FlowerSong Press nurtures essential verse from, about, and through the borderlands. Join three FlowerSong authors—Marisol Cortez, Sonia Gutiérrez, Mauricio Novoa, Benito Pastoriza Iyodo—as well as FlowerSong publisher and author Edward Vidaurre, as they discuss their latest works and verse that explores food, sacred spaces, colorism, ill-timed love, and working class survivalism.

In partnership with FlowerSong Press

• Moderator: Edward Vidaurre
• Format: This is a live, virtual event on CrowdCast (RSVP link above).
• Chat: Feel free to use the chat box in CrowdCast to share your thoughts and virtually cheer for and share kudos with the session’s participants! Disorderly comments will be removed immediately. Please refer to the code of conduct.
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Marisol Cortez, Sonia Gutiérrez, Mauricio Novoa, Edward Vidaurre, Benito Pastoriza Iyodo, Luz at Midnight, Dreaming with Mariposas, Memorias From The Beltway, Pandemia & Other Poems, Hominis Aurora