We are thrilled to welcome Josiah Luis Alderete to our Wednesday series of ten minute live Zoom readings.

7:30 - 7:40 pm (New York time)

Hosted by Thomas Fucaloro

The readings will be streamed live to our facebook page and you may also register to watch directly on Zoom. Registration for Zoom viewing is available through Eventbrite. Please register before 7:15 pm on the day of the event.

Josiah Luis Alderete is a full-blooded Pocho, Spanglish speaking poeta who first learned how to write poesia in the kitchen of his Mama’s Mexican restaurant. He was one of the founding members of the Bay Area outspoken word group “The Molotov Mouths” and is the curator and host of the long-running monthly Chicano/Latinx reading series “Speaking Axolotl”. This year he had the honor of being one of the recipients of the 2021 San Francisco Fondation/Nomadic Press Literary Award and also had his first book of poems, Baby Axolotls & Old Pochos, published by Black Freighter Press.