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Maracuyá Peach #5
Join us in the Zoomiverse for the return of Maracuyá Peach, a series for and by queer and trans people of color. This month, we're bringing you Thirsty Thursdays, virtually, but juicier than ever. Our first reading will feature Inam Kang, Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, Francisco Márquez, and Ximena Izquierdo Ugaz.
ABOUT MARACUYÁ PEACH
Maracuyá Peach was one of the popsicle flavors dreamed by poet Ximena Izquierdo Ugaz's father after waking from a coma. From this imagined combination comes a juicy new poetry series created by Ximena Alejandra Izquierdo Ugaz and Danilo Machado.
The series, currently curated by Danilo Machado and Devyn Mañibo, is by and for queer and trans poets of color working across media, languages, and diasporas, embracing the bilingual, the fruity, and the sticky.
ABOUT OUR READERS
Cyrée Jarelle Johnson is a librarian and writer from Piscataway, New Jersey. They hold a MS in Library and Information Science from Drexel University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University. He is the author of two books, SLINGSHOT (2019) and How Greek Immigrants Made America Home (2018). Cyrees work has appeared in The New York Times, Boston Review, Rewire News, The Root, and MOTHERBOARD/Vice. They have given speeches and lectures at The White House, TEDxColumbia University, Brown University, The University of Pennsylvania, community organizations, churches, festivals, and conferences throughout the United States.His work has been supported by Davis Putter Scholarship Fund, Astraea Foundation, Leeway Foundation, Disabled Writers, Culture/Strike, and the donations of countless community members who believe in what he does. > Venmo/Paypal @cyreejarelle
Inam Kang is a Pakistani-born poet, student, and curator. His work can be found in Winter Tangerine, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, AAWW'S The Margins, The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 3: Halal If You Hear Me and other journals and anthologies. He is the current Administrative Director of Winter Tangerine Workshops and splits his time working and living between Cleveland and Southeastern Michigan. > Paypal: inamkng@gmail.com
Ximena Izquierdo Ugaz is a multimedia artist, curator, and educator based in Lima, Perú. Her work primarily touches on the imprint of inter-generational trauma within her own family in relationship to place and migration.She is the visual arts co-curator at Nat. Brut and co-creator of recycled clothing brand ROGUE THEIF. Izquierdo Ugaz comes from a family of seamsters and has her own hand embroidery business and collection; Beso de Moza. In addition, Izquierdo Ugaz is the author of the self-published Standing in the Bathroom in the Dark Thinking About Green and El Mismo Pozo/The Same Well. Her work has appeared in FEELINGS and her first chapbook is titled Estoy Tristeza (No, Dear Magazine & Small Anchor Press, 2018). > Venmo: @besodemoza / Cashapp $besodemoza
Francisco Márquez is a poet from Maracaibo, Venezuela, born in Miami, Florida. His work appears in Brooklyn Rail, Narrative Magazine, and Bennington Review, among other publications. The recipient of fellowships from Tin House, The Poetry Project, and the Fine Arts Work Center, he is the winner of the 2020 Disquiet Prize in Poetry. A graduate of the MFA program at NYU, he lives in Provincetown, Massachusetts. > Venmo @Francisco-Marquez-1
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