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DESCRIPTION:Escape from LA, A Poetry Reading\n\nThree radical poets from L.A.are coming 
 to the Bay Area! They will be presenting “poems made of fire,” from 
 Matt Sedillo’s latest collection, Mowing Leaves of Grass; Nikolai 
 Garcia’s first chapbook, Nuclear Shadows of Palm Trees, and Dryland, a 
 literary journal born in South Central L.A., published and edited by Viva 
 Padilla.\n\nBIOS:\nBorn in El Sereno, California in 1981, Matt Sedillo 
 writes from the vantage point of a second generation Chicano born in an era 
 of diminishing opportunities and a crumbling economy. His writing - a 
 fearless, challenging and at times even confrontational blend of humor, 
 history and political theory - is a reflection of those realities. The 
 poetry of Matt Sedillo is in turn a shot in the arm of pure revolutionary 
 adrenaline and at others a sobering call for the fundamental restructuring 
 of society in the interest of people not profits. Passionate, analytical, 
 humorous and above all sincere, a revolutionary poet fortunate enough to be 
 living in interesting times, the artistry of Matt Sedillo is a clarion call 
 for all those who know a new world is not only possible but 
 inevitable.\n\nViva Padilla is a first-generation Chicana from South 
 Central L.A., a daughter of Mexican immigrants who crossed the border. She 
 has been in the trenches at the L.A. Times, Red Hen Press, and Punk Hostage 
 Press. In October she featured at Casa De Las Americas in Havana, Cuba for 
 their Coloquio Internacional Latinos en los Estados Unidos.\n\nNikolai 
 Garcia is all-city L.A. He grew up in South Central Los Angeles; graduated 
 from Birmingham High School in The Valley; went to East L.A. College (where 
 he studied Journalism and Creative Writing under Jean Stapleton and Carol 
 Lem, respectively); spent 12 years working in Skid Row; currently works in 
 East Hollywood, and has been sleeping in Compton for the last 15 years.\nHe 
 has been published in the anthologies, The Coiled Serpent: Poets Arising 
 from the Cultural Quakes and Shifts of Los Angeles, (Tia Chucha Press, 
 2016), & Extreme: An Anthology for Social and Environmental Justice, 
 (Vagabond Books, 2018), No Tender Fences, and in various literary journals. 
 He is a founding member of the Coleman Collective and is Assistant Editor 
 for Dryland, a literary arts journal based in South Central.\nPrice: $5 - 
 $10\n\n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/06/18830481.php
SUMMARY:Escape from LA, A Poetry Reading
LOCATION:Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/06/18830481.php
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