Christopher Carmona hails from the Rio Grande Valley in Deep South Texas. He is beat poet following in the tradition of beat poets like Jack Kerouac, Bob Kaufman, and Raul Salinas. His work also explores what it means to be Chicano and how reconnecting to our indigeneity is important. Connecting with not only the indios of Mexico and South America, but also Native Americans in the U.S. as well as the world. He believes in practicing poetry as a form of social resistance. Much of his work works to redefine what poetry means to the Chicano and beat community. He is currently pursuing his PhD at Texas A&M University. He has been published in The Writers’ Block, Beatlick Art & News, World Audience Literary Journal, Tecolote, and La Bloga. He has published a chap book called My (Mex)quite Beat Refried Revolution by Slough Press. His first book of poetry entitled beat is also published by Slough Press. Currently he is editing an anthology of Beat Texas writings for UT Press with Chuck Taylor and Rob Johnson. He has been part of the Savory Perks Reading Series, the Narcisco Martinez Cultral Arts Poetry Reading Circle, the reading series for Wordspace in Dallas, the Prairie View A&M University Reading Series, and the Lunada: Aullidos a La Madre Luna at the Café Citlali in San Antonio. He is also currently working on a second chap book titled I Have Always Been Here dealing with the issues of immigrant currently and how we are Chicanos have always been here before conquest and even today we exist as a people that transcend borders and nationalism.
He can be contacted at bluewordsredwords@gmail.com.
My first chap book My (Mex)quite Beat Refried Revolution published by slough press is out....
You can order a copy by either sending a check or by paypal...
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Christopher Carmona
2400 Central Park Ln Apt. 201
College Station, TX 77840
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3009 Normand
College Station, TX 77845
