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I was thrilled to be able to attend a special Mangos with Chile show on Sunday night at Bluestockings in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, NYC. I was thrilled not just because I consider the founders, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Ms Cherry Galette, dear amig@s, nor because dear amig@s of mine have performed under the spicy sweet banner, pero because the center is queer, trans, and gender non conforming artists of color.

Sunday night, people packed the bookstore and activist center to bear witness to the words and work of Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Victor Tobar, Ignacio Rivera and, Jai Dulani.

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Hard at something like workIf you’re in the Lower East Side of NYC tonite, stop in at Bluestockings where I’ll be reading a poetic history of my life in the mami’hood as part of the Mama Storytelling Salon. Other Mama’s who will be reading tonite are Jennifer Silverman, Kerry Cohen, & Vikki Law. The reading is set to jump off at 7pm.

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jlagfrontcover-sm.jpgJoin editor Michelle Sewell and contributors Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Maegan “la Mala” Ortiz, Sara Herrington, Jade!, Ellen Hagan, Tanisha Christie, Penelope Laurence, and K. Coleman Foote for a sizzling, provocative, and boundary pushing reading.

Saturday, October 11, 2008 – 7:00pm
Bluestockings Books
172 Allen Street
New York, NY
www.bluestockings.com

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