WINTER EVENTS 2022

Texas Poetry Roadshow

Third Writing Workshop happens in
Amarillo, TX - March 11, 2023!

6 communities have been selected for writing workshops: Galveston, Amarillo, Mercedes, Baytown, Alief - Houston and San Angelo. These spaces are the smaller communities that reflect some of the best characteristics of Texas. They will serve to provide creative backdrops to uplift the voice of every kind of Texan. The public workshops will explore story telling through poetry. These workshops will allow novice or expert writers a chance to write about what they feel is best while also looking to answer the questions: “Who or what has been silenced? What needs to be uplifted?”

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GET READY FOR THE FINAL VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE!

WELCOME TO
THE TEXAS POETRY ROADSHOW!!!

2022 Texas State Poet Laureate Announces the Texas Poetry Roadshow
May 2022 – May 2023
A year-long celebration of Texas, Texans and Poetry

In May of 2021, the Texas Legislature made appointments for the position of Texas State Poet Laureate though State and House Resolutions for 2021 and 2022. Galveston native and Houston resident, Lupe Mendez was selected as the 2022 Texas State Poet Laureate and will kick off a year-long project that celebrates the Lone Star State.

Mendez’s project, the Texas Poetry Roadshow, intends to capture as much as it can; to highlight the ups and downs in all things Texan. This “roadshow” will serve as a celebration and also a respite from how changed lives have become during the pandemic. Mendez says “Many Texans have lost so much: loved ones, jobs, direction, homes, access to books and a way of life - and this project will be a way to speak on it.” Thematically, this project will look to answer “Who or what has been silenced? What needs to be uplifted?”

The Texas Poetry Roadshow is a 3-part project:
writing workshops, virtual poetry readings and an audio anthology.