Join us on Zoom to celebrate 10 years of Veliz Books! This event will feature authors, poets, and translators that have published work with Veliz over the past 10 years. All attendees will also have the chance to win a raffle prize!

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Join us on Zoom to celebrate 10 years of Veliz Books! This event will feature authors, poets, and translators that have published work with Veliz over the past 10 years. All attendees will also have the chance to win a raffle prize!

Join us here: Zoom

An Offsite Reading with readers from:

Veliz Books - Tina Cane, Kristin Dykstra, Anu Kandikuppa, & Seth Michelson

Parlor Press - Elizabeth Robinson, Peter Kline, & Laura Wetherington

Dzanc Books - Jonathan Fink, Tara Isabel Zambrano, & Emma Smith-Stevens

Baobab Press - Dani Putney, Russell Persson, & Karen An-Hwei Lee

Inna Krasnoper will be signing copies of her poetry collection DIS TANZ at the AWP Conference in LA!

Meet her at table 616!

Anu Kandikuppa will be signing copies of her short story collection THE CONFINES at the AWP Conference in LA!

Meet her at table 616!

Carrion Bloom, co.im.press, Veliz Books, and Eulalia Books

An AWP offsite reading with Chloe Garcia Roberts, Inna Krasnoper, Sehba Sarwar, Anthony Sutton, Allison Wyss, Edith Adams, Laura Cesarco Eglin, Jeannine Pitas, Cat Ingrid Leeches, Jace Brittain, Christine Kelly, Kimberly Lambright, Laura Paul

Kristin Dysktra will be signing copies of her translation of THE STAR-SPANGLED BRAND at the AWP 2025 Conference in LA.

Meet her at Table 616!

Join Veliz Books as we celebrate the release of our newest novel in translation, SALT by Adriana Riva, Translated by Denise Kripper! SALT is available for purchase here-- https://www.velizbooks.com/authors#/salt

About SALT
Ever since a childhood accident, Ema has doubted her bond with her mother, equally troubled and fascinated by her. Years later, now with questions about her own motherhood, she joins a family road trip to her mother’s hometown to quench her need for answers. With deceptively simple language, precise brevity, and vivid imagery, SALT explores daughterhood and unearths a family’s intricate past and secretive present. An intimate, brilliant debut novel by Argentine author Adriana Riva, translated by Denise Kripper.

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A SECULAR EPIC: AMANDA BERENGUER’S “THE LADY OF ELCHE,” TRANSLATED FROM SPANISH BY KRISTIN DYKSTRA

Reviewed by Jesse Lee Kercheval

Reviewed by Kent Shaw

Embodied Literature: How Our Bodies (Dis)Connect Us From Who We Are

MPR STAGE: 10:30 a.m.

Allison Wyss and Said Shaiye kick off our MPR Stage with a conversation about the body as a setting. Don’t miss these local legends in a fascinating discussion of their work.

In this annual Writers’ Program tradition, instructors read aloud from their recently published fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The reading is followed by a reception, featuring refreshments, instructor’s books for sale, and plenty of opportunity to network with fellow writers, Writers’ Program staff and instructors. Admission to the event is free. 

The First Fridays Reading Series is the oldest poetry series in Houston and was organized by Robert Clark from 1975-2019. Today, First Fridays are curated and hosted by local community members. Anthony sutton will be reading from PARTICLES OF A STRANGER LIGHT

Doors @ 7:30 pm
Reading @ 8 pm
Open Mic @ 8:30 pm

In this interview, poet and translator Erín Moure talks with Kristin Dykstra about her new translation of The Lady of Elche by Uruguayan poet Amanda Berenguer, available now from Veliz Books.

We are thrilled to announce the return of FAB (Festival of AAPI Books) Long Beach to the Billie Jean King Main Library on Saturday, May 13th from 10AM to 4PM, featuring children's books, young adult, and adult authors, vendors, performers, and more, from across the Asian diaspora.

Catch Sehba Sarwar (BLACK WINGS, 2019) in the Poetry/Fiction Reading Room from 1:30-2:30 PM!

Join us as we celebrate the release of Kristin Dykstra’s translation of THE LADY OF ELCHE, by Amanda Berenguer! This beautiful book of poems is available now from Veliz Books. Wednesday April 19th, 7 PM EST/ 6 PM CST

Issue 74 | Spring 2023

by Critical Flame Conversations

Debut poetry collection by Anthony Sutton, PARTICLES OF A STRANGER LIGHT, employs a wide array of approaches and forms to obsessively dissect issues of memory, identity, culture, and history.

Tuesday, April 4, 2023 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm CST

Spring done sprung, and words will be....sung??

Okay, that's a bad attempt at poetry, but our March all poet line-up is spectacular! Come through!

Things kick off at 8:30(ish) CST

Join us for an in-person reading at MadArt Studio. Friday, March 10th, 7 PM Pacific time.

Featuring readings from:

Laura Cesarco Eglin

Geneveve Kaplan

Allison Wyss

Kelsi Vanada

Jessica Smith

Jeff Sirkin

Katherine Hedeen

leia penina wilson

Paul Cunningham

Wendy Call

Jesse Lee Kercheval

Ryan Clark

Steve Halle

Holms Troelstrup

Center for Literary Publishing, by Adam Ray Wagner

Join us as we celebrate the release of Anthony Sutton’s new poetry collection, PARTICLES OF A STRANGER LIGHT!

Featuring readings by Alia Lavonne Tigh and JD Pluecker

Join us on Tuesday, February 7 at 7 PM PT when Tina Cane celebrates her collection, Year of the Murder Hornet, with Tongo Eisen-Martin at 9th ave!

Masks Required for In-Person Attendance
Or watch online / Web registration available soon

Review in Lit Pub, by Shannon Vare Christine