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Best of Poetry Slam

A performance as part of the 1993 Spring Reading Series featuring the slammers who were chosen by Houston audiences at The Paradox’s weekly Poetry Slams (Organized by Wade Chandler).

Belinda Acosta and David Brown: A Reading

Part of the 1993 Spring Reading Series. Acosta is a feminist writer and performer from Austin who celebrates the Chicanas and Mexicans of the Midwest. Brown was formerly the literary curator at DiverseWorks and moved on to be the Education Coordinator at Fotofest and...

Erik R. Cork and Jere Talley: A Reading

The 1993 Spring Reading Series kicked off with these two Houston writers. Cork is a poet, essayist, singer, songwriter, speaker, and performer as well as an actor and writer-in-residence for the University of Houston’s Writers in the Schools program. Talley is a...

Sophia Torres: La Canción De Eustolia

This dance/theater performance work created by Houstonian Sophia Torres tells the story of her grandmother, a 104-year-old Mexican woman, Eustolia de Luna Hernandez, through movement, music, song, and spoken word. This project was originally funded by the New Forms...