Speaking Axolotl presents A Celebration Of Queer Poetics
Thu, Feb 19
|Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore
Come hear decolonized verses, spanglish poesia, Latine spokenword, Pocho poemas and neighborhood chisme at Speaking Axolotl, the Bay Area’s long running monthly Latine Reading series.
Time & Location
Feb 19, 2026, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore, 3036 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
About the event
10 slot open mic goes up a las 6:50PM. Open mic poets have 7 minutes to read.
This month Medicine for Nightmares is over la luna excited to be featuring poets from the new anthology A Celebration of Queer Poetics Anthology Vol. 1: The Magnolia Tree Gazing.
Featuring poets from the anthology:
María Esquinca is a Xicana poet, educator and journalist. A fronteriza, she was born in Ciudad, Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico and grew up in El Paso, TX. Her debut collection “Where Heaven Sinks” was the winner of the 2024 Andrés Montoya Prize, and was selected by Juan Felipe Herrera. She currently teaches English language learners in San Francisco.
Maribel Martínez (no pronoun, use name) is a Queer Chicanx brainanc, storyteller, and dream warrior from East San José, CA. Maribel shapeshifts between public policy, higher education, and the arts—performing and writing short stories, poems, plays, and napkin memoirs(and may even…