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Saúl Hernández

@elsaulhernandez.bsky.social
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•Poet•Educator•Uncle•Concerts•1st Gen•From the Barrio•Somewhere in Texas•Author of How to Kill a Goat & Other Monsters•2025 NEA Fellow•

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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I’m teaching a 6 week grief workshop which starts in two weeks. More here: writingworkshops.com/products/the...
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The Haunting of Grief 6-Week Poetry Workshop at WritingWorkshops.com
We will explore grief through poetry: What shapes do our bodies take, how do we process grief, what does grief look like for each of us at WritingWorkshops.com.
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Come sign up and let us talk poems writersleague.org/calendar/wri...
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“Writing Towards the Unsayable in Poetry” with Saúl Hernández
$59 for Members $119 for Non-Members There are moments we wish a mirror told the whole truth of what lies under our skin. In this class, students will learn to write towards the unsayable by explor…
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Wolf & Wyld's Queer Bookstore @wolfwyld.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
🌈📚 📖 How to Kill a Goat and Other Monsters by Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for Gay Poetry explores grief, loss, identity, lineage, and belonging with grace, insight, & compassion Affiliate Link bookshop.org/a/100590/978... #booksky #queerbooks
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How to Kill a Goat and Other Monsters
Check out How to Kill a Goat and Other Monsters - One is never sure who the monsters are in these poems, only that the narrator desperately doesn't want to be one. In his brilliant debut collection, H...
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University of Wisconsin Press @uwiscpress.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
The @texasbookfest.bsky.social takes place this weekend in Austin and @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social, award-winning author of the poetry collection HOW TO KILL A GOAT & OTHER MONSTERS, will be on panels and signing copies of his book! If you're in the area, we hope you'll stop by!
A graphic created by the Texas Book Festival including a photo of Saul Hernandez and information on the festival itself (Nov 8-9 in downtown ATX), and in the upper right-hand corner a photo of the cover of HOW TO KILL A GOAT AND OTHER MONSTERS
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I won a LAMMY!
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Foglifter Press & Journal @foglifterpress.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Congratulations to Saúl Hernández (@elsaulhernandez.bsky.social), finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in Gay Poetry for "How to Kill a Goat and Other Monsters"! For more of Saúl's work, check out Foglifter 6.2! (E-book available for free) buff.ly/CRDaGjC
The image text reads, "Congratulations Saul Hernandez! Finalist for Lambda Literary Award. Gay Poetry"

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For more of Saul's work, check out Foglifter 6.2.
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University of Wisconsin Press @uwiscpress.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
We're so excited and grateful to see @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social's and Eduardo Martínez-Leyva's poetry collections named as finalists for @lambdaliterary.org's 2025 Lammy Awards in Gay Poetry and LGBTQ+ Poetry! 🎉 Check out the full list of finalists across all categories: tinyurl.com/yc5uu4ea
A graphic created by Lambda Literary, showing the covers of the five books that are finalists for the 2025 Lammy Award in Gay Poetry. Behind the books, a magneta background with white stars and a golden Lambda Literary sealA graphic created by Lambda Literary, showing the covers of the five books that are finalists for the 2025 Lammy Award in LGBTQ+ Poetry. Behind the books, a magneta background with white stars and a golden Lambda Literary seal
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BookPeople @bookpeople.com · 03/07/2025
Join @riggstah.bsky.social on August 15th discussing EXTINCTION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, a stunning portrait of Hawai’i—and a meditation on family, queer love, and community amid imperialism and environmental collapse. More info + RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/bookpeople... @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social
BookPeople Events Presents Mariah Rigg with Saul Hernandez (author of HOW TO KILL A GOAT AND OTHER MONSTERS) on Friday August 15th at 7PM
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Jadine (JD) Pluecker @jdpluecker.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
"Grief will make you want to begin again." - @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social theoffingmag.com/insight/in-t...
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In The Name of Survival, Tricks, & Selena Quintanilla - The Offing
Insight - The Offing Magazine
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
I’m teaching a grief workshop in less than two weeks! Check it out: writingworkshops.com/products/the...
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Come find me next week at AWP & say HI!
