This afternoon in our galeria a gaggle of Nomadic press poets gather for a good old fashioned CHAPBOOK JAM!

RACHELLE ESCAMILLA IS AN AWARD-WINNING CHICANA POET FROM THE CENTRAL COAST OF CALIFORNIA. SPACE JUNK FROM THE HEAVENLY PALACE IS HER THIRD COLLECTION OF POETRY.

YEVA JOHNSONIS PUSHCART PRIZE-NOMINATED POET AND MUSICIAN AND MEMBER OF QTPOC4SHO, A SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA ARTISTS’ COLLECTIVE. ANALOG POET BLUES IS YEVA’S DEBUT CHAPBOOK

ANTMENANTMEN PIMENTEL MENDOZA (SHE, HE) IS THE AUTHOR OF THE CHAPBOOK MY BOYFRIEND APOCALYPSE (NOMADIC PRESS, 2023). ANTMEN IS A WRITER, THE ACTING CO- DIRECTOR OF THE MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITY CENTER AT UC BERKELEY, AND A STUDENT AT THE RAINIER WRITING WORKSHOP AT PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY

KIMBERLY ACEVEDO AKA LA FEMME PAPI(THEY/SHE)IS A FIRST GENERATION SALVADORAN AMERICAN ARTIST, DJ, EDUCATOR AND TRAUMA INFORMED+EXPERIENCED TRANFORMATIONAL HEALING COACH.

RYAN NAKANO IS AN OKINAWAN/JAPANESE AMERICAN POET, JOURNALIST AND ASPIRING BIRDER CURRENTLY LIVING IN HUCHIUN, ON THE UNCEDED LANDS OF THE LISJAN OHLONE (OAKLAND, CA) WITH HIS WONDERFUL PARTNER AND CAT. HIS POEMS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED IN RIKSHA MAGAZINE AS WELL AS VOICEMAIL POEMS, AND HIS FIRST CHAPBOOK, I AM MINOR, WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED WITH NOMADIC PRESS IN FEBRUARY. WHEN HE HAS TIME, HE CONTRIBUTES TO THE NICHI BEI WEEKLY AS AFREELANCE WRITER. CURRENTLY HIS GOOGLE DRIVE INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO;SEVERAL CHILDREN’S BOOK MANUSCRIPTS, AN ORAL HISTORY ON OKINAWAN DIASPORA,SONG LYRICS AND A FULL-LENGTH BOOK OF POETRY IN THE WORKS.

EDWARD GUNAWAN (HE/THEY) IS AN INTERDISCIPLINARY STORYTELLER. THE AUTHOROF START A RIOT! CHAPBOOK PRIZE-WINNING THE WAY BACK (FOGLIFTER PRESS, 2022) AND PRESS PLAY (SWEET LIT, 2020), HE HAS COMPLETED OVER 25 FEATURE AND SHORT FILMS AS WRITER, PRODUCER, ACTOR, AND/OR DIRECTOR. AN INDONESIAN-BORN CHINESE QUEER IMMIGRANT, EDWARD NOW RESIDES ON OHLONE LAND IN OAKLAND, CA WHERE HE HOSTS AND CURATES CREATIVE COMMUNITY GATHERINGS. MORE INFO AT ADDWORD.COM.

LOURDES FIGUEROA IS AN ORAL POET. HER POEMS ARE A DIALOGUE OF HER LIVED EXPERIENCE WHEN HER FAMILY WORKED IN EL AZADÓN IN YOLO COUNTY. THE WORDS EL AZADÓN ARE USED BY THE ONES WHO WORK IN THE FIELDS — THE WORK OF TILLING THE SOIL UNDER THE BLISTERING SUN. SHE IS THE AUTHOR OF THE CHAPBOOKS YOLOTL AND RUIDOS = TO LEARN SPEAK, COMPLETED DURING HER ALLEY CAT BOOKS RESIDENCY. HER CHAPBOOK VUELTA WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY NOMADIC PRESS. SHE WORKS AND LIVES IN OAKLAND WITH HER WIFE, FILMMAKER, PEGGY PERALTA. SHE IS A NATIVE OF LIMBO NATION. LOURDES CONTINUES TO BELIEVE IN THE HEART AND THE LUNG.