So now, gonna welcome up our two poets.
I'll introduce them at once and have a seat.
Remember to write a wish, don't forget to write a wish.
We'll put these up in the patriarchy later.
So first, Erik Loya-Tolano is going to come up.
He is a student at Sunnyside High
School here in South Tucson.
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He's the current youth slam champion for the city.
What?
A cool thing about him is that he was--
that he saved a baby bird last week.
If you want to know more about Spoken Futures,
you can look that up whilst you're here and support them.
And then Enrique García Naranjo will join us.
21-year-old poet, performer and pocho from Tucson.
Alliteration.
His work has been published in the Acentos Review.
I haven't published there, so that's badass.
Sunday Kinfolk and more.
He finished his third Borderlands theater production,
The Ghosts of Lote Bravo by Hilary Bettis.
And look up hashtag #mexellent to read his amazing L.A. Times
article on finding his voice in Tucson.
Please welcome Erik Loya and then Enrique García.
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Come on up.