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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
Playlists

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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