a YES. I am liking how 2025 is shaping up already. Let's put that yes energy into the universe please. Salamat. Padayon. 020
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 03/12/2024So thrilled that Conrad A. Panganiban's WLEGA: A Filipino American Playwright's Journey will be the inaugural publication of the Poeta en San Francisco Publication Fund! @consplayspace.bsky.social 030
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 30/11/2024CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Please send poems for a diasporic Filipina/o/x poetry anthology with roots in orality, to be edited by authors and educators Rachelle Cruz, Michelle Peñaloza, Barbara Jane Reyes, Janice Lobo Sapigao, & Von Torres, to be published by Flowersong Press. tinyurl.com/Filipinx-Ant... 0105
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 24/11/2024PLEASE support Medicine for Nightmares - one of the only BIPOC owned bookstores in San Francisco. The recent bomb cyclone wreaked havoc on the store and damaged inventory. bookshop.org/shop/medicin...bookshop.orgMedicine for Nightmares Bookshop"In a time of privatization of public forums and closures of community spaces, this bookstore is an act of communal magic. Part info shop, part literary botanica, part auntie and tio's house - I genui... 086
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 23/11/2024If it's women's rage you're looking for bookshop.org/a/356/978087...bookshop.orgInvocation to Daughters: City Lights Spotlight No. 16 a book by Barbara Jane ReyesBarbara Jane Reyes is the winner of the James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets, and her work has been reviewed by the National Book Critics Circle. These are poems, prayers, psalms, ... 021
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Shouts out to the WOC writers who write, not for a colonial gaze or for institutions that uphold white supremacy and capitalism, but for your elder women, for your sisters, and for young WOC just coming into deeper self-knowledge. Shout out for doing the hard, necessary work. 000
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 22/11/2024Regular reminder to publish where and how and what you want to publish, when you want to publish, not where everyone else is publishing, just because everyone else wants to publish there. Publish in the places where the people you care most about can access your work. 000
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Diasporic poets, you can be critical, ask questions, and you can write about anything you fucking want to write about. Don't let anyone, no matter who they think they are, tell you what you can, can't, should, shouldn't write about. Don't let yourself get bullied by gatekeeping. 071
Barbara Jane Reyes @bjanepr.bsky.social · 21/11/2024I wrote my books while commuting on buses and trains to and from grad school and my jobs, while on lunch break sitting in work cubicles and local pubs and cafes, while working at my kitchen table. It is entirely possible and sustainable. 060
