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Kevin Prufer

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I’m a poet, novelist, editor, and professor in the creative writing program @ The University of Houston.

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@aliciazavalagalvan reads a poem for #thegreattexaspoetryproject! Enjoy!

Alicia Zavala Galván, bilingual writer, translator and artist, has published six collections of poetry. She translated the work of South American and Central American poets. Her work as an independent scholar focuses on Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz and has been presented in English and Spanish internationally.

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Texas Poets! Rolling submissions @ #thegreattexaspoetryproject.

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Josie Mixon reads a poem for #thegreattexaspoetryproject! Enjoy!

Josie Mixon is originally from Mission, Texas and has been writing poetry and short stories since she was 12yo. She’s had several poems published individually and has three collections of poetry. She ran a poetry venue at Barnes & Noble in San Antonio for over 10 years and now lives in the Texas Hill Country.

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Donald Mace Williams reads a poem for #thegreattexaspoetryproject!

Donald Mace Williams is a former writing coach for The Wichita Eagle and reporter and editor for papers that include Newsday, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and the Amarillo Globe-News. He has taught English and journalism at West Texas State and Baylor Universities. Williams holds a doctorate in English from the University of Texas. He lives in Canyon, Texas, and his poetry has been published widely in journals in the U.S.

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@cozylifeofkatie reads a poem for #thegreattexaspoetryproject! Enjoy!

Katie Gage is an indie author and poet living in East Texas with her husband and son. She enjoys reading, writing, baking, reading, hiking, sci-fi/fantasy, and did she mention reading? If you’re interested in keeping up with Katie, you can follow on insta @cozylifeofkatie or visit her website, KatieGageAuthor.com

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@lisamottolopoetry reads a poem for #thegreattexaspoetryproject!

Lisa Mottolo is a poet living in Austin, TX. She is the author of the poetry collection How to Monetize Despair (Unsolicited Press, 2023), the Founding Editor at Lit Fox Books, and the Executive Editor at Austin Poetry Review. Lisa has attended writing programs at UC Berkeley and Kenyon College and her work has appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Sixth Finch, Penn Review, Shō Poetry Journal, DIAGRAM, The Laurel Review, and others.

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@sculptedrosescompany reads a poem for #thegreattexaspoetryproject! Enjoy!

Roses of Sculpted Roses Company is a mental health professional, author, artist, and speaker. His purpose is to enhance personal healing and creative experiences through the arts using his background in psychology.

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@byadelphina_ reads a poem for #thegreattexaspoetryproject! Enjoy!

Adelphina is the pen name of Dora Sanchez. Poet. Visual dreamer. Writing at the edge of survival and wonder. Fredericksburg, TX. First collection titled, Poetry Stained Teeth.

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@avahaymon reads a poem for #thegreattexaspoetryproject!

Ava Leavell Haymon is a poet, editor, playwright, and teacher. She has read her poems and taught workshops all over the US and a few times in Canada and Europe. Her poems are published widely in journals and anthologies, and in four collections from LSU Press, with another forthcoming. She has taught poetry writing to humans every age from about 5 to 80. Much collaboration with musicians. Much collaboration with theatre people and painters. Much revising.

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Texas Poets! Rolling submissions @ #thegreattexaspoetryproject.

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@poet_russell reads a poem for #thegreattexaspoetryproject!

Amanda Russell is the author of Barren Years (Finishing Line Press, 2019) and Processing (Main Street Rag, 2024). She is a pushcart nominee, a poetry editor for The Comstock Review, and a student in the MFA program at Pacific University. Her poems can be found in The Shore, Gulf Stream, Red Rock Review and elsewhere.

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Michael Anania reads a poem for the #thegreattexaspoetryproject!

Michael Anania is a poet, essayist, and fiction writer. His published work includes twelve collections of poetry, among them Selected Poems (l994), In Natural Light (1999) and Heat Lines (2006). His work is widely anthologized and has been translated into Italian, German, French, Spanish and Czech. He has also published a novel, The Red Menace, and a collection of essays, In Plain Sight.

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