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Flor y Canto 2015 by Cesar Coraizaca

Flor y Canto 2016: Poetry Does Matter in Our Times

May 19, 2016
Evan Karp
Columns, Interview, Out Loud

Last year, San Francisco Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguía revived the Flor y Canto festival, which began its contemporary incarnation in the United States at the University…

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FLOR Y CANTO: international poetry festival, may 14–16

May 14, 2015
Evan Karp
Columns, I WOULD SAY, NEWS, Out Loud, Upcoming Events

In 1973, at the University of Southern California, some of the world’s greatest Latino and Chicano poets converged for the first contemporary Flor y Canto…

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CHEMICAL WEDDING: Clara Hsu w/David Wong, Alejandro Murguía, Garrett Pierce, Jason Morris, Ingrid Rojas Contreras + Second Cousins

April 15, 2015
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Playlists

Readings by Clara Hsu w/David Wong, Alejandro Murguia, Jason Morris and Ingrid Rojas Contreras, w/music by Garrett Pierce + Second Cousins for the fifth Chemical Wedding, a collaboration between Quiet Lightning, Name Drop Swamp Records,…

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VOZ SIN TINTA @ ALLEY CAT BOOKS: perhaps a result of the moon

February 21, 2014
Sarah Carpenter
Event Review, REVIEWS

Every second Thursday, Marguerite Muñoz and Jose Hector Cadena host Voz Sin Tinta, a reading series sponsored by S.F. Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguia that is held at Alley…

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SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL: readings in seven languages

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL POETRY FESTIVAL: readings in seven languages

August 11, 2012
Evan Karp
C4 YOURSELF, Playlists
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BARBARY COAST AWARD: ishmael reed

BARBARY COAST AWARD: ishmael reed

October 15, 2011
Evan Karp
Playlists

[youtube_video width=399 height=233]Barbary 2011[/youtube_video]

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WEEK IN PREVIEW: a book lover's dream come true

WEEK IN PREVIEW: a book lover’s dream come true

September 19, 2011
Nicole McFeely
Week in Preview

(Nicole McFeely) Featured Event: Wednesday, 9/21-Sunday, 9/25 – 47th Annual Big Book Sale We’re talking the West Coast’s largest book sale, here. Fort Mason’s Festival Pavilion welcomes over 500,000 books,…

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