Brandon Cesmat accompanies a poem with a gourd rattle during Poetry at the Peaks at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. The performance was part of the United Nations' International Year of the Mountain. Photo by William Wilson Lewis III.

Cesmat Archives
"Artistic trio Drought Buoy breaks barriers," Union Tribune review by Julia Noran refers to trio's poet-vocalist, Cesmat.

"CSUSM Chases Off Tukwut," essay published in The North County Times and Vision Magazine.

"Coca-Cola Is Guilt," poem published in The Other Voices International Project.

"A Cold Heart," poem published by Poetry Super Highway when Cesmat was named "Poet of the Week."

"The Conference," poem published in Homestead Review.

"Cunningham Corrido," lyrics for a song played at the closing of David Avalos' Mi Corozon Escondido at the California Center for the Arts, later included by Centro Cultural Tijuana (CECUT) in the Festival de Literatura de Noroeste: Translado Fronteras.

"On Dreaming Eureka," profile published in Perigee.

"Election Night," a poem published in MindFire Renewed

"Esconderños," poem included in David Avalos' Mi Corazón Escondido.

"Film Literacy," profile of Cesmat as a film studies instructor in Leader Focus.

"Fingertip Elegy," poem published in Homestead Review.

"Fire Mind," poem published in The Other Voices International Project.

"God Acts," poem published in Red River Review.

"Guatemalan Fires," a poem published in MindFire Renewed

"Hero," Leadership Focus article refers to Cesmat's help after an attempted murder. Reported by Ken Kemp.

"Hotel Carrera, 1974," poem translated for Festival de Literatura de Noroeste: Translado Fronteras.

"Jitters," performance piece by Drought Buoy at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido

"King Edmund," short story published in Weber Studies.

"Laughter Path," poem published by Poetry Super Highway when Cesmat was named "Poet of the Week."

"Less Is Less: Cutting the University Writing Requirement Before Students Discover What Their Writing Has To Say," with Dr. Dawn Formo.

"Líneas de Tuolumne," poem translated by Juan Martinez.

"Listening to Native American Stories," essay published in San Diego Writers' Monthly.

"The Long Pass," performed on "Art Rocks" wsRadio.com. Host, Philly Joe Swendoza.

"'Mi Corazón Escondido (My Hidden Heart)' a mix of art and poetry." a profile on Cesmat's collaboration with David Avalos in the Union-Tribune.

"Morning after All-Saints' Eve," poem published in The Other Voices International Project.

"New Light," poem published in Red River Review, Pushcart nomination.

"Night Classes," performed on "Art Rocks" wsRadio.com. Host, Philly Joe Swendoza.

"No Tom-Toms: James Luna in Lecture-Performance at Museum of Contemporary Art," profile published in The Union Tribune.

Oak Grove Review, anthology of student poems edited by Cesmat.

"On the Broken Coast," poem published by Poetry Super Highway when Cesmat was named "Poet of the Week."

"Palomar Held Teachers' Pay Too Long," commentary published in North County Times (9/27/04)

"Playing Peon," short story published in Weber Studies, also winner of a San Diego Book Award.

"Poet, teacher receives national honor," column on selection of Poet of the Week by Poetry Super Highway.

"Praying in Public: Sharon Olds on Poetry in Performance," profile published in San Diego Writers' Monthly.

"Reagan Memorial Poem," published in Pemmican.

Reviews of films produced by David Lynch, Crumb and Nadja, published in Go Magazine.

"Shadows in Verse," feature on Driven into the Shade by Cheryl Walker, published in the Union Tribune.

"Sledding to Ensenada," travelog written for Baja Life.

"Small Victory in the War on Terror," editorial published in the North County Times.

 "Solo to Double Bars," elegy for Jaco Pastorius on the Pastorius Family website (originally published in Nightsinging).

"Some poets averse to silence," Union Tribune on White House cancellation of poetry symposium refers to Cesmat. Reported by James Herbert.

"Survivors Find Many Reasons to Give Thanks," Union Tribune article profiles survivors of 2003 firestorms. 

"Taking Personal Responsibility Can Pay Off," Recovery Times feature on Cesmat family in Paradise Fire of 2003.

"Turn," poem published in The Other Voices International Project.

"Voices Sift," poem published in The Other Voices International Project.

"Where Was Fidel When I Needed Him?" poem published in The Other Voices International Project.

"¿Dónde estaba Fidel cuando lo necesitaba?" a translation of "Where Was Fidel When I Needed Him?" by Luisa Elena Ruiz Pulido and Daniel Charles Thomas

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