Come gather and hear Decolonized Verses, Spanglish Poesia,, Latine 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 Angel Dominguez!

10 slot open mic list goes up a las 6:50pm

Angel Dominguez is a Latinx poet and artist of Yucatec Maya descent, born in Hollywood and raised in Van Nuys, CA by their immigrant family. They now live amongst the Santa Cruz Mountains in Bonny Doon, CA. They’re the author of Desgraciado (the collected letters) (Nightboat Books, 2022), ROSESUNWATER (The Operating System, 2021) and Black Lavender Milk (Timeless, Infinite Light, 2015). They were the 2021 Mazza writer in residence for San Francisco State University and have shared their work across the country in various venues, universities, and states of consciousness. You can find Angel’s work online and in print in various publications. You can find Angel in the redwoods or ocean. Black Lavendar Milk(the 10th Anniversary Edition) was published this year by Noemi Press.