Lit Crawl San Francisco 2024: Full Schedule

Sponsored by California Humanities

One of the most anticipated literary nights of the year, Lit Crawl SF brings together authors and fans for the world’s largest FREE pop-up literary extravaganza! Check out our full schedule of 60+ events below.

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Bow & Arrow Circus Presents: The Witching Hour

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

San Francisco Mime Troupe

Spellbinding tales of the haunting and haunted, the loved and the lost, the trapped and the tricksters. The Witching Hour features Bay Area authors accompanied by the local circus collective Bow & Arrow. Come for a night of chills and thrills as our poets, contortionist, and pole and aerial hoop dancers invite ghosts, witches, and monsters into our midst.

Speakers

Amy K. Bell

Amy K. Bell is raising her children in Oakland. When she is not writing, Amy is the director of the nonprofit, Josie's Place. Most of her work is invisible, but some of it can be found in print and online at amykbell.com.

Susan Calvillo

Susan Calvillo is a Chinese/Mexican-American and a dead-on-her-feet mother of twins. She’s the author of Excerpts From My Grocery List (Beard of Bees). Her short works appear in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nightmare, the Audacious Women Anthology, Zyzzyva, and other... Read More →

Genie Cartier

Genie Cartier is a San Francisco native. She graduated from UCLA with a BA in English/ Creative Writing and earned an MFA in Creative Writing/ Poetry from SFSU. In the past, she worked for UCLA's literary journal Westwind, and later created her own journal called Autolycus. She has... Read More →

Lena Alison Knight

Lena Alison Knight is the author of the Gift of the Stars space opera trilogy, and various short fiction. She lives with her husband in the San Francisco Bay Area. Find her online at lenaalisonknight.com.

Ivy Leon

Meet Ivy, a pole performer and instructor with a passion for conjuring characters through aerial experiments. Born in Los Angeles, she found her circus home in vibrant San Francisco with Bow & Arrow Circus. Ivy dazzles with her metal stick skills or works her behind-the-scenes magic... Read More →

Muriel Leung

University of Southern California

Muriel Leung is the author of the novel How to Fall in Love in a Time of Unnameable Disaster (W.W. Norton & Company), the Poetry Society of America’s 2022 Four Quartets Prize winning Imagine Us, The Swarm (Nightboat Books), Bone Confetti (Noemi Press), and Images Seen to Images... Read More →

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
San Francisco Mime Troupe 855 Treat Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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Casting the Memory Net Wide: Stories at the Heart of Who We Are

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Noisebridge

Laughter. Tears. Stories that linger. Sensory details and strong emotions. Our readers will share stories and also invite you to write your own memories into a physical web that will become part of this communal event. Join us to listen and to be part of creating a literary art installation!

Speakers

Connie Baechler

CONNIE BAECHLER's work has appeared in Kalliope, Pearl Magazine, Hurricane Review and Desire: Women Write About Wanting (Seal Press). She is an alum of Ellen Sussman and Elizabeth Stark’s Sonoma County Writers Camp and Joyce Maynard’s Write by the Lake workshop. Connie is grateful... Read More →

Max Bidasha

Max Bidasha is a Two-Spirit, disabled, Indigenous, Mexican, Punjabi, German, poet, playwright, and director living with stage IV cancer. His debut book of poetry, The Pros and Cons of Dying is out now!

Deidre Cavazzi

Deidre Cavazzi is a storyteller and choreographer based in the North Bay. She is completing her MFA in Creative Writing at Dominican University and is published in Orca, Lunch Ticket, Rust & Moth, and Silicon Republic. She has been an artist-in-residence in far flung places like Iceland... Read More →

Meg Neville

Meg Neville is a reader turned writer and professional costume designer who is currently writing letters to Saint Augustine, (lovingly) blaming him and his Confessions for western Patriarchy, the pleasure/curse of memory, and her lapsed Catholic guilt, of course.

