Jose Trejo Maya

He is a remnant of the Nahuatlacah oral tradition a tonalpouhque mexica, a commoner from the lowlands from a time and place that no longer exists. Born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, where he spent his childhood in the small rural pueblo of Tarimoró and wherefrom he immigrated in 1988. His inspirations include Netzahualcoyotl, Humberto Ak’abal, Ray A. Young Bear, James Welch and Juan Rulfo. Published in various journals/sites in the UK, US, Spain, India, Australia, Argentina, Germany and Venezuela. Pushcart Prize nominee in 2015; awarded Tercer Premio from El Centro Canario Estudios Caribeños – El Atlántico – en el Certamen Internacional de Poesía “La calle que tú me das” 2016; New Rivers Press Many Voices Project Finalist 2018, 2020 Jack Straw Writers Fellow; Exhibitions in CA, NY, MN, IN, MT, WA, ID amongst others. While in ceremony with Chololo medicine men in the Tule River Reservation he dreamt this written prophecy…

I am a remnant of the Nahuatlacah oral tradition a tonalpouhque mexica, a commoner
from the lowlands (i.e. Mexico) from a time and place that no longer exists. At present my
poetry has been reified as it has been published in the UK, US, India, Spain, Australia,
Argentina, Germany and Venezuela. I have been exhibited in different venues with a work that’s
titled: Transparencies in Time: Cuahpohualli embedded in ethnopoetic language poetry:. I seek
to expand on this work into a comprehensive exhibit in a gallery in 3D (i.e. three simultaneous
exhibitions that expand into multiple levels of perception and/or dimensions).
I was born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, where I spent my childhood in the small
neighboring rural pueblo of Tarimoró and wherefrom my family immigrated in 1988. My
inspiration(s) include Netzahualcoyotl, Humberto Ak’abal, Ray A. Young Bear, and James
Welch.

United States