

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Tian Sanchez-Ballado w/ Every Fig Has a Wasp Inside
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Event Description**: Midtown Reader invites you to an evening with Tian Sanchez-Ballado as he discusses his groundbreaking debut poetry book with Creative Writing PhD candidate Chloe Rodriguez. ABOUT THE BOOKIn Every Fig Has a Wasp Inside, Tian Sanchez-Ballado excavates the body - queer, CubaRican, Southern, chronically ill - and asks what it means to carry what cuts and feeds you in the same breath.These poems are not an exorcism. They are what happens when the haunting stays.Here: Wasps dissolve into figs. Lunchables erase pastelitos. Insurance companies feast on your bones. What devours you becomes sweetness.This isn't a coming-of-age story. It's what survival looks like when it lingers.Not confession - canon.Not healing - staying.Like the fig that needs the wasp's body to fruit, these poems know:That tenderness has teeth.That inheritance is both wound and offering.That sometimes, the sweetest thing you can do is refuse to be digested.ABOUT THE AUTHORTian Sanchez-Ballado is a CubaRican-American poet, author, musician, and teacher. His Southern Gothic, post-lyric work examines how trauma, illness, and identity pass through families—what gets inherited in blood, silence, and ritual. Writing from Florida's queer margins, his poems bear witness to survival: living with chronic illness, navigating inheritance, and finding sweetness despite life's stings. A classically trained artist, educator, and scholar, he pursues his second doctorate—a PhD in String Music Education with orchestral conducting emphasis at Florida State University—and serves as Director of Education and Artistic Operations for Tallahassee Youth Orchestras, researching neuroscience, string pedagogy, and student-centered methods.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tallahassee/tian-sanchez-ballado-w-every-fig-has-a-wasp-inside/80003763672397
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://midtownreader.com/event/2026-04-22/tian-sanchez-ballado-w-every-fig-has-wasp-inside

## Event venue details

- **city**: Tallahassee
- **state**: FL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Midtown Reader & the Piebrary
- **lat**: 30.4551499
- **long**: -84.2777139
- **full address**: Midtown Reader &amp; the Piebrary, 1123 Thomasville Rd, Tallahassee, FL 32303, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 8
- **organizer**: caylee wilson (https://allevents.in/org/caylee-wilson/19480693)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 22 Apr, 2026 at 06:30 pm (-04:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Midtown Reader &amp; the Piebrary, 1123 Thomasville Rd, Tallahassee, FL 32303, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** caylee wilson
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Tian Sanchez-Ballado w/ Every Fig Has a Wasp Inside ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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