Speaking Axolotl

Speaking Axolotl La Area Bahia’s long running monthly Latinx reading series happens the third Thursday of each month. Come gather and hear decolonized verses, spanglish poesia,, Latine spoken word and neighborhood chisme. This month’s feature is Zander Moreno Lozano.

Zander Moreno Lozano is an Indigenous Mexican, transgender, poet born from the soil of Mexico City, Mexico. At 2 years old, he and his family immigrated to the United States to escape patriarchal abuse. Zander has been awarded fellowships with Brooklyn Poets, Queer Ancestor’s Project, Seventh Wave, and Genderfail. Zander’s poetry focuses on the intersection of identities, state violence, immigration, being transgender, and ancestral veneration. His poems have been previously published in The Hanging Lantern Review, ARTFAG, and The Ana.

10 slot open mic list goes up a las 6:50PM

NOTA; Speaking Axolotl is a BIPOC reading series which means the features and open mic readers are black and brown poets.…