San Mateo County Library Presents A Virtual Bookfest
Devorah Major, califia's daughter (Aquarius Press, 2020)
Devorah Major is San Francisco’s third Poet Laureate. She is an award- winning poet and fiction writer, creative non-fiction writer, performer, editor, and part-time senior adjunct professor at California College of the Arts. She is also poet-in-residence of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. https://aquariuspress.myshopify.com/products/califias-daughter
Jason Bayani, Locus (Omnidawn, 2019)
Jason Bayani is the author of Amulet (2013, Write Bloody Publishing). He’s an MFA graduate from Saint Mary’s College, a Kundiman fellow, and works as the Artistic Director for Kearny Street Workshop in San Francisco. Bayani performs regularly around the country, and debuted his solo theater show, Locus of Control, in 2016.
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James Cagney is a poet from Oakland. He is a Cave Canem Fellow and VONA alum, both programs that foster Black writers. He has performed in venues and museums throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. His first book, Black Steel Magnolias In The Hour of Chaos Theory, is out now by Nomadic Press.