Peggy Robles-Alvarado

Why The Bear By Peggy Robles-Alvarado

Thank you @papoetic for this beautiful deep dive into the poem that also serves as the title of my latest book of poems BURN ME BACK published by Four Way Books September 2025.

Coming soon! A series of online workshops where the stories and wellness of Brown, Black and Indigenous people are centered. These workshops are created by Iya Peggy Robles-Alvarado in alignment with ancestral reverence and spiritual knowledge. If you would like to receive registration information for 2025 please email [email protected] with the subject line ALTAR TO ALTER. We are here to create. Remember that. Let's create an altar to alter! #spirittalks #robleswrites #robleswritesproductions

My time working on new projects and writing in Boriken is never without some drama. This time, electrical outages have been causing a bit of chaos. My kitchen light was the latest causality. 🤬 But I did it! I replaced the fixture and I was a good apprentice! Thanks to my hubby for the video step by step instructions. Electricians deserve so much respect for what they do. Llegó la Luz!!!!!! This is a new Magic & #magicmakingisnotforpendejas

What stories live in your memory, waiting to be written? Borí Book & Café is so excited to have you join us for Burn Me Back with Memory, Fire & Diasporic Reckoning, a free six-session virtual writing series led by award-winning poet Peggy Robles-Alvarado. Together, we will explore ancestral memory, language as resistance, diasporic identity, and the transformative power of writing. Inspired by Peggy’s acclaimed collection Burn Me Back, this workshop welcomes poets, memoirists, educators, and writers of all levels. 📅 Sundays: June 7 – July 19, 2026 🕚 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EST 💻 Virtual via Zoom (Zoom link provided the day before) 🎟️ Free to attend but Registration required This series is an invitation to write from the body, reclaim language, and honor the stories carried through lineage and survival. Register today using the QR code, Google Form link in this post or hit the Google Form link in our Bio! Save this post for later, share it with a writer friend, and tag someone whose voice deserves to be heard. #CreativeWritingWorkshop #PoetryCommunity #LatinxWriters #WritersOfInstagram #boribooksandcafe

Yes! So happy to be part of this list along with some remarkable authors I know and love. Gracias @uranol 🙏 abrazo fuerte Gracias @rojoroblesmejias This too is MAGIC & #magicmakingisnotforpendejas

Unaltered original photo de una hija de Yemaya y Chango Oni Oni 👑👑 walking under the full moon Spirit never lies & Doesn't like to be seen by just anyone No me llame, si tu no me conoces Blessed be the guides that protect my path Blessed be the light of Ngonda that illuminates my ori & guides my feet Blessed be the women of my spiritual court who teach me the importance of the tongue & the weapons found in speech #magicmakingisnotforpendejas #hijadeyemayachangoyrobles

Thank you and @karlajstrand and Violeta Pandya for including my book BURN ME BACK published by @fourwaybooks in this extraordinary list! So many amazing women are featured! Honored to be alongside @bridgetkbell @aimee_nezhukumatathil @mybluedress @pswordwoman @bellamdesendi @adalimonwriter @writerjalvarez Sonia Sanchez Layli Long Soldier and many many more! Papi, Your Selfish Daughter made this list! This is MAGIC & #magicmakingisnotforpendejas

Thank you @theheartofanadvocate for gifting me this batch of plátanos! ¡Que Rico! This too is MAGIC & #magicmakingisnotforpendejas

Register here------ bit.ly/3Pk2vPZ Robleswrites Productions Inc. Presents: Write In, Write On 2026 with guest facilitator CQ Quintana @cquintanatown Thursday, April 16, 2026 and Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 7 pm EST. These 90 min. generative writing workshops will embrace Lorca's idea that "a play is a poem standing up" and encourage fluid movement between the forms of poetry and playwriting through a collection of inspirational text and generative prompts. This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor, the New York State Legislature and Robleswrites Productions Inc.

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BURN ME BACK Book celebration, poetry reading, archival installation, Bomba, community healing, éxito, felicidad, amor, paz y mucho ashé 💙 Thank you @fourwaybooks Thank you @shelamal and @ricarditomaldonado Thank you @bombayony Thank you to every single person that was present (so many to tag and I'm afraid to miss anyone) I am in deep gratitude 💙🙏 Thank you to my family, near and far Thank you, Maferefun, Gracias, Hahom to Egun, especially Papi. Your Selfish Daughter knows you heard me call your name and you took your seat at the altar/alter. documentation thanks to the brilliant @jm.rodrigueznyc Thank you @sixfoot_5 for the original musical composition