"Huizache", reading presented by the SFPL
Sat, Jun 21
|Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore
As part of the San Francisco International Flor Y Canto Literary Festival, Huizache, the magazine of a new America, presents a very special poetry reading.
Time & Location
Jun 21, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore, 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
About the event
This event is presented in partnership with the SFPL. Participating poets are;
Yaccaira Salvatierra’s debut poetry collection, Sons of Salt, published by BOA Editions, was deemed one of the "Best Books for Adults 2024" by the New York Public Library. She has been a contributing poetry editor for Huizache and lives in Oakland, where she teaches literacy and poetry to youth.
María Esquinca is the winner of the 2024 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize, selected by Juan Felipe Herrera. Her debut poetry collection Where Heaven Sinks will be published in fall 2025. She was born in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, grew up in El Paso, TX, and is currently based in Oakland. María’s poetry was published in Huizache 11.
Lourdes Figueroa is a queer chicanx oral poet & poetry filmmaker. Based in the Bay Area, they have served as a family case manager, domestic violence advocate, housing advocate, interpreter, translator, and…