Sponsored by Yerba Buena Gardens FestivalPoetry + performances + music curated by local BIPOC/LGBTQ+ writers run ALL DAY alongside Litquake Small Press Book Fair w/ over a dozen local presses + small businesses. Limited seating provided. BYO blankets, food, bev, etc.
FREE, $10-15 suggested donation
Music: Roziht Eve
Program Manager: Giovanna Lomanto
11am-12:15pm
Out Loud: West Coast Prophecies & War Crimes
Uniting north & south of califas, we bring you a brown & black rebel yell! Conjuring. Complaining. Plotting. Politicizing. Punking. Mimi Tempestt presents her favorite generation of feminist musings to the battleground with performances from Tori Gesualdo, soledad con carne, and Lourdes Figueroa.
12:45pm-2pm
Out Loud: When The Smoke Comes: The Ballot Won't Save Us
Darius Simpson presents María Esqinca, Meilani Clay, and Kevin Madrigal Galindo—local poets who’ve made explicit political commitments to creating a better world outside of electoral structures with work that incites action, inspiration, curiosity, and the creativity needed for transforming reality.
2:30pm-3:45pm
Out Loud: Escape
Join RAWdance & Litquake’s Elder Project for a unique, collaborative blend of storytelling, dance, and dialogue. Featuring the personal narratives of former Catskills vacationers, including Elder Project’s 98-year-old Irene Zahler, brought to life by 826 Valencia, and excerpts from RAWdance's evocative dance performance "Escape,” inspired by the history of culturally-specific summer havens. Q&A to follow with the artists and storytellers, exploring the themes of memory, culture, and belonging.
11am-4pm
Litquake's Small Press Book Fair
Join a curated spread of small presses and literary magazines for the newly revived Litquake Book Fair in Yerba Buena Gardens! Browse the best in local literature set to a day of readings and performances from Litquake Out Loud, with a special section for presses formerly carried by Small Press Distribution.
Participating vendors include:
Aunt Lute Books
Alta Journal
Center for Sex & Culture
City Lights Publishers
Collective Book Studio
Foglifter Press & Journal
Heyday Books
Kelsey Street Press
Last Gasp Press
Mumblers Press
North Atlantic Books
Parapraxis Magazine
Pelekinesis
Philippine American Writers & Artists (PAWA)
PM Press
Sixteen Rivers Press
Somos en escrito Press
Stanford University Press
Transit Books
Two Lines Press
ZYZZYVA
Event Venue
Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, 760 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, United States,San Francisco, California
