!Tonight the San Francisco Flor y Canto International Literary Festival honors one of La Mission’s most beloved spoken word groups Los Delicados! Expect spoken word descarga and locura of the highest order tonight as we honor this foundational spoken word group with the community Teyolia Award.

Los Delicados were founded in the Mission District in 1996 during this neighborhood’s literary renaissance. Made up of Norman Antonio Zelaya, Darren J. de Leon, and Paul S. Flores—Los Delicados were a foundational force of poetry in La Mission renowned for pioneering a high-energy, multidisciplinary style known as "Word Descarga".