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We're now on to our third
reader, Luivette Resto.

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Luivette Resto is a
mother, teacher, poet,

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and Wonder Woman fanatic.

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She was born in Aguas
Buenas, Puerto Rico

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but proudly raised in the Bronx.

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Her two books of poetry
Unfinished Portrait

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and Ascension have been
published by Tía Chucha Press.

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Some of her latest work
can be read in Anomaly,

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The Acentos Review, and in an
anthology titled What Saves Us:

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Poems of Empathy and Outrage
in the Age of Trump edited

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by Martín Espada.

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She is executive director of
Angels Flight Literary West

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magazine.

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Her latest poetry collection,
Promises are Coffee,

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is forthcoming by
Flower Song Press.

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She lives in the
San Gabriel Valley

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with her three children
otherwise known

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as her revolutionaries.

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Thank you, Luivette, for
being here with us today.