Introduction: Greg Candela

Greg, guitar ~ 2006 Picnic

Gregory Candela, Professor Emeritus, UNM-Valencia, English, Ph. D. in American literature, creative writing instructor, poet, performance artist, folk musician, poetry book reviewer for the Valencia News-Bulletin, editor of Valley Visions, and author of Surfing New Mexico, a book of poems about the spirit of New Mexico and its people. Greg's short story "Will" and selected poems appeared at Lunarosity, he has had several poems in Central Avenue, and his dramatic poem, "El Mozo Regresa," was produced for KUNM's Radio Theatre, May 2003. Greg also organized UNM Valencia's annual Valley Cultural Festival. 

Read selected poems published at Lunarosity.

Poetry Positions available

Hakim Bellamy shares this important announcement with us.

Dear friends and poets,

For the past three years we - Jessie Workman and Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski - have been teaching a poetry and performance program entitled BREATH (Building a Revolution of Expression and Action Through Heartwork) at two youth detention facilities in Albuquerque. We are looking to fill both of our positions. Following is some information about how BREATH began, our mission, and our purpose. 

During October 2007, Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski and Cynthia Ruffin visited both the male and female populations at YDDC while on the statewide tour of "BAGGAGE", a play that deals with the issue of domestic violence and women of colour in New Mexico. In discussions that followed both shows, the youth expressed their strong interest in writing and their desire for a program that would allow them to write and share their own personal stories. "BREATH" was birthed out of these discussions.