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Jose Hernandez Diaz

@josehernandezdz.bsky.social

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Writer in Residence at U of Tennessee - author of The Fire Eater, Bad Mexican, Bad American, The Parachutist, Portrait of the Artist as a Brown Man.

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The Atlanta Review @atlreview.bsky.social · 16h

Congratulations to Bridget Rodhe for winning the 2025 Atlanta Review Poetry International Prize! She won $1000 and her poem "On Worms and Other Things" will be published in our Fall issue!

A special thanks to @josehernandezdz.bsky.social for judging!

#poetry

A woman with long brown hair wearing a checkered scarf and coral-colored shirt sits in a coffee shop and smiles into the camera.

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Jose Hernandez Diaz @josehernandezdz.bsky.social · 1d

Bilingual reading of Huidobro…

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Congrats!!!

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Nicole Brogdon @nbrogdonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

www.theunjournals.com/unbroken47
Check out my funny prose poem, “The Bad Doctor” in the fine Unbroken Jrnl. Thank you, editors Dale Wisely & Ken Chau. And Thanks again, @josehernandezdz.bsky.social for his generative workshop that prodded this poem to life!

Unbroken | Issue 46 | Summer 2025

Prose poems for y'all.

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Jose Hernandez Diaz @josehernandezdz.bsky.social · 1d

See you in less than a week!

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born2balive.bsky.social @born2balive.bsky.social · 1d

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Former US Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo 🔥

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Alberto Ríos.

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Former U.S. Poet Laureate, Joy Harjo.

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Jose Hernandez Diaz @josehernandezdz.bsky.social · 5d

Same coping mechanism but with LA sports teams

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Proud Veteran @roghair.bsky.social · 10d

So on point

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FYI…

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Few spots open! See you in a couple days ✍🏾✍🏾✍🏾

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Mary Reufle

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Jose Hernandez Diaz @josehernandezdz.bsky.social · 12d

Dean Young

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Edmund Spenser

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Jose Hernandez Diaz @josehernandezdz.bsky.social · 16d

From “Bad Mexican, Bad American” which is celebrating 18 months as a published book. 🎉🎉🎉

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Jose Hernandez Diaz @josehernandezdz.bsky.social · 18d

Yes these are by Homero Aridjis poet from Michocoan, Mexico

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El Maestro Homero Aridjis

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Jose Hernandez Diaz @josehernandezdz.bsky.social · 18d

Workshop this Sunday! Last chance to sign up..

Jose Hernandez Diaz @josehernandezdz.bsky.social · 19d

Writing new poems this month has been so rewarding. Nothing to report other than v happy with the new poems and prose poems. Many of which respond to these claustrophobic, dystopian times…

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Jose Hernandez Diaz @josehernandezdz.bsky.social · 20d

Just finished the Wednesday night workshop 8 to 10 PM went really well. Good night everyone.

Jose Hernandez Diaz @josehernandezdz.bsky.social · 20d

You rock Faith Gomez Clark - thx for always supporting my work💘💘💘🔥

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Acre Books @acrebooks.bsky.social · 20d

Acre author @josehernandezdz.bsky.social's BAD MEXICAN, BAD AMERICAN makes the "What to Read for National Hispanic Heritage Month" recommendations list from Chicago! Link to order through October 15 and receive 30% off with code HERITAGE30. 🎉🎉🎉 #poetry
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