Come join us in our galleria for a very special night showcasing poets from Sampaguita Press!
Poets Reggie Imbat, Keana Aguila Labra, Ellie Lopez, Lorenz Mazon Dumuk, and David Maduli will be blessing us with their words.
Reggie Imbat (he/him) is an Ilocano Filipino from the Bay Area. He loves playing the guitar and watching movies with his best friends. His love language is bringing food over to the house and playing with cats.
Keana Aguila Labra (they/she) is a Cebuano-Tagalog Filipino from San Jose. They are the co-founder of SAMPAGUITA PRESS and their first full-length collection THE LANGUAGE OF UNBREAKING is forthcoming late 2024.
Ellie Lopez (she/her) is a photographer & storyteller from the 209. She is a community college dropout and failed music journalist. When she’s not ear hustling for the best chismes she writes poetry about grief, pop culture and her family chismes. Her work has been published in Sin Cesar (formally DRYLAND), Maria’s at Sampaguitas, and CWAA Fresno Flies, Cockroaches & Poets. “While in Mourning” is her first micro chapbook BuiLit Zine.
Lorenz Mazon Dumuk (he/they) is a poet, spoken word artist, and curator. He is a VONA alumni, and a MALI (Multicultural Arts Leadership Institute) alumni. Lorenz has two collections of poetry, Ay Nako: Writing Through the Struggle, and I Think In Poetry. Lorenz had curated various events such as ReWrite Open Mic, Glowing with the Moon, and the Eastridge Open Mic. His want to create a nourishing experience at his events, pushes his desire to connect communities and its people. An awkward adorable poet who sometimes gets caught doing hip circles before a reading.
David Maduli (he/him) born in San Francisco. His maternal grandmother lived into her 100s in her home in St. Mary’s Park not far from here. His poetry, often inflected by many years as a DJ, public school teacher and father, has received the Joy Harjo Poetry Prize. A longtime resident of East Oakland, Lisjan Ohlone land, David completed his MFA at Mills College with a fellowship in Community Poetics. In addition to his educational leadership work with schools and districts across the state and beyond, he is an instructor in the MFA in Writing program at Lindenwood University.
Sampaguita Press is a nonprofit independent micropress committed to serving underrepresented voices and communities who may not have access to traditional publishing spaces. We publish works by and for Black, Indigenous, and POC artists of all genders and LGBTQIA+ identities.