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
"All About You," Poetry Super Highway, 4 Feb. 2008.

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

"La Boca de Tijuana," poem published on The San Diego Border Observer, thanks to Jill Holslin.

"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.

"Crime Medicine," Poetry Super Highway, 4 Feb. 2008.

"Crossing the Rubicon," by Carolyn Foster Segal in Chronicle of Higher Education cites the creative writing rubric developed by Dr. Dawn Forma and Cesmat in "Less Is Less."

"Discussing Labor at the Feast," published in Prism.

"Dreaming America," poem in Red River Review.

"On Dreaming Eureka," profile published in Perigee.

"Election Night," a poem published in MindFire Renewed

"February Rain," Poetry Super Highway, 4 Feb. 2008.

"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.

"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.

"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.

"Missile Hat," Poetry Super Highway, 4 Feb. 2008.

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

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

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

"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.

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. The passage that reads, "'I'm here for you, sir.' Now they both called each other sir: chivalrous anachronisms," contains an error.
    It should read, "The man in the medicine-wheel hat said, 'I'm here for you, sir,' a chivalrous anachronism." At no time during the confrontation did I hear the man wearing the Reconnaissance sweatshirt use the word "sir.""

 "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.

"Surviving Paradise," memoir on the 2003 Paradise Fire published in Weber Contemporary West.

"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.

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

"Where Have All the Bulls Gone?" Poetry Super Highway, 4 Feb. 2008.

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

 

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