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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

UNBOXING VIDEO of my translation WE’LL GO AS I THINK OF YOU BETWEEN LINES AND THE POOR SENSE OF SMELL FROM A LANDSCAPE WITH DRUNKARDS OR HANGED HUMANS by Minerva Reynosa. Buy it on Bookshop.org, Amazon, or the El Martillo Press website by searching for Minerva Reynosa.

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Today is the pub date for my translation WE’LL GO AS I THINK OF YOU BETWEEN LINES AND THE POOR SENSE OF SMELL FROM A LANDSCAPE WITH DRUNKARDS OR HANGED HUMANS by Minerva Reynosa. You can purchase it from Bookshop.org, Amazon, or directly from the publisher El Martillo Press!

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

COVER REVEAL of my translation WE’LL GO AS I THINK OF YOU BETWEEN LINES AND THE POOR SENSE OF SMELL FROM A LANDSCAPE WITH DRUNKARDS OR HANGED HUMANS by Minerva Reynosa. Cover art by Benjamín Moreno. Soon to be published by El Martillo Press.

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

I’m excited to announce that my translation of WE’LL GO AS I THINK OF YOU BETWEEN LINES AND THE POOR SENSE OF SMELL FROM A LANDSCAPE WITH DRUNKARDS OR HANGED HUMANS by Minerva Reynosa will be published by El Martillo Press later this year. It’s such a moving collection of poems!

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Austin friends! See you at the book launch for The Bullet Takes Forever by Heidi Kasa. Here is the RSVP link: www.withfriends.co/event/269889...

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Thank you to Minerva Reynosa for this beautiful review of my book Watcha (Deep Vellum Publishing). If you read in Spanish, check it out: revistaposdata.com/deep-watchin...

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Deep Watching Manifesto - POSDATA

Stalina Villarreal dice: mirar ver es involuntario, watch es observar voluntariamente. WATCHA es por lo tanto y categóricamente, un deep watching.

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Saturday, July 26, I will be reading with Lourdes Figueroa, hector son of hector, and arnoldo colibrí, at Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery in San Francisco, at 4 PM.

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Saturday, July 26, I will be reading with Lourdes Figueroa, hector son of hector, and arnoldo colibrí, at Medicine for Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery in San Francisco, at 4 PM.

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

This Sunday, at 2, francine j harris, Jadine Pluecker, Anthony Sutton and I will read some poetry about the town hall for LGBTQIA+ rights that Nick Vaughan and Jake Margolin organized. Meet us at Art League Houston for the fun.

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Happy belated birthday to my book Watcha! Pub date June 25, 2024. Had a “me” day yesterday taking care of some dental stuff, training at work, and going to a Nuestra Palabra event. It’s been a fun literary journey.

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Moderated by @cloudelfina.bsky.social , we’ll be discussing trans poetry. Join us!

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Keagan Wheat @kwheat09.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

If you're in San Antonio tomorrow June 5, come join us for an awesome reading and discussion! @sgpoet.bsky.social , @profstalina.bsky.social , Cloud D. Cardona, and myself will be performing and talking about trans poetry at the Coates Chapel 300 Augusta San Antonio TX 78205.

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

San Antonio friends, there’s been a location change for tomorrow’s event! It’s now going to be at the Coates Chapel: 300 Augusta San Antonio, TX 78205 See you at 6:30 PM, Thursday

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

San Antonio poetry lovers, join me and @sgpoet.bsky.social and @kwheat09.bsky.social in a conversation moderated by @cloudelfina.bsky.social on June 5, at 6:30 PM, at Gemini Ink.

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I have a reading with Chiwan Choi on Tuesday at 7 PM at Basket Books & Art. Join us for some poetry fun!

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I’ll collaborating with Laura Dykes at 7:30 PM this Monday, at Lawndale Art Center. She’ll be playing the double bass, while I will be reading some poems from my new manuscript. We will be paired with another duo of strings and poetry. Join us!

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Thank you for joining us and sharing your energy!

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deborah poe @poebot.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

last night went to a great reading in Bellingham—performances by JD Pluecker & @profstalina.bsky.social. before leaving home, I meant to check my handmade book collection for a @jdpluecker.bsky.social handmade book from a while back. I swore I had and sure enough. from 2011!

cover of UNDONE, a handmade book combining images from Texas and prose poetry by JD Pluecker

Image and prose poem from JD Pluecker's handmade book "UNDONE", published as part of the Dusie Kollektiv

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This Saturday, I’ll be reading at the Inprint Poets and Writers Ball. Looking forward to meeting my fellow readers and Inprint’s guests. This will be my first reading at a gala!

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I’m thrilled to announce that BIPOC Arts Network and Fund has recognized me as a 2025 Artist Awardee. This transformational investment in me—and all the awardees, creates new opportunities to define our future and build together #BANF #2025ArtistAwards #BIPOCArt

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

This Saturday, at 11 AM, I will be reading at Friendswood Library. If you can’t make it in person, here is the Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/8923364830...

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

I don’t get that many responses here, but I think it’s worth exploring.

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I have three drawings and poems in Action, Spectacle. Thanks to my editor Roberto Tejada for the invitation and selection! Here is the link: static1.squarespace.com/static/634b7...

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The Prose Poem @theprosepoem.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Artist-poets, our first ekphrastic submission call is open until 15 Dec. We're looking for pairings of art and prose poetry, both created by the same person. (No AI images or poems, please.) Details/subs here: duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

There’s vanilla black tea at work that I really love

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Katie Manning @katiemanningpoet.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

I made this starter pack! I was shocked by how quickly I reached the 150 limit. I'm glad you're all here. :) go.bsky.app/7TdVB13

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

@romanlujan.bsky.social , este poema lo escribí en memoria de Luis Alberto Arellano. Claro, mi dibujo no es realista, pero es interpretativo.

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Hace mucho no había tanta vibra por aquí, pero ojalá con todas las nuevas personas sí.

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Wow, this publication looks amazing. I have been making drawings and writing about them, which are different from my previous visual poetry. Here is an example, and I have more if you have any suggestions for submitting them: www.bluepress.uk/blog/withmyh...

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With My Heel Stuck in a Mexican Cobblestone, July 4, 2009 — Blue Press

Watcha - Stalina Emmanuelle Villarreal

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Could you please add me? I have visual poetry, too

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Amanda Earl @amandaearl.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I made a visual poets of Bluesky starter pack & have added folks who i know make visual poetry. if you'd like to be on it, & don't find your name there, please let me know & i'll add you. if i've added you incorrectly & you'd like to not be on the list, please also let me know: go.bsky.app/Tt7Ljwf

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 25/06/2024

Happy birthday to WATCHA! 6/25 is the pub date. Looks like Deep Vellum is giving a 20% discount with the coupon code READMORE. Here is the link to purchase: store.deepvellum.org/products/wat...

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

Here is the flyer!

Flyer for San Antonio reading at 6 p.m., on Friday, June 14, at 6 pm

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

@sgpoet.bsky.social, I will be reading at the Guadalupe Latino Bookstore in San Antonio on Friday, June 14, at 6 o’clock in the evening. Feel free to attend the event if you’re interested and available and in San Antonio. Cheers!

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Stalina Villarreal @profstalina.bsky.social · 12/06/2024

My book launch will be Saturday, June 29, at 2 p.m., at Lawndale Art Center. I will be joined by vocalists Ivette Román Roberto and Justin Rodriguez-Jones, trumpeter Anthony Almendárez, as well as contrabassists Sonia Flores and Juan J. García. Join us!

Watcha book cover and lots of text explaining which musicians and vocalists will be part of the meta-art experience at this book launch

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