Lit Crawl San Francisco 2024

Scott Russell Duncan, a Xicano writer, is director of Palabras del Pueblo, a writing workshop for raza. His novel, Old California Strikes Back, a magic memoir and meta-novel is published through FlowerSong Press. www.scottrussellduncan.com

Elizabeth Jiménez Montelongo is a visual artist, poet, and facilitator based in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Her work is influenced by her Indigenous Mesoamerican ancestry, Mexika (Aztec) artwork and philosophy, Mexican culture, Raza history, and her experiences as an... Read More →

Luz Schweig is the lead editor of the Somos Xicanas anthology project at Somos en escrito Press. Luz ran an international women's poetry journal for ten years, has worked as an editor and ghost writer in a variety of projects for 20 years. Luz grew up in México City.

Blanca Torres grew up on the dry, eastern side of Washington state. She is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and earned a Masters of Fine Arts in fiction from Mills College She has worked as a reporter for several major newspapers and now works as a producer and reporter for KQED... Read More →

Brenda Vaca is a Xicana poet, author, and independent publisher from Sejatnga, Unceded Tongva Territory, known as South Whittier, CA. She earned her B.A. in English at U.C. Berkeley with a Minor in Creative Writing and later earned a Master of Divinity and Master of Arts in Biblical... Read More →

Diosa Xochiquetzalcóatl, or Diosa X for short, is a multilingual and multidimensional spoken word artist and international poetiza. She is a seasoned language arts educator with a Bachelor’s in English and a Master’s in Cross-Cultural Teaching. Diosa X has been published in a... Read More →

Natalia Rivas is a 71-year-old Chicana writer who started writing in high school and spent the past 50 years in drug addiction, getting clean and going to school. She was a drug and alcohol counselor for over 32 years and is now retired. She spends her time writing and learning to... Read More →