Angelica Recierdo

Angelica Recierdo is the daughter of Filipino immigrants and grew up on the Jersey Shore. She holds an M.S. in Narrative Medicine from Columbia University and a B.S. in Nursing from Northeastern University. She is pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing, Poetry, at Dominican University... Read More →

Nichole Turnbloom

Nichole Turnbloom works to spark joy, alleviate pain and facilitate connection through creativity and movement, which is not unlike the process of writing poetry. When not working or attempting to stay centered at the pottery wheel, she can be found drinking copious amounts of tea... Read More →

Carson Wignall

After a hiatus from graduate school, Carson embraced poetry but needed a writing community, which he found in the Dominican University MFA program. He’s honored to collaborate with his friend and classmate Deidre Cavazzi and is grateful for everyone’s contribution to this eve... Read More →

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Noisebridge 272 Capp St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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Giant Robot: Thirty Years of Defining Asian-American Pop Culture

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Silver Sprocket

Book launch event and signing featuring Giant Robot founder Eric Nakamura in conversation with illustrator Felicia Chiao and Adam Pfahler of the band Jawbreaker.

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Silver Sprocket 1018 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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Kick-Ass Women Protagonists

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Latin American Club

Join us in genre, as five fabulous women authors read tales of protagonists making their way in worlds strange, fantastic, fraught, and utterly imaginative.

Speakers

Gail Carriger

Gail Carriger has multiple NYT bestsellers and millions of books in print in dozens of different languages. She writes book hugs - comedies of manners mixed with steampunk, urban fantasy, or sci-fi (and cozy queer joy as GL Carriger). She is best known for the Parasol Protectorate... Read More →

Katie Flynn

Katie M. Flynn’s short fiction has appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, Tin House, Tor.com, and elsewhere. She’s been awarded Colorado Review’s Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction and the Steinbeck Fellowship in Creative Writing. Her first novel, The Companions, came out in... Read More →

M. Luke McDonell

Speculative Fiction Writer

M. Luke McDonell's five-minutes-into-the-future fiction explores the effects of emerging technology on individuals and society. Her work has appeared in publications including Shoreline of Infinity, The Overcast, The Arcanist, Perihelion, Wyldblood Press, New Reader Magazine, and... Read More →

Andrea Stewart

Andrea Stewart is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Drowning Empire trilogy and a writing coach at The Novelry. She lives in sunny California, and in addition to writing, can be found herding cats, looking at birds, and falling down research rabbit holes.

Kimberly Unger

Kimberly Unger is the author of the Phillip K. Dick Memorial Award-winning novel “The Extractionist”. She created her first videogame back when the 80-column card was the new hotness and this turned her literary love of science fiction into a full blown obsession with the intersection... Read More →

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Latin American Club 3286 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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8:00pm PDT

KQED Presents: ¿Donde Esta Mi Gente? with Baruch Porras Hernandez

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Make-Out Room

¿Donde Esta Mi Gente? has been showcasing the literary talents of Latinx writers since 2014. Host Baruch Porras Hernandez showcases the work of Latin American and POC writers by bringing their work to life on stage with dynamic and creative performances! This show has been a part of Lit Crawl for years and will remind you how exciting the literary words of Brown BIPOC authors can be! With musical guest Manny Baltazar of Cat Behavior, poetry by Leticia Hernandez, and comedy by Weyam!

Speakers

Manuel Baltazar

Cat Behavior started as the collaborative musical/visual project of brothers Manny and Ricardo Baltazar. Born and raised in Los Angeles and now living in San Francisco, California, the duo co-wrote and self produced three singles between 2018-2021: Good Morning Goodbye, Melancholy... Read More →

Weyam Ghadbian

Weyam identifies less as a comic, and more as a guy, standing in front of a crowd, asking them to love them. They grew up Syrian and Muslim in the South, which was not not hard. For work, they facilitate conflict workshops for social justice groups, motivated by the pure Gemini desire... Read More →

Ann Guy

Ann Guy is a writer and recovering engineer who grew up in Western Michigan and now lives in Oakland, CA. Her writing and interviews have appeared in CRAFT Literary, River Teeth (Beautiful Things), Sweet Lit, Entropy, MUTHA, Ekphrastic Review, Literary Mama, Motherwell, Terrain.org... Read More →

Leticia Hernández-Linares

Leticia Hernández-Linares is an award-winning, interdisciplinary, bilingual writer, artist, & educator. She is the author of Mucha Muchacha, Too Much Girl & Alejandria Fights Back! ¡La lucha de Alejandria! She has lived, created, taught, performed & protested in the Mission District... Read More →

Baruch Porras-Hernandez

Baruch Porras-Hernandez is a writer, performer, organizer, professional MC/Host, curator, stand up comedian, and the author of the chapbooks “I Miss You, Delicate” and “Lovers of the Deep Fried Circle” both with Sibling Rivalry Press. He had the honor of touring with the legendary... Read More →

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Make-Out Room 3225 22nd St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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Life Lines: BIPOCs Staying Sane in a Crazy World

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Gestalt Craft Beer Bar

Readings/Q & A with two Black writers who work as paralegals while winning fellowships and prizes, getting books published and building a Substack following; a Black/Japanese educator who’s navigated the wilds of China and SF Unified; and an uppity Japanese American art director who fell into community writing by accident.

