Who: Angelica Julia Dávila, blake nemec, and S Yarberry

What: Poetry reading and performance, preceded by 30 min open mic

When: Wednesday, June 16 @ 7:00p (Open mic @ 6:30p)

Where: Blue Jay Cafe (1230 W Greenleaf Ave, Chicago, IL 60626)

Angelica Julia Dávila is author of poetry chapbook, Bilingual Bitch (Abode Press 2025). She is a multidisciplinary artist that focused on writing, comedy, and performance. She received her PhD from the Program for Writers at University of Illinois Chicago. Her literary work has been published in a variety of magazines, and she was an invited poet for 2024’s Poesía en Abril (International Festival of Spanish Poetry in Chicago). She was also a featured poet in “Pop-up Gallery Readings with Contratiempo” as part of ECOS: A Chicago Latine Poetry Festival by the Poetry Foundation. Her work is an exploration of the Latinx and bilingual identity, autistic self-expression, and mental borderlands.

blake nemec is a Somatic Coach, City Colleges of Chicago lecturer, and mushroom hobbyist. He is the author of Sharing Plastic, and ongoing sound or writing projects supporting abolition, the decriminalization of unprotected bodies and the musicalities of conversation. More of hir work can be found at: blakenemec.net

S. Yarberry is a trans poet and writer. Their poetry has appeared, or is forthcoming, in AGNI, Guernica, Tin House, Indiana Review, jubilat, The Boiler, miscellaneous zines, among others. They currently run the little magazine Tyger Quarterly. S. has their MFA in Poetry from Washington University in St. Louis and is now a PhD candidate in literature at Northwestern University where they study William Blake. They have a chapbook called To Seem the Stranger published by Bottlecap Press and their first full-length book of poems, A Boy in the City, is out now from Deep Vellum.

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