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I’ve been drafting a poem a week since September 2024. I took January 2025 off to recenter myself & let me tell you, I may have finally found my writing routine that works for me. What’s yours?
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
I’ve been committed to the gym for the past three weeks & I’m seeing a difference in my arms. Now I just need to commit to better eating habits. 😭
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Always a fun time! Hope to see some of you in San Antonio.
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richard scott larson @richardscottlarson.com · 05/03/2025
hey new followers! I wrote a gay memoir about death, violence, murder, and horror movies (and family struggles, coming of age, etc) that some cool and trustworthy people wrote nice things about! I'd be honored if you picked up a copy, and maybe even left a review somewhere!
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The Long Hallway (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiog)
The Long Hallway (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiog) [Larson, Richard Scott] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Long Hallway (Living Out: Gay and Lesbian Autobiog)
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Join me & 20 other 2025 NEA Fellows for an afternoon reading at this offsite event during AWP!
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Books I read this past month of February. I learned so much from these books and I also realized I missed reading so much. I’m feeling a little more intellectual.
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Finished this beauty!
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Edgar Gomez @otroedgargomez.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
If you're in Miami on 2/15, come out to my event for Alligator Tears at @booksandbooks.bsky.social in Coral Gables!!! So surreal to go back to the neighborhood where I used to pick up cans with my Abuela to read from my new book??? 🐊❤️ RSVP it's freeeee-> www.booksandbooks.com/event/an-eve...
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An Evening with Edgar Gomez
Locally-owned, independent neighborhood bookstore
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Mariah Rigg @riggstah.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
galleys are here, & i have so many feelings (more on that later). if you haven’t preordered EXTINCTION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD yet, B&N is hosting a preorder sale, which means members get 25% off & premium members get 35% off (through friday) with the code PREORDER25 at checkout! @barnesandnoble.com
three books with EXTINCTION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD on the cover and flowers, over the snow
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richard scott larson @richardscottlarson.com · 04/02/2025
I know blurbs are having a little moment right now, but I was excited to write one for @chriscampanioni.bsky.social's amazing hybrid memoir: "Evading classification at every turn, this deeply associative text is migratory and nationless, if genre can be understood as a state from which to emigrate."
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north by north/west
north by north/west Chris Campanioni
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Every time I listen to Ethel Cain I just want to burst into leaves & drift in the wind. 🍂
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Tin House @tinhouse.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
The deadline for the 2025 #THSW is this weekend! Don't delay and get your application in today. In addition to our General Scholarships, we also offer many community-focused awards such as our scholarship for North American Indigenous authors. Apply: tinhouse.com/workshop/sum...
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
I’m excited to be a visiting writer at Texas State University. I’m preparing a craft talk, a workshop, and I’ll be reading. Be there Feb 26! Also, I’m open for university bookings for Fall 2025 & Spring 2026, email me if interested.
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JJ @jjpena.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Thank you for the support!!!
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Gustavo Hernandez @gustavohernandez.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Two new poems published today in like a field journal
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Christopher Nelson @christophernelson.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
I reviewed Here to Stay, which gives voice to 52 undocumented, or once undocumented, poets. Their rebuttal to the Trumpian zeitgeist are invaluable. www.greenlindenpress.com/interviews-a... @j9joseph.bsky.social @marcelohcastillo.bsky.social @estherwslin.bsky.social @harperperennial.bsky.social
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Brent Ameneyro @brentameneyro.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Happy to see my book receiving some love
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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
If you sit down to write and for some reason still think that your work shouldn’t be “too gay” or “too political” or “too much about race” or whatever else, remember that motherfuckers are out here throwing up Nazi salutes. The time to go harder than ever is now.
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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
I saw this on TikTok but I had to go see it for myself. The White House website, translated into Spanish—gone. And they’ve replaced the Home button with the words “Go Home.” www.whitehouse.gov/es/
The White House website translated into Spanish has been taken offline, and the home button replaced with the words “go home.“
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El Norte Recuerda @elnorterecuerda.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Today is my birthday, and the greatest gift I could possibly get on this desperate, hopeless, futureless day is a future as a writer. I’m allergic to promoting myself, but if I can earn out my advance, hopefully, I can write another book. bookshop.org/p/books/magi...
