Poet and educator Veronica Reyes considers a lot of communities “home”.
Her writing becomes a “bridge”, connecting members of the LGBT community, the academic community, and the literary one. Her gift is also influenced by the geographic communities in which she has lived and taught–which include Birmingham, England; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and Berlin, Germany.
But Veronica’s first community, always, is East L.A., where she grew up. In her new book, Chopper! Chopper! Poetry From Bordered Lives, she evokes both the beauty and the hard edges of the neighborhood at the core of her identity.
Veronica talked about her writing, her new book and her work teaching writing at the college level, and read some of her poetry.
Veronica Reyes will be reading from her new book, “Chopper! Chopper! Poetry From Bordered Lives” in the author’s lounge during San Gabriel Valley Pride’s 2013 Pride Festival, taking place Saturday, September 28th, 11 am to 6 pm, at Pasadena’s Memorial Park, at Holly and Raymond.
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