Speakers

James Cagney

Oakland born poet James Cagney is the author of two books of poetry, including MARTIAN: The Saint of Loneliness, winner of 2021 James Laughlin Award from Academy of American Poets. Please Visit JamesCagneyPoet.com

Dondi Dancy

Dondi Dancy is a writer, content creator, and career paralegal. A 2024 Anaphora Arts Publishing Program fiction cohort, her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Brown Sugar Literary, The Happening, and Kaidankai: Ghost & Supernatural Stories. When not writing, she enjoys domestic... Read More →

Chris Perkins

Christl Rikka Perkins is a Black/Japanese fiction writer and teacher living in Oakland, CA. She was a freelance writer and teacher in China for 8 years. Christl is a member of WriteNow!-SF Writers Workshop and was published in Essential Truths: The Bay Area in Color.

Shizue Seigel

Shizue Seigel, director of Write Now! SF Bay, is a Japanese American writer and artist who explores intersections of history and culture from farm labor camps to corporate America. A VONA/Voices fellow, Jefferson Award recipient, and San Francisco resident, her eighth book is “Uncommon... Read More →

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Gestalt Craft Beer Bar 3159 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

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Redefining Masculinity: Reclaiming the Power of Vulnerable Storytelling

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

The Drawing Room Mission Street Annex

Speakers

Juan Amador

Juan Amador is a performer from South Central Los Angeles. His poems have been included in the literary journal Mobile Data Mag and anthologies from Beyond The Veil Press, Golden Foothill Press and Poetic Underground LLC Press.

Gabriel “VOTH” Acosta

VOTH, a beacon guiding lost travelers “home.” Dieagnosis was released with Riot of Roses Publishing House, and he contributed to Beneath the Soil vol iii: Queer Survivors of Sexual Assault with Time to Tell and Braver Collective. Coffee, Waffles, + Poetry is his show for survivors... Read More →

Carlos Ornelas

Carlos Ornelas is a Mexican American poet and spoken word Artist from Los Angeles. He is the Author of 2 poetry collections, Ketchup and Villains Vernacular. His works have been published througout and he is an active member in the literary community. He is associated with Cal Poets... Read More →

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
The Drawing Room Mission Street Annex 2675 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA, USA

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SF Leonard Cohen Festival Preview with Conspiracy of Beards

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

The Drawing Room Annex - Sponsored by Page Street

Bending Leonard Cohen into new, evocative forms is the mission of the Annual November San Francisco Leonard Cohen Festival. Enjoy a preview of the 2024 festival featuring Conspiracy of Beards.

Speakers

Brendan Schwarz

Genny Lim

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
The Drawing Room Annex - Sponsored by Page Street 599 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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Somos Xicanas: The Enduring and New Mujer

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Dog Eared Books

Riot of Roses Press welcomes contributors to Somos Xicanas, the first Xicana anthology in decades. Through poetry and prose these accomplished Xicana writers reveal and explore the diverse ways Xicana identity impacts lifestyle, education, brown female empowerment, spirituality, motherhood, Indigenous activism, and La Lucha.

Speakers

Scott Russell Duncan

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

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

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

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

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 Xochiquetzalcoatl

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

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 →

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Dog Eared Books 900 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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Stanford Continuing Studies Presents: In a Tight Spot

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Manny’s

Writers from Stanford Continuing Studies' Novel Certificate Program share scenes from novels in progress featuring characters stuck in both literal and metaphorical tight spots—from a cave exploration gone wrong to a woman forced to endure a car ride with her obnoxious fiancé to a botched break-in—highlighting how moments of tension bring out creative problem solving.