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Magical/Realism: Essays on Music, Memory, Fantasy, and Borders a book by Vanessa Angélica Villarreal
Longlisted for the National Book Award A brilliant, singular collection of essays that looks to music, fantasy, and pop culture--from Beyoncé to Game of Thrones--to excavate and reimagine what has bee...
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Poetry Daily @poetrydaily.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Today’s Featured Poet: Saúl Hernández is a queer writer from San Antonio, TX who was raised by former undocumented parents. As a finalist for The Wisconsin Poetry Series, his debut poetry collection, How to Kill a Goat & Other Monsters, is out now, University of Wisconsin Press.
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JJ @jjpena.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
"For the longest time I’ve wanted to be alone. Friday nights are the loneliest. I’m afraid to admit— time is killing me. Sometimes I’m so far away I forgot silence is another form of living."
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Thank you @poetrydaily.bsky.social for featuring my poem!
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JJ @jjpena.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
SO PROUD!!!!!!
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
So… I’m a 2025 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow! I’m still feeling speechless. I’m full of gratitude. www.arts.gov/impact/liter...
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
for the neptune lovers 💙
In this Webb image, Neptune resembles a pearl with rings that look like ethereal concentric ovals around it. There are 2 thinner, crisper rings and 2 broader, fainter rings. A few extremely bright patches on the lower half of Neptune represent methane ice clouds. Six tiny white dots, which are six of Neptune’s 14 moons, are scattered among the rings. The background of the image is black.Neptune appears as a light blue crescent  against the darkness of space.

Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Kevin M. GillNeptune appears as a large blue crescent, illuminated on its left side. Triton appears as a much smaller brown crescent, also illuminated on its left side. Triton is on the bottom of Neptune.Voyager image of Neptune. The planet appears dark blue and dark atmospheric features can be seen across the planet.
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
3 days left of vacation then back to working. *sigh* I haven’t done one single thing on my to-do list.
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Sharing with y’all one of my favorite poems from this year by the incredible @victoriachang.bsky.social
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Aldo Amparán @skygoneout.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Honored to share the final poem I selected for Zócalo Public Square, written by the brilliant Chen Chen (@chenchenwrites.bsky.social). I’m grateful for the opportunity to spotlight such incredible voices! Don’t miss this stunning piece: www.zocalopublicsquare.org/chen-chen/
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The Year by Chen Chen | Poetry
Chen Chen is the author of two poetry books, Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced an Emergency and When I Grow Up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities, both published by BOA Editions. He liv...
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Victoria Chang @victoriachang.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Deadlines approaching: poetrysociety.org/awards
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Awards
The Poetry Society of America presents a number of prestigious awards each year.
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
It’s 80 degrees in south Texas and the sun is burning. How am I sweating in December? 😵‍💫
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
What time is best to text my exes today? 🤭
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Aldo Amparán @skygoneout.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Thrilled to share a beautiful new poem by Alfredo Aguilar featured on Zócalo Public Square! Take a moment to read it here: www.zocalopublicsquare.org/alfredo-agui...
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A Garden Creates the Need for a Gardener by Alfredo Aguilar | Poetry
The ringing inside the body of a pianoLong after my fingers have lifted from the keys A groove of tire tracks on a white road of snow     I
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Edgar Gomez @otroedgargomez.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Woahh. Alligator Tears has received a second starred review, this time from Publishers Weekly! When I tell you I never AT ALL expected this. Starred reviews are "awarded to books of exceptional merit," and means it'll be stocked by more libraries, bookstores, and will reach more readers. Let's gooo😭
A snapshot of the review for Alligator Tears. You can see the cover of the book, which is pink with a billboard sign that says "Alligator Tears." A sample of the review is below the cover and reads: “Triumphant . . . dazzling . . . Even as he offers a pitiless, self-aware view of life on the margins, Gomez remains funny, candid, and unfailingly stylish. This delivers a welcome jolt to the coming-of-age memoir formula.”
—Publishers Weekly, starred review
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Read @jjpena.bsky.social winning work!
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Mariah Rigg @riggstah.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
grateful to gab about books with @debutiful.bsky.social !!! 💖
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Saúl Hernández @elsaulhernandez.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
“Winter” (fall) walks in South Texas.
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