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National Poetry Month San Antonio (NPMSA)

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Launched by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month takes place each April. It is one of the largest literary celebrations in the world. The City of San Antonio joined National Poetry Month in 2009 to raise awareness about the importance of poetry. Many talented poets call San Antonio home; poetry is an integral part of our city's culture. Annual celebrations include:

  • readings
  • workshops
  • performances
  • discussions

Ways To Celebrate

New Books

If you have a book of poetry published in or to be published in 2025 - 2026, please email National Poetry Month San Antonio coordinator Jim LaVilla-Havelin at LavHav@gmail.com.

Poetry

Armstrong, Terry Lee
"The Star Never Shown"
Publisher: Self
Black, Sheila
"Cinnamon Fire"
Publisher: Next Page Press
Browne, Jenny
"I Am Trying to Love the Whole World"
Publisher: BOA (Forthcoming)
Capps, Ashley and Titus, Allison (Des)
"The New Sentience: Reimagining Animal Poetry"
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Cortez, Marisol
"The Bird Church"
Publisher: Finishing Line Press
Darnell, Charles
"Shambleman"
Publisher: The Diaspora Press
Fletcher, Jonathan
"This Is My Body"
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Flores, Anel
"Curtains of Rain / Cortinas de Lluvia"
Publisher: Jaded Ibis Press
Flores, Anel; Urquito-Ruiz, E.; and Cuevas, Jackie (eds)
"Jota: A Queer Latina & Latinx Anthology"
Publisher: FlowerSong Press
Flores, Fernando
"Song for America"
Publisher: Gnashing Teeth Publishing
Garcia, Lisha
"Prayers to the Saint of Impossible Situations"
Publisher: Blue Light Press (Forthcoming)
Garza, Violeta
"Brava"
Publisher: First Matter Press
Gemini Ink
"Like a River Flows: Poems from Krier"
Publisher: Gemini Ink
Griffith, Lucy
"Songs of the Octotillo"
Publisher: (Illustrations by Darlene Marwitz)
Guerrero, Laurie Ann
"Redwork"
Publisher: Autumn House (Forthcoming)
Johnston, Amanda (editor)
"Praisesong for the People"
Publisher: (Not specified)
Landry, Eric
"Stories & Expressions Volume 1"
Publisher: Self
LaVilla-Havelin, Jim
"Mesquites Teach Us to Bend"
Publisher: Lamar University Literary Press
(Unknown Author)
"A Thoreau Book"
Publisher: Alabrava Press
Moore, Norma Jean
"Under the Lens: Pollinators, Flowers, and Us"
Publisher: Litho Press
Morrison, Viscount Dunrossil Andrew
"Connected Works"
Publisher: Self
Phelps, D. Ellis
"Book of Common Breath"
Publisher: Kelsay Books
Quintanilla, Octavio
"The Impossible Hours, Las Horas Imposibles"
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Ras, Barbara
"You Can’t Have It All"
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Robledo, Gerard
"My Mother, the Butcher"
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Sokoloski, Zach
"Bardoland"
Publisher: Alabrava Press
Salinas, Alex Z.
"The Dream Life of Larry Rios"
Publisher: FlowerSong Press
Thompson, Sarah Joy
"Uprooted Orchid"
Publisher: FlowerSong Press
Trevino, Natalia
"When You Were Human"
Publisher: FlowerSong Press
Van Prooyen, Laura
"Sorry, We No Longer Offer Bereavement Fares"
Publisher: FlowerSong Press
Warren, Mobi
"The Medicine of Small Gods"
Publisher: Fishing Line Press (Forthcoming)

Other

Burnett, Tony
"Mirage"
Publisher: Callisto Gaia Press
Cantu, Norma (ed.)
"The Fariseos Folk Tradition of San Pedro de la Cueva, Sonora: Morality and Masculinity" by Guillermo Nunez Noriega
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Davis, Vincent
"Front Porch: Stories from the Soul of San Antonio"
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Dumitru, Cyra Sweet
"Words Make a Way Through Fire: Healing After My Brother’s Suicide"
Publisher: She Writes Press
Fischer, Michael
"How Books Can Save Democracy"
Publisher: Trinity University Press
Frost, Lucie
"How the Hell Did I Not Know That?"
Publisher: Trinity University Press
LaVilla-Havelin, Jim & Ahmed, Maha (eds.)
"Rosemary Catacalos: On the Life and Work of an American Master" (Unsung Masters Series)
Publisher: University of Houston
Silva, Irene Lara
"The Light of Your Body: Stories"
Publisher: Arte Public Press
Trevino, Natalia
"The Road Back"
Publisher: Arte Public Press
Whittemore, Alison
"Letters to the Jungle"
Publisher: self

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