Program Type:
Author Talk, Community Engagement, Cultural Appreciation, Literature, One Book, One San Diego, Performing ArtsAge Group:
All AgesProgram Description
Event Details
Poetry reading from San Diego Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez/San Diego Poetry Futures 2024, in Celebration of Filipino American History Month. In addition to his own works, Perez will include readings from Filipino American poets, take questions, and then collaborate on a group poem at the end as time permits.
Bio
Jason Magabo Perez serves as San Diego Poet Laureate 2023-24. Perez is the author of Phenomenology of Superhero (Red Bird Chapbooks, 2016), This is for the mostless (WordTech Editions, 2017), and I ask about what falls away (Kaya Press, 2024). Perez’s work has appeared in Interim, Witness, The Feminist Wire, Marías at Sampaguitas, TLDTD, San Diego Union-Tribune, NPR's Here & Now, among others. Recipient of a Challenge America Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, previous Artist-in-Residence at the Center for Art and Thought, and current Poet Laureate Fellow with Academy of American Poets, Perez has performed at notable venues such as the National Asian American Theater Festival, International Conference of the Philippines, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, La Jolla Playhouse, and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. Perez serves as a core organizer of The Digital Sala and as an Associate Editor at Ethnic Studies Review. Perez is an Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies at California State University San Marcos.
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