Come gather and hear Decolonized Verses, Spanglish Poesia,, Latinx Spoken Word and neighborhood chisme at Speaking Axolotl, the Bay Area’s long running monthly Latinx Reading series.

!This month our feature is none other than Lorna Dee Cervantes!

Born in San Francisco, raised in San José, Barrio Horseshoe, Lorna Dee Cervantes was a self-taught activist by 15, taught herself how to run her own printing press and was Founding Editor/Publisher of MANGO Publications at 20, and the author of EMPLUMADA at 24. A XícanIndX poet (Chumash/Purépecha), Cervantes (PhD, History of Consciousness) was a Professor of English for 20 years at CU Boulder, serving as Director of Creative Writing. Awarded 2 NEA Fellowships, 2 Pushcart Prizes, a Lila Wallace/Readers Digest Award, state arts grants, Best Book awards for 6 books of poetry including EMPLUMADA and APRIL ON OLYMPIA, Cervantes now lives and writes in Seattle.

Open mic lista goes up a las 6:50pm first come first served.