As part of San José Poetry Festival 2020, the ever popular Los Angeles-based Salvadoran poet Yesika Salgado leads a poetry writing workshop for those who want to delve in the soul of their poetry. This workshop will be held on Zoom and will open up 15 minutes prior so that folks can get comfortable. Please have writing utensils and any snacks or beverages handy. This workshop is expected to run more than two hours.

Please note: Due to an unexpected scheduling conflict, the time of this workshop has been moved to noon.

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Yesika’s workshop description: “Attendees will be guided through a step by step process of writing a poem. We will explore imagery and the five senses as poetic devices that help us get to the heart of our story, allowing our work to become more honest, relatable, and transformative.”

Yesika Salgado is a Los Angeles based Salvadoran poet who writes about her family, her culture, her city, and her fat brown body. She has shared her work in venues and campuses throughout the country. Salgado is a 2017 and 2018 National Poetry Slam finalist. Her work has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, Teen Vogue, Univision, Vibe Magazine, Huffington Post, CNN, NPR, TEDx, and many digital platforms. She is an internationally recognized body-positive activist and the writer of the monthly column Suelta for Remezcla. Yesika is the author of the best-sellers Corazón, Tesoro, and Hermosa, published with Not a Cult.

San José Poetry Festival 2020

Want more poetry? Check out the rest of the San José Poetry Festival 2020 lineup. The sixth annual San José Poetry Festival celebrates our community’s diverse ethnic and cultural heritage with a wide range of topics and literary styles reflected in performances, workshops, and a small press fair. This year, the festival will move online to keep our community safe while keeping us all connected.

San José Poetry Festival 2020 is presented by Poetry Center San José and is sponsored in part by: Festival and Cultural Affairs grants from the City of San José; a grant from SVCreates, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara and the California Arts Council; funding from Poets & Writers; and with support from Anne & Mark's Art Party and The Center for Literary Arts. We would like to acknowledge and offer our deepest gratitude to our originally booked live venues for this festival: the Art Boutiki, Books Inc., Caravan Lounge, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library, Forager, History/San José, Recycle Bookstore, and Works/San José.

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