Second Tuesday Poetry Reading featuring Cristina Sandoval & Manny Moreno

The‌ ‌Modesto-Stanislaus‌ ‌Poetry‌ ‌Center‌ ‌features‌ ‌poets Cristina Sandoval and Manny Moreno for the November installment‌ ‌of‌ ‌Second‌ ‌Tuesday‌ ‌Poetry.‌ ‌Join‌ ‌us‌ ‌to hear these two poets read for us as first-time featured poets on Tuesday,‌ November 9, at‌ ‌7‌ ‌pm‌, ‌on‌ ‌Google Meet. Hosted‌ ‌by‌ ‌Stella‌  ‌Beratlis‌ ‌with‌ ‌open‌ ‌mic‌ ‌following‌ ‌the‌ ‌featured‌ ‌readers.‌ ‌ 

Google Meet link: https://meet.google.com/yzr-effe-nrh
Otherwise, to join by phone, dial +1 760-654-5100 and enter this PIN: 914 592 889#

Sign up for Open Mic: https://forms.gle/v8J9cK9RXn4YDwwc9

CRISTINA SANDOVAL

Cristina Sandoval is an MFA student at Fresno State University and a poet to the bone. Cristina has been a purveyor of words since she can remember. She is a proud Chicana and is desperately in love with language. She often mixes her two languages, Spanish and English, in an attempt to bridge the beauty and hurt in both. Her work often focuses on family, mental health, and finding meaning in the terrible. She has two books on Amazon, Moon Ride, and We Need Bad Bitches. Her work has been featured in Penumbra, Artifact Nouveau, Exist(ir), and Dystopian Dance Party. Her thesis work is centered around the nature of family, culture, and hair. She is from Modesto, California, and now lives in Fresno. And if you were wondering, yes, she misses Mr. T’s Donuts! 

MANNY MONOLIN

Monolin “Manny” Moreno is the author of four books, the most recent of which is a collection of poems, Longview Road. Manny’s previous works include Scared–Coming Full Circle: A Memoir; his first poetry collection, The Bridge Is Gone; and The Elder: A Tribute, about the importance of elders in the community and about two Native American elders in particular. 

His poems are about growing up in Livingston, where his family’s roots were established in the early 1900s, and about a wide range of topics. 

Manny is a Member of the Black Wolf Honor Society Gourd Clan, a member of Native American Church and Sundances yearly in South Dakota. Manny is of  Yaqui/Tarascan descent. Manny has been featured in interviews on Native Voice TV, Channel 10, Sacramento and Company, KKUP Radio/Indian Time and Two Roads Productions. He has been a speaker at Modesto Junior College and various events. He was nominated for the Pushcart Award in 2011.

ACCESS THE READING: 

Google Meet: To join the video meeting, click this link: meet.google.com/yzr-effe-nrh

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