Luz Magdaleno Flores, author at Chicago Reader

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Teatime with Lisa Low

by Luz Magdaleno Flores August 24, 2023November 27, 2023

On the warm summer night of Lisa Low’s recent chapbook release, I trekked on foot from Pilsen to Taylor Street’s Living Water Tea House, where many poets from Chicago and beyond came together to drink tea and celebrate the release of Crown for the Girl Inside. The Chicago-based writer’s poems have appeared in Copper Nickel, […]

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Arts & Culture

White people have Emily Dickinson, Mexicans have José Olivarez

by Luz Magdaleno Flores March 9, 2023March 9, 2023

The first time I met José Olivarez was in 2018, while organizing with Brown and Proud Press. BPP hosted a series of events we called “Cumbia & Stanzas” where poets shared the stage with DJs. We were so excited to welcome Olivarez, who graciously agreed to be a part of our Pilsen DIY event; this […]