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— December 16, 2022
Alcántara Selected for Willapa Bay Air Residency
José has been selected as one of six artists for a month-long residency at Willapa Bay AIR in southwest Washington. October, 2023.
— December 16, 2022
Alcántara will be the Featured Poet for the January Installment of the Bardic Tails Poetry Series
Register here for this free Zoom event. January 3, 7:00 p.m. MT.
— October 14, 2022
Alcántara reads "To a Friend Who Does Not Believe In God" as part of Arizona Public Radio's program "Poetry Snaps".
José appeared recently on KNAU News Talk - Arizona Public Radio - to discuss his writing style and read his poem " To a Friend Who Does Not Belive in God".
— Autumn 2022
José Alcántara Poem Featured on The Slowdown
Ada Limon, the United States Poet Laureate, introduces and reads one of Jose's poems on her poetry podcast, The Slowdown. Episode 723: Divorce, July 21, 2022.
— Autumn 2022
José Alcántara Awarded Fellowship
This fall, José will spend three weeks as a writing fellow at the VCCA's Mt. San Angelo campus in central Virginia. He’ll be joined by 21 writers and visual artists.
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— May 21, 2022
José Alcántara Poem Featured on Gwarlingo
James Crews features Jose's poem "Archilochus Colubris" on his weekly Sunday poem feature at Gwarlingo.
— December 26, 2021
José Alcántara Interviewed on Rattlecast
José discusses poetry with Tim Green, Editor at Rattle magazine. José reads several poems from his recently released book, The Bitten World: Poems (Tebot Bach 2021), reads several new poems, and he and Tim talk about the writing process, themes and styles, and life as a poet. Tim introduces José at the 13:30 mark and they wrap up the discussion at 1:21:15.