“I’m with the Banned" Poetic Justice with Aideed Medina

Pushcart Prize nominated poet and award-winning spoken word artist Aideed Medina joins us for an electrifying performance, in celebration of Banned Books Week and Hispanic Heritage Month.

Aideed Medina is a Pushcart Prize nominated poet, award winning spoken word artist and a playwright. She is a California Naturalist and practices "flor y canto" as part of her poetic process and exploration of California's natural history. Her work has appeared in Fresno State's Club Austral Literary Magazine, Chicano Writers and Artists Association Journal, La Bloga, Poets Responding, Art of the Commune, Split This Rock, Nueva York Poetry Review, Di-Liio Revista Literaria, Artivista Anthology, as part of a collection of original art songs composed for The Opera Remix, Fresno Grand Opera, and co-writer of Eclectic Collective plays: Encounter Intuitive and Artista Invisible. Aideed Medina is the author of Segmented Bodies (Prickly Pear Press) and 31 Hummingbird (Xingao).

All are welcome to this FREE event.

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