Join us for a very special evening of poetry and prose to celebrate the release of Huizache #11!
Featuring readings by Adela Najarro, Erik Manuel Soto, Gabriel Cortez, María Esquinca, Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta, Josiah Luis Alderete, Oswaldo Vargas. Hosted by Maceo Montoya
Adela Najarro has published four poetry collections, and in 2023 the California Arts Council appointed her as an Individual Artist Fellow. She serves on the board of directors for Círculo de poetas & Writers and works with the Latine/x community to promote the intersection of creative writing and social justice. Her latest book, Variations in Blue, is forthcoming.
Erik Manuel Soto is a Mexican American writer from the Bay Area. He recently earned his MFA from the University of Nevada, Reno, and his poems have appeared in Zaum Magazine, Volt 27, Drunken Monkeys, and the Nevada Poetry Project.
Gabriel Cortez is a Black biracial poet, educator, and organizer of Panamanian descent. He is a member of the artist collective Ghostlines and co-founder of The Root Slam. He currently serves on the board of Performing Arts Workshop and is the poet in residence at The Ecology Center and Shelterwood Collective.
María Esquinca is the winner of the 2024 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. She was born in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico and grew up in El Paso, TX. She was a James Michener Fellow at the University of Miami where she received her MFA. Her poetry has appeared in Michigan Quarterly Review, Waxwing, The Florida Review, Glass: A Journal of Poetry, Cream City Review, and others. Her book reviews and interviews have appeared in Adroit Journal and ANMLY. She’s currently based in Oakland, CA.
Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta is Latinx Jewish anarchist artist and poet. They are the author of two books of poetry, The Easy Body and La Movida.
Oswaldo Vargas is a former farmworker, a 2021 recipient of the Undocupoets Fellowship, and was featured in the Academy of American Poets’ “Poem-a-Day.” He has been anthologized in Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color and Puro Chicanx Writers of the 21st Century. His work can also be read in Narrative Magazine, The Common, and The West Trade Review. He lives in Sacramento, CA.