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BIPOC Reading Series
Rescheduled from September 25.
This monthly reading series is intended to prioritize the safety, creativity, and stories of Black people, Indigenous people, and People of Color.
Come listen to our featured readers, or sign up to share your work in our open mic. Readings will be followed by a short community discussion. Hosted by Kyle Yoshioka and Jessica Meza-Torres. The featured reader for this month is Marcus Lattimore.
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 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.
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.
Marcus Lattimore
Marcus Lattimore, a native of Duncan, South Carolina is one of the most decorated athletes in South Carolina history. A former Collegiate All American running back at the University of South Carolina - Marcus played for the Gamecocks for three seasons. Marcus was drafted in the 4th round of the 2013 NFL draft by the San Francisco 49ers where he spent two seasons after retiring from knee complications. Marcus is now a writer living in Portland, Oregon where he teaches Creative Writing at the Oregon Change Clinic. He was recently crowned Oregon’s 2024 Spoken Word Grand Slam Champion and competed in the National Competition in Atlanta. He enjoys exploring the Great Northwest with his wife Miranda and Dog Mocha.
