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BIPOC Reading Series – June

Wed, Jun 26, 2024 from 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm PDT
Literary Arts
716 SE Grand Ave Portland, OR 97214
Jessica Meza-Torres, Kyle Yoshioka

Hosted by Kyle Yoshioka and Jessica Meza-Torres, this monthly reading series is intended to prioritize the safety, creativity, and stories of Black people, Indigenous people, and People of Color.

For the month of June, YOU are the featured reader! Join us for an open mic night with some writing prompts and fun!

This event is open to everyone, but only people who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color will be invited to read. If you have any questions, please contact Jessica Meza-Torres at jmezatorres24@gmail.com or Kyle Yoshioka at kyle.yoshioka@gmail.com.

Jessica Meza-Torres

Jessica Meza-Torres

Jessica Meza-Torres is from San Jose, CA. She is a co-host at the BIPOC Reading Series, sometimes writer, sometimes designer, and always Mexican. She writes about the light at the end of the tunnel.
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Kyle Yoshioka

Kyle Yoshioka

Kyle Yoshioka thinks and writes a lot about belonging. He is the founder and editorial director of Provecho, a publication about the intersection of food and identity, and co-hosts the BIPOC Reading Series at Literary Arts. His writing projects have been supported by the Independent Publishing Resource Center, the McCormack Writing Center Workshop (formerly the Tin House Workshop), and the Andy Warhol Foundation's Precipice Fund. Kyle is working on his debut novel about a multigenerational Japanese American family that explores whether inheritance is destiny.

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