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Speaking Axolotl

  • 3036 24th Street San Francisco, CA 94110 USA (map)

Come gather and hear decolonized verses, spanglish poesia, Latine spokenword, Pocho poems and neighborhood chisme at Speaking Axolotl, the Bay Area’s long running monthly Latine Reading series.

This month’s feature is Hector son of hector and zooming in from Mexico Jesus de la Garza.

10 slot open mic opens up a las 6;50pm

Jesús de la Garza (Montemorelos, México, 1994). Es autor delos libros de poesía Óxido silvestre (2019), La máquina de Warhol (2022), La máquina de Turing (2024), y Cuaderno de tinta extraña (2024); también de la obra de teatro La pierna(2021). Fue merecedor del Premio Internacional de Poesía Gonzalo Rojas Pizarro (2017) en Chile, finalista del Premio Nacional de Dramaturgia Joven Gerardo Mancebo del Castillo (2020) en México, ganador del premio Punto de Partida de la UNAM en la categoría de cuento (2023) y del Premio Nacional de Poesía Carmen Alardín (2024). Ha sido becario del Centro de Escritores de Nuevo León (2018) y del PECDA de Nuevo León (2020).

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

NOTA; Speaking Axolotl is a BIPOC reading series which means black and brown poets on the mic. Whyte folks are welcome to attend and listen but your presence is not required.


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