Monday, 13 August 2018
The open mike starts at 8:00 (with sign-up prior to that). Raul will come on between 8:40 and 8:50 and give us 20 minutes or so of work.
Raúl is a translator currently working on the Spanish version of his inaugural collection “All Our Brown-Skinned Angels” nominated for the 2013 Washington State Book Award in Poetry. He translated the continuation of John Burgess’ “Punk Poems” included in the 2011 edition of “Graffito” by Ravenna Press. A 2014 Jack Straw Writers Alumni, as well as one of the mentors and judges for the 2014 Poetry on Buses Project. He participated in the TEDx Salon event in Yakima WA, October 24th 2014. He teaches annual Day of the Dead workshops in Seattle and Yakima. Currently a Poetry Mentor for the PONGO Teen Writing Project in the Juvenile Detention Center and a member of Seattle Arts and Lectures WITS, Writers in the schools program.
His website is: www.tlatlaliani.com/
See this recent profile on Raull here: https://www.nwdenizen.com/profiles/raulsanchez