Three distinguished poets present poems “during a time of upheaval.”

Xochi Candelaria hails from San Juan Bautista and has taught at City College of San Francisco since 2008, with two books of poems and publication in a number of magazines to her credit.

Carrie Mei-Lin Mar, the great-granddaughter of a railroad laborer, has published one volume of her poems with another, Water Guest, due out this year. Born in San Francisco, she teaches health education at a local high school.

Of Camille Roy’s work, Robert Glück has said, “Camille Roy’s skittish predatory language stalks the inexplicable, then pounces. Her nasty, luscious stories and poems make up a dyke coming-of-age novel, set not in the American family, but in our traveling explosion of body-race-class-gender… Essential reading for anyone who likes to see great writing meet the jumpy side of life.”