Poetry Projects
exquisites
co-host
2022-present
︎exquisites is a relaunched series collectively curated, co-organized with Em Marie Kohl. It is inspired by the practice of exquisite corpse, with each reader nominating others. Centering queer and trans poets, the series also references the archaic meaning of an exquisite, or “dandy.”
︎In 2022, exquisites hosted 37 poets and raised over $1k for organizations nominated by readers.
Maracuyá Peach
co-curator,cofounder
2019-2021
︎Maracuyá Peach was one of the popsicle flavors dreamed by poet viento izquierdo ugaz's father after waking from a coma. From this imagined combination comes a juicy new poetry series created by izquierdo ugaz and danilo machado in 2019. The series was then curated by with Devyn Mañibo, is by and for queer and trans poets of color working across media, languages, and diasporas, embracing the bilingual, the fruity, and the sticky.
︎The series has adapted to virtual readings which have fundraised to support the poets.
Readings
︎Reading Series of NY Taster, Brooklyn Bookfest Book Ends Event
︎MP #7: TV Dinner w/ Jan-Henry Gray & Tara Jayakar (Virtual)
︎ MP #6: Thirsty Thursdays: Café con Leche w/ ray ferreira, Jimena Lucero, Xan Phillips & Janelle Tan (Virtual)
︎MP #5: Thirsty Thursdays: Lavender Limonada w/ Inam Kang, Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, Francisco Marquez & viento izquierdo ugaz (Virtual)
︎ MP #4: Corazón De Melon @ Project Reach, Manhattan
︎ MP #3: Maví Night (Guest Curated by Cristóbal Guerra) @ Mil Mundos, Brooklyn
︎ MP #2: Hard Aguacate: Baby Queer Poems [Part of PEN America’s Lit Crawl ] / Books are Magic
︎ MP #1: Fruta Futures (Guest Curated by Jimena Lucero) @ Mil Mundos, Brooklyn
UndocuPoetry Week
co-curator, preformer
May 2020
︎Four days of readings between poets and organizers fundraising for the Connecticut UndocuFund.
Press
︎Hartford Courant, CT UndocuFund uses poetry to give voice and support to undocumented people struggling with economic meltdown