Speakers

Berny Chen

Growing up, Berny dreamt of riding in the Tardis, kissing a green-skinned alien girl, being the fourth Stooge instead of Shemp, watching the Coyote catch the Roadrunner just once, and winning the World Series as a lefty pitcher for the Chicago Cubs. Unsurprisingly, he now creates... Read More →

Stephanie Dennee

Stephanie Dennee is a freelance advertising copywriter from Bozeman, Montana, where she lives with her husband and two children. Her short story work has been published in SWING Magazine, and she’s currently writing her first novel-length fiction, a suburban noir set in 1990s Spokane... Read More →

Rachel Kice

Rachel Kice is a multimedia artist whose practice includes painting, writing, and performance. After completing the OWC program at Stanford Continuing Studies, she is currently stashed away in a cabin in Pike National Forest, finishing her novel and creating a series of paintings... Read More →

Patricia Leitner

Patricia Leitner grew up learning about the stars from her dad and the joy of reading from her mom. These days, she loves strolling under the East Bay redwoods and dreaming up kooky characters who always seem to find trouble. She’s currently knee-deep in a final revision of her... Read More →

Patrick Liu

Patrick Liu is an Ohio-dwelling, Huel-drinking pop music fanatic. He's currently an electrical engineer to pay the bills, but he moonlights as an aspiring novelist. His writing blends his favorite genres—sci-fi, romance, and mystery—with a queer twist.

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Manny’s 3092 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA

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S’mores & Stories: Tales from the Edges of California

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Red Poppy Art House

Gather around the "campfire" for S’mores & Stories, hosted by the Desert Salon writing retreat. Enjoy free s’mores courtesy of Mojave Mallows and readings inspired by the strangeness and beauty of California. You’ll laugh, feel inspired, and get a chill down your spine—because no campfire is complete without a spooky story!

Speakers

Lexi Pandell

Writer, Freelance

Lexi Pandell is a writer from Oakland, CA. Her non-fiction has been published by The Atlantic, The New York Times, and The New Republic. Her short stories have been published by Wired, The Pinch, Salt Hill, and New Ohio Review. She is the founder of the Desert Salon writing retre... Read More →

Jessica Powell

Jessica Powell is the author of the novel, The Big Disruption. Her short stories have been published in The New York Times, WIRED, VICE, Alaska Quarterly Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. She lives in San Franciso and builds audio software.

Billy Song

Billy Suiren Song is a film-maker and poet based in San Francisco. He hosts a weekly open mic at the Center SF and leads a writing group at the Page street writers co-working space. He and his creative partner Liz Cahill founded an arts non-profit, Decentered Arts, in 2023. He graduated... Read More →

Katie Wheeler-Dubin

Katie Wheeler-Dubin is a San Francisco native, well-known for both her relaxed parenting style and systematically eating so many oysters she discovered a pearl. She published, I Went to Sleep Drunk and Woke up Hungry in 2016, and made a documentary with Mila Puccini about San Francisco... Read More →

Tanya Žilinskas

Tanya Žilinskas’ fiction has appeared in Chicago Quarterly Review, TriQuarterly, Southern Humanities Review, Shenandoah, Puerto del Sol, The Florida Review, and elsewhere. She is working on a novel about early internet hoaxes and documentary ethics, and a linked story collection... Read More →

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Red Poppy Art House 2698 Folsom St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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The Ana Presents: Lined with Gold—The Legacy of Faith Ringgold

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Et Al

Calling all lovers of words & art! Join The Ana for an evening celebrating the life of Faith Ringgold, with readings based off her most memorable works. Featuring the following writers whose words are lined with gold: Alie Jones, May-Li Khoe, Denise Maisel, soledad con carne, and Sun Park.

Speakers

soledad con carne

Alie Jones

Alie Jones is a self-care advocate, writer, artist, and Creole mermaid. She is a founder of Bodacious Bombshells, a wellness collective in Oakland. Alie is passionate about centering our breath work as sacred and hopes to build a legacy of awareness and expression. She is the Director... Read More →

May-Li Khoe

May-Li Khoe (she/they) is an interdisciplinary artist, designer, and writer born in the Netherlands to Indonesian-Chinese immigrant parents, and raised in Vancouver, Canada. She’s currently earning her MFA at San Francisco State University. When she’s not writing or drawing, you... Read More →

Sun Park

Sun Park is a visual artist and writer based in San Francisco. Their practice is hybrid, ranging from multisensory installation to video, ceramics, drawing, sculpture and interactive ritual. Park was a fellow at Kearny Street Workshop’s Interdisciplinary Writer’s Fellowship, and... Read More →

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Et Al 2831A Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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The O.G.’s of Litquake

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

The Chapel Parking Lot

Sure, we all know Litquake as a slick, well-oiled festival machine that delights young and old. But what about the early years? The ones where we stumbled through as an all-volunteer squad, not really knowing what the hell we were doing? Come and hear stories about our triumphs and pratfalls, from those who have been involved since the early days. See a side of Litquake you didn’t know existed—and we’re glad no longer does. Hosted by Litquake co-founders Jack Boulware and Jane Ganahl.

