Lovers of local poetry, meet (or revisit) your newest torchbearer: ire'ne lara silva.
Lovers of local poetry, meet your newest torchbearer: ire'ne lara silva, the Rio Grande Valley-born, Austin-based artist and the current Texas State Poet Laureate.
On top of her prestigious new title – the seventh Austinite to hold the position since its establishment in 1932 – silva juggles a number of wide-ranging literary pursuits at any given moment. In February, she finished her second short story collection,, will be published in January. Her first comic book,, arrives in April via Chispa Comics, the Latinx division of popular indie publisher Scout Comics.
Then I went into furious planning mode – what do I want to do with this year? I started to come up with some plans and outlines, even though I was only a couple of weeks away from heading to an 11-day tour of El Paso and New Mexico. As opposed to some of our cities, Texas' poet laureateship doesn't actually come with any obligations. It also comes with no money, so you kind of have to shape it the way you want.
I didn't know that it would happen this way, but I have a new book of poetry coming out in January, and I just found out that my first comic book is coming out in April. I've been on this kick for the last year where if a project is new and sounds interesting, I'll say yes. If it's something I've already done or if it sounds boring, then no.
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