Better Ancestors: Anastasia Lê, Zêdan Xelef, Tadeh Kennedy, Sandy Vasquez & Paola Ramirez
Quiet Lightning presents the 14th Better Ancestors, a quarterly series showcasing writers of color, at Mechanics’ Institute Library in San Francisco on June 20, 2024. Hosted by London Pinkney and featuring, in order of appearance:
Better Ancestors was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Read more about the series here. The above artists have each invited someone to perform at the next event in the series, which will be held on September 14 at China Camp State Park in San Rafael. Co-presented by California State Parks as part of our Poetry in Parks series, this event will also include our first in-person literary mixtape since March of 2020. We’re accepting submissions of all kinds of writing, through August 1 2024, here. Tickets and more to be announced soon at quietlightning.org.
Featured photo is a screenshot of the joint performance by Anastasia Lê and Zêdan Xelef