Speakers

JD Beltran

Andres Bella

Andres was on the Litquake EC from 2000 to 2018, managing bookstore events, book vending, and the Litcrawl’s famous Clarion Alley. Andres currently runs a school in Oakland focused on holistic healing but never gets the holistic healing he needs. Various writing projects are in... Read More →

Scott James

Scott James is a veteran Emmy Award winning journalist and the author of three books, including "Trial by Fire." He is the co-founder of the Castro Writers' Cooperative, a co-working space for writers in San Francisco.

Beth Lisick

Beth Lisick is a writer and actor from the Bay Area, currently living in New York. She is the author of six books and slowly working on her seventh. She co-founded Porchlight, the More Than A Feeling Comedy Festival and wrote the libretto for the audio opera The Electronic Lover... Read More →

Jen Siraganian

Jen Siraganian is an Armenian-American writer, educator, and former Poet Laureate of Los Gatos, California. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, was granted a Lucas Arts Fellowship, and won first prize of the New Ohio Review Poetry Contest. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming... Read More →

Oscar Villalon

Managing Editor, ZYZZYVA

Oscar Villalon is the editor at the San Francisco literary journal ZYZZYVA, winner of a Whiting Literary Magazine Prize in 2022. His writing has been published in Stranger’s Guide, Freeman’s, The Believer, Virginia Quarterly Review, Lit Hub, and elsewhere. He lives with his family... Read More →

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
The Chapel Parking Lot 777 Valencia Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

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Vietnamese Narratives: Breaking Silence and Censorship

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative

Experience the power of prose written in defiance of silencing by four Bay Area Vietnamese writers and performers. Join us to delve into how silence and censorship impact our lives and artistry. Share your reflections as we uncover the stories that these forces have shaped and inspired.

Speakers

Vina Vo

Vina Vo is a storyteller and facilitator who aims to bridge the cultural, generational, and geographic divide caused by displacement and diaspora. She is the co-editor for the anthology of this is my body published by Nomadic Press in 2019. She is the co-founder of the Novalia Collective... Read More →

Zora

Attendee

Zora Mai Quỳnh is an award-winning writer, dancer, visual artist, and performer whose writings appear in Ploughshares, Diacritics, Kweli Journal and Strange Horizons. Zora is the winner of the 2021 San Francisco Foundation Nomadic Press Literary Award. You can find Zora deep in... Read More →

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Adobe Books & Arts Cooperative 3130 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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about Vina Vo is a storyteller and facilitator who aims to bridge the cultural, generational, and geographic divide caused by displacement and diaspora. She is the co-editor for the anthology of this is my body published by Nomadic Press in 2019. She is the co-founder of the Novalia Collective and Creo Tea & Coffee

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¡Speaking Axolotl: El Lit Crawl Edition!

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT

Medicine for Nightmares

¡Come hear Spanglish Poesia, Bilingual Verses, Latinx Lyrics, y Neigjborhood Chisme at Speaking Axolotl, La Area Bahia’s long running monthly Latinx reading series as we present a hella special y chingon Lit Crawl edition!

Speakers

hector son of hector

hector son of hector is from Long Beach, CA and currently lives in Oakland. He isthe child of Mexican immigrants, works in a hospital, dreams of short stories andwrites poetry in secret.

Josiah Luis Alderete

Josiah Luis Alderete is a full blooded Spanglish speaking Pocho y left handed callejero de Aztlán who has been part of La Area Bahia’s spoken word scene for over twenty years. He is the curator and host of the long running Latinx reading series Speaking Axolotl and is the author... Read More →

María Guerrero

María Guerrero is a queer Chicanx femme who is proud of her Mexican raíces while being born in San Francisco and raised in Bayview-Hunters Point. She is an educator by day and a poeta at 3am when the musas won’t let her sleep.

Joseph Rios

Joseph Rios is the author of Shadowboxing: Poems and Impersonations (Omnidawn). He is from Fresno`s San Joaquin Valley. He`s been a gardener, a janitor, a packinghouse supervisor, and a handyman. He is a recipient of scholarships from the Community of Writers Workshop at Squaw Valley... Read More →

Saturday October 26, 2024 8:00pm - 9:00pm PDT
Medicine for Nightmares 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA

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