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Joseph Rios

Joseph Rios

Xicano poet and former Fresno Poet Laureate (2023–2025), author of the American Book Award-winning Shadowboxing: Poems & Impersonations.

Sep 8, 2026

9:46
It was through the research for that article that he found a goldmine of San Joaquin Valley authors he had never heard of, one after another after another.
9:56
I just I asked for a list of who the poets were going to be that are in the issue.
10:01
I was reading Juan Felipe Herrera for the first time, U.S. poet laureate from Fresno, Phil Levine, Pulitzer Prize winner from Fresno, Marisol Baca, who teaches here.
10:14
And the list went on and on.
10:15
Timsey Hernandez, Javier Huerta.
10:18
And I was just going from one book to the next.
10:21
So I was sitting there at the table.
11:51
His poetry has evolved to noticing the world around him, the small details, and how to tell stories about home.
13:58
Uno tras otro, tras otro.
14:01
Yo solo pedí una lista de los poetas que iban a aparecer en la revista.
14:06
Estaba leyendo por primera vez a Juan Felipe Herrera, poeta laureado de los Estados Unidos, originario de Fresno.
14:15
A Phil Levine, ganador del premio Pulitzer, también de Fresno.
14:20
A Marisol Vaca, que enseña aquí.
14:23
Y la lista seguía y seguía.
14:26
Tim Z. Hernández, Javier Huerta.

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30:08
Estos poemas sobre el río son una energía que se transfiere de un ser vivo a otro, primero a percibir las imágenes, los sonidos y los olores que comparte la naturaleza, y luego otra vez a leer la obra escrita en voz alta ante el público Los asistentes, otros poetas de Fresno, Aidid y Joseph compartieron su poesía con el público, compuesto por miembros de la comunidad, incluidos humanos, una nube de pinzones domésticos que volaban de palmera en palmera y la garza real que seguía buscando su almuerzo en el espejo de agua frente a la casa.

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