Christopher Soto

James Baldwin, who died in December, 1987, “provides endlessly. You think, poring over his letters, that you are getting to know him better—the uncovered lover, et cetera—when the person you are getting to know better is yourself,” @dstfelix writes. nyer.cm/U04gENp

Finished blurbs for “Like a Hammer: Poets on Mass Incarceration” forthcoming from Haymarket Books. And “Guardianas” (testimonies from midwives in El Salvador during civil war) forthcoming from Seven Stories Press. Glad these books will be in the world soon.

Historical fiction about La Matanza in 1932 (a communist-Indigenous rebellion that led to a massacre in El Salvador). These books are published decades apart, written in different languages, and from different countries.

Im wildly excited to start reading this new @EmilyYoon poetry book !!! Love the person, love the poems @AAKnopf

Excited to celebrate Nathan Xavier Osorio’s debut book launch- fellow central am poet in LA @vromans @UPittPress

Thanks to Jan Musial for translating my poems into Czech psivino.cz/z-deniku-teror…

Spoke w Noname (@NonameBooks) about poetry, rap, and radical Black bookstores for @latimesimage latimes.com/lifestyle/imag…

Coming out October w/ @NewDirections. Definitely worth a read.

Reviewed Venita Blackburn’s novel for @thenation thenation.com/article/cultur…

“When I said goodbye to my debut poetry book, I created space for new dreams to come in.” Christopher Soto (@csoto_pdf) on regaining a sense of agency after deciding to move on from one writing project to the next. #PrintOnly at.pw.org/NovDec2023

6 months ago, I left full-time work to pen the book I had to write, a memoir of my father's life with HIV and how it resonates in my life. I'd worked on the book slowly for years and then frantically for months and now ... it's happening! TOUGH GUY is coming from @ABRAMSbooks!

@poetswritersinc shares a clip from Line / Break: Season 2 with CHRISTOPHER SOTO (@csoto_pdf) talking about his origins as a poet growing up in Los Angeles and the connection between poetry and activism with our publicist, @ryo964: pw.org/content/line_b…

Juana Maria Rodriguez @radiorodriguez holds her book Puta Life @2023asa

“The most shocking thing about my time [in the West Bank] was how uncomplicated it actually is … There’s no way for me, as an African American, to come back and stand before you, to witness segregation and not say anything about it.” - Ta-Nehisi Coates

@SenSanders Ceasefire Bernieeeee

The disaster in Gaza cannot continue. The world must act to save innocent lives. But just as a humanitarian response is critical, it is equally important to lay out a path to a two-state solution and a democratic Palestine. Israel cannot bomb its way to a long-term solution.

BOOKS OF THE MONTH ✨✨✨ (November) Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis The Hundred Years' War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi

@katieporteroc @RobertGarcia Very disheartening to have near silence from both your offices as Gaza is bombed. This is not leadership or changing things up in Washington. Please support Res 786 and call for a cease-fire now.

.@RobertGarcia is a rising star in Congress, fighting for all CA families, and now he's endorsing my campaign for Senate! 👏 I'm thrilled to have Robert on my side as we take on the status quo and empower a new generation of political warriors to shake things up in Washington.

"We come together as writers, journalists, academics, artists, and other culture workers to express our solidarity with the people of Palestine. We stand with their anticolonial struggle for freedom" writersagainstthewarongaza.com

#ClipOfTheDay: Christopher Soto (@csoto_pdf) talks about his origins as a poet growing up in Los Angeles and the connection between poetry and activism in this installment of the Line / Break series hosted by @CopperCanyonPrs publicist Ryo Yamaguchi. at.pw.org/LineBreakSoto

Tonight in NYC @csoto_pdf and @LoneberryWang 🎙