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POETS

Joe Brundidge

Joe Brundidge

Hill Country

Author, host, teaching artist and public speaker.

Jennine “DOC” Krueger

Jennine “DOC” Krueger

Hill Country

Mother, writer, artivist, public speaker, and educator.

Audrea Diaz

Audrea Diaz

Hill Country

Journalist, writer, Austin Hip-Hop archivist.

Gerard Robledo

Gerard Robledo

South Texas

Mexican American poet from San Antonio and an Immigrant son. Author of My Mother, the Butcher.

Carrie Fountain

Carrie Fountain

Hill Country

2019 Poet Laureate of Texas

KB Brookins

KB Brookins

Hill Country

Poet and memoirist, author of Freedom House and Pretty.

Bo Hee Moon

Bo Hee Moon

Gulf Coast

Inprint Brown Foundation Fellow, author of Omma, Sea of Joy and Other Astrological Signs.

Jasminne Mendez

Jasminne Mendez

Gulf Coast

Dominican-American poet, translator, playwright, audio book narrator and author of several books for children and adults.

jo reyes-boitel

jo reyes-boitel

Panhandle

Poet, playwright, and author of the matchstick litanies.

Sasha West

Sasha West

Hill Country

The author of How to Abandon Ship and Failure and I Bury the Body, winner of the National Poetry Series

mónica teresa ortiz

mónica teresa ortiz

Panhandle

poet born, raised, and based in Texas and the author of Book of Provocations

Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton

Deborah D.E.E.P Mouton

Gulf Coast

Author, playwright, director, performer, critic, and the first Black Poet Laureate of Houston, TX

Naomi Shihab Nye

Naomi Shihab Nye

South Texas

Former Young People’s Poet Laureate for the U.S. and the author of numerous books.

ire'ne lara silva

ire'ne lara silva

South Texas

2023 Poet Laureate of Texas, author of the eaters of flowers.

Lupe Mendez

Lupe Mendez

Gulf Coast

Writer, educator, activist, and author WHY I AM LIKE TEQUILA.

C. Prudence Arceneaux

C. Prudence Arceneaux

Hill Country

Poet, educator, and author of Dirt and Liberty.

Mag Gabbert

Mag Gabbert

Praries and Lakes

Dallas Poet Laureate and the author of uthor of SEX DEPRESSION ANIMALS.

Sam Treviño

Sam Treviño

Hill Country

Writer, poet, and literary organizer.

Aris Kain

Aris Kain

Gulf Coast

Houston Poet Laureate and Southern Fried Poetry Slam Champion

Lisa L. Moore

Lisa L. Moore

Hill Country

Poet, Critic, Professor, author of Sister Arts: The Erotics of Lesbian Landscapes.

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