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I’m too white to be broke

“I’m too white to be broke.” - just seen on 14th street in Manhattan.  (Yes. That is a flip phone in his right hand.)

“I’m too white to be broke.” – just seen on 14th street in Manhattan.  (Yes. That is a flip phone in his right hand.)

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Author Carlos Andrés GómezPosted on July 1, 2012December 18, 2017

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  • What an honor to be a featured author at the 20th Dodge Poetry Festival!
  • the long-awaited release of our award-winning short film: “Abuelita”
  • Playa Flamingo Writing Residency in Guanacaste, Costa Rica
  • I’ve been nominated for 2024 NACE Speaker of the Year!
  • A bucket list trip a lifetime in the making
  • an unfathomable landmark—my 100th award.
  • Heartfelt gratitude to my supporters across the UK
  • “Where are you really from?” just won Best Live Performance at the 2024 Artists Forum Spoken Word Competition!!
  • a love letter to andrea gibson
  • Just got word my poem, “Double Golden Shovel Sonnet Found on the Q Train,” is the winner of the 2024 Yeats International Poetry Prize!
  • Keynoting for 1,200 passionate young people with this kind of energy will never get old!
  • Reflecting on my Arts Envoy trip to ព្រែកទាល់ Prek Toal, Cambodia
  • World premiere of our concert film, “The Next Movement” (now airing on PBS!), at the National Center for Civil and Human Rights!
  • “Fractures” is the winner of the 2023 Rubery International Book Award!
  • Rooted.
  • Award for our short film, “Beating Traffic”!
  • #ArtistsAcrossBorders goes to Dublin, Ireland!
  • Poets in museums, poets in airports, on billboards, buses. Poets everywhere.
  • “Fractures” just won its 5th book award!!
  • Catch me on a digital billboard in downtown Atlanta!
  • “Volta” is here.
  • My poem, “Sunshowers,” is featured by Georgia Poetry in the Parks
  • Just ran into a familiar face on the subway.
  • The Slowdown features “Last Sundays at Bootleggers”
  • For your GRAMMY® consideration for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album: “VOLTA”
  • Twenty-three years later: life coming full circle.
  • Thinking of a life-changing moment at 17 & how everything comes full circle.
  • On tour in the Middle East (World Expo & Emirates Lit Fest)
  • “Are you listening?” (Mental health doc on HBO Max)
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