Mar 02 2025 113 mins
In Volume Five: Chapter Seven, we welcome the Author of the book "Las Bugambilias: A Bilingual Queer Novel" Lalo León.
Lalo was born and raised in Southern New Mexico near the U.S. Border with Mexico. He holds a structural engineering degree from New Mexico State University, a Master's Degree in architecture from Arizona State University, and is a retired Mariachi. “Las Bugambilias" is a work which reflects on his experience of being a conversion therapy survivor and how the interplay of Latino and American cultures have an impact on immigrant stories.
Contact Lalo:
Instagram: @thelaloleon
Website: thelaloleon.com
Featured Performance Poets in This Chapter:
Sarah Kay – Unreliable
Instagram: @kaysarahsera Website: kaysarahsera.com
Anna Maria Morris – A Love Poem For Myself
Instagram: @annamariamorris
Website: annmariamorris.com
Danez Smith – Waiting On You To Die So I Can Be Myself
Instagram: @danez_smif
X: danez_smif
Jasmine Mans – You Gon'Get This Work
Instagram: @poetjasminemans Website: jasminemans.com
Jay Ward – Gentrification
Instagram: @jward2030
Website: jwardpoetry.com