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Tomás Q. Morín is the winner of the 2012 APR/Honickman First Book Prize for his collection A Larger Country.
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Warm greetings, Rick! Thanks for stopping by and reading. I'm Mexican-American. What part of the country are you from?
Commented Dec 27, 2012 on Alphabet Soup [by Tomás Q. Morín] at The Best American Poetry
Alphabet Soup [by Tomás Q. Morín]
My first memory of the alphabet is seeing the letters—they were about the size of a mug—printed on one of those long pieces of posterboard that is meant to rest above the blackboard. I think there were apples and worms next to the letters, and the worms may have even had glasses. What fascinated...
26 letters just didn't seem like enough, you know? This week has been a lot of fun. I hope I return before too long :)
Happy holidays!!!
Commented Dec 21, 2012 on Alphabet Soup [by Tomás Q. Morín] at The Best American Poetry
Alphabet Soup [by Tomás Q. Morín]
My first memory of the alphabet is seeing the letters—they were about the size of a mug—printed on one of those long pieces of posterboard that is meant to rest above the blackboard. I think there were apples and worms next to the letters, and the worms may have even had glasses. What fascinated...
Alphabet Soup [by Tomás Q. Morín]
Posted Dec 21, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Voltron [by Tomás Q. Morín]
Posted Dec 20, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Hey Leslie,
Nope, from what I can remember we received no pointers re: how to read. I do remember having the sense when I was a kid that I was a pretty good "vocalizer" of whatever we were reading in class. When I was really young I liked to read out loud because I loved the sounds of words, so I think that helped a lot.
I like that pointer about reading under. Better to leave them wanting more than wanting to run!
Commented Dec 19, 2012 on Showtime at the Matrix [by Tomás Q. Morín] at The Best American Poetry
Showtime at the Matrix [by Tomás Q. Morín]
The day before I was to have my teeth cleaned, I was telling my wife over the phone how the dentist’s office had said I would be free at 10:00 from their chamber of hooks and mouth vacuums and that ugly, cycloptic light with the orange bulb they crane over you. Because it sounded like I was sayi...
Showtime at the Matrix [by Tomás Q. Morín]
The day before I was to have my teeth cleaned, I was telling my wife over the phone how the dentist’s office had said I would be free at 10:00 from their chamber of hooks and mouth vacuums and that... Continue reading
Posted Dec 19, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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Workshop Days [by Tomás Q. Morin]
Posted Dec 18, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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I think poetry has given up that territory to fiction for far too long. I love seeing the look on the faces of undergraduates when I share with them the simple truth that they can make things up. What a revelation it is for them!
Commented Dec 17, 2012 on I Be Monsters [by Tomás Q. Morin] at The Best American Poetry
I Be Monsters [by Tomás Q. Morin]
When I was an undergraduate with limitless energy and cranking out poems left and right for my workshop classes, all I wrote about was my family. There were poems about everything from my grandfather’s hands to the years he spent working in a field. Even the paisley print of one of my grandmothe...
I Be Monsters [by Tomás Q. Morin]
Posted Dec 17, 2012 at The Best American Poetry
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