February Press Updates: Pre-orders Open!
Pre-order info for Quererme En La Luz by Farrah Fang, AWP updates, & more
What a busy month for Abode— and it’s not over yet!
Pre-order Quererme En La Luz!
We launched pre-orders for our first chapbook, Quererme En La Luz by Farrah Fang!
Quererme En La Luz is an unapologetic journey, a spiritual philosophy, a militant manifesto, a harmonious and chaotic retelling of the author’s experiences as a trans Latina navigating the gulf coast of Texas. This collection of poetry reflects the fluid divinity essential to trans womanhood while remaining grounded to the perceivable world and all its dangers, its trite wonders too. We love this incredible poetry collection, and we know you will, too. You can check out one of Farrah’s poems from Quererme En La Luz in Raspa Magazine here.
Upcoming Event - AfroLatinx Life & Writing Symposium, Texas A&M, 2/29
We are so excited to table and read during Texas A&M’s AfroLatinx Life & Writing Symposium next week! If you see us there, say hi!
Workshops
At Abode, we believe offering affordable workshops is important so all writers can have access to writing tools and community engagement. All of our workshops are virtual and are offered on a sliding scale, starting at $10.
Join us next month for Still We Rise: Poems as Political Anthems with Sofía Aguilar, Wednesday March 30th at 1pm CST.
In this generative writing workshop, Sofía Aguilar will facilitate a group-led reading and discussion of political poetry poems from revolutionary thinkers and writers, then offer a series of questions as prompts for attendees to create their own politically driven poem.
Our first workshop of the year, The Art of Writing… About the Art of Writing, was a blast— thank you to everyone who joined us!
AWP Recap
Our first AWP was a great time! Wanna see the highlights?
Our director Diamond Braxton and board member Bianca Alyssa Pérez co-hosted A VERY QUEER BIPOC READING:
And there were many happy reunions (or first meetings!) at our table:
We even got to meet one of our poetry authors in person:
AWP was such a busy week, but so so rewarding. We can’t wait to see you next year in LA!
Donate to Abode
If you have the means, consider making a tax-deductible donation to Abode! In addition to helping us pay for programming and events, donations are used to cover printing and distribution, press tools and software, and author advances. More can be found on our donations page. You can also become a paid subscriber right here on Substack!
Abode Press is an intersectional, anti-racist, anti-colonial 501(c)3 nonprofit publishing press dedicated to uplifting underrepresented voices.