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Poet Josiah Luis Alderete writes about identity, culture, San Francisco gentrification and more in his book Baby Axolotls y Old Pochos.
Books by Tongo Eisen-Martin, Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Brontez Purnell, Shugri Said Salh and others brought comfort and insight this year.
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San Francisco’s 8th poet laureate: Tongo Eisen-Martin, a voice for the people byIvan Salinas Minutes before Tongo Eisen-Martin received the news that he was to become the eighth poet laureate of San Francisco, he was in the midst of recording poems for the San Francisco Public Library when a liaison helping him with the shoot asked him to join a Zoom meeting. Then came the moment Eisen-Martin had been waiting weeks for, San Francisco mayor London Breed appeared on the other end of the screen sharing the unexpected good news with him. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest news from...