Carlos Andrés Gómez https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html News Read About 20 years ago today “Inside Man” was released. F.A.Q. Lincoln Center performance in celebration of Céline Dion’s iconic “Falling Into You” album Upcoming Events I’m on the cover of the latest The Pith Journal! 25 years ago, today, I helped found The Excelano Project Upon returning from Dubai and being a part of the 2026 Emirates Literature Festival Watch Store Closing out my 2025 tour in the most epic fashion: Carnegie Hall Love you, Andrea Gibson. And with that—I’ve now keynoted or performed in all 50 U.S. states. Lincoln Center encore w/ Patricia Smith, Whitney Greenaway, & Joél Leon Legendary night in San José with Mighty Mike McGee, Tshaka Campbell, & Rudy Francisco “Patrilineation” has been selected as the winner of the 2025 Alta California Chapbook Prize!!! For the second year in a row, I’ve been nominated for NACE Speaker of the Year. 20th anniversary of being a full-time artist An epic show in Shibuya to close out my spring tour in Tokyo, Japan On the precipice of July 4th— 24 years ago today I did my first college gig Five sublime days in the Pacific Northwest as an artist in residence Official Website Just visited my 1,000th college or university on tour. Nearly fourteen and a half years and more than 900 college shows later… “Where Language Ends” just won the 2025 Stephen A. DiBiase Poetry Prize!! “Circling Fatherhood” named winner of the 2024 Poetry International Chapbook Prize!! a magical 48 hours in Dubai an unfathomable landmark—my 100th award. “Ghazal Circling Fatherhood” is today’s featured poem for the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day series! 5th print run of “Fractures” underway! Some good news to kick off 2025… With gratitude as I close out my 2024 tour the long-awaited release of our award-winning short film: “Abuelita” I’ve been nominated for 2024 NACE Speaker of the Year! What an honor to be a featured author at the 20th Dodge Poetry Festival! Upcoming Events1 Just got word my poem, “Double Golden Shovel Sonnet Found on the Q Train,” is the winner of the 2024 Yeats International Poetry Prize! Playa Flamingo Writing Residency in Guanacaste, Costa Rica a love letter to andrea gibson 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!! In celebration of Nikki Giovanni & an artist’s legacy beyond art A bucket list trip a lifetime in the making 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! Blog