Thursday, March 12, 2020

POSTPONED: Askew Reading Series, feat. Angelina Saenz, Nikolai Garcia, March 14

SHOW POSTPONED DUE TO PANIC AND HYSTERIA OVER "EVENT 201" PANDEMIC CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 BILL GATES WUHAN FLU

Angelina Sáenz, MFA (Creative Writing) is a poet born and raised in urban Los Angeles, whose work focuses on memory, mujeres, and motherhood. An LAUSD public school teacher, she is constantly inspired by the daily dynamics of family life, classroom, and community. Angelina is a UCLA Writing Project fellow, an alumna of the VONA/Voices Workshop for Writers of Color, and a Macondo Writer’s Workshop Fellow. Her work has appeared in Diálogo, Split this Rock, Out of Anonymity, and Angels Flight Literary West. She hosts the monthly poetry reading series La Palabra ("The Word," avenue50studio.org/la-palabra) in Northeast Los Angeles.
Nikolai Garcia is all-city Los Angeles, who grew up in South Central L.A. and graduated from Birmingham High in the Valley. He attended East L.A. College, where he studied journalism and creative writing with Jean Stapleton and Carol Lem, respectively. He spent 12 years working on Skid Row and currently works in East Hollywood, while sleeping in Compton. He has been published in Coiled Serpent (Tia Chucha Press), Extreme (Vagabond Books), and various literary journals. He is currently the assistant editor of Dryland (drylandla.org).

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  1. This Event has been cancelled due to Public Safety measures. We will reschedule on another date.

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