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Alejandro Murguía is the author of Southern Front and This War Called Love (both winners of the American Book Award). His non-fiction book The Medicine of Memory highlights the Mission District in the 1970s during the Nicaraguan Solidarity movement… read more
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From Mexico City to San Francisco’s Mission District, nothing comes easy—in life or in love. Here is an unstereotypical view of a world as treacherous as it is tender, as hilarious as it is heartbreaking. Authentic and honest, these nine stories focus on today