About this Event
Four writers across literary genres read their work and discuss the impact of words on communities under assault. Featuring Désirée Zamorano, Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera, Rosanna Alvarez, and Veronica Gutierrez.
Doors Open: 7:00 PM I Readings: 7:30 PM
About the authors
Los Angeles native is the author of the groundbreaking, historical fiction novel Dispossessed and the recently republished novel, The Amado Women. An award-winning writer, her work is an exploration of where cultures collide and connect. The University of Nevada is publishing Amarisa’s Cooking Pot: Tales of Life and All Its Wonders, a collection of her stories, in 2026. She is the Senior Fiction Editor of Silk Road Journal. Up until January 7th she had lived in Altadena for 26 years.
Rosanna Alvarez is a Chicana storyteller, educator, Aztec dancer, and visual artist whose work thrives at the intersection of cultura, creativity, and comunidad. A woman of many hats—literally and artistically—her practice spans poetry, performance, publishing, and handcrafted art that honors memory and movimiento. A silver medalist for the Juan Felipe Herrera Best Book of Poetry Award, she is the author of Braided [Un]Be-Longing, a collection that weaves poetry, testimonio, and ancestral echoes into a journey of healing and reclamation. Through every medium, Rosanna invites others to dream, heal, and dismantle fronteras as we co-create a future rooted in dignity, humanidad, and collective joy. She is also the co-founder of Eastside Magazine, the founder of Ocote Libre Press, and an Ethnic Studies educator at West Valley College.
Chicana Feminist and former Rodeo Queen, Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera writes so the desert landscape of her childhood can be heard as loudly as the urban chaos of her adulthood. A former high school teacher, she earned an MFA at Antioch University and a PhD at USC. She is the author of a YA novel, Breaking Pattern (Inlandia Books), which received Honorable Mention for First Book of Fiction in English from the International Latino Book Awards, and a prose chapbook, Stories All Our Own (Bottlecap Press). She is a playwright, a Macondista, and works for literary equity through Women Who Submit.
Veronica Gutiérrez is the author of the Yolanda Avila mystery series: As You Look and Buried Seeds (Bella Books). She is a former community organizer, civil rights attorney, and corporate executive. She draws from years of experience in those worlds for her fiction. Veronica was born and raised in Boyle Heights, the Los Angeles neighborhood that her protagonist, Yolanda Avila, calls home. Veronica and her wife Laura split their time between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Both are home bar enthusiasts and avid travelers. They host cocktail-lesson-themed fundraisers—called Mixology on a Mission—to help Los Angeles non-profits grow their donor base. Veronica self-published My Little Black Cocktail Book, a journal to organize her research and help others do the same. Veronica claims she is not as psychic as her protagonist. www.veronicagutierrez.com.
About Beyond Baroque
is one of the United States' leading independent Literary | Arts Centers and public spaces dedicated to expanding the public's knowledge of poetry, literature and art through cultural events and community interaction. Founded in 1968 as an experimental literary magazine, Beyond Baroque is based out of the original City Hall building in Venice, California. The Center offers a diverse variety of literary and arts programming including readings and workshops. The building also houses a bookstore with a large collection of new poetry books for sale.
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If you are attending in person, ticket purchase is required. Tickets will be available at the Beyond Baroque bookstore on the day of the event, but we recommend registering in advance through Eventbrite. Masks are encouraged while inside our center. Please arrive early.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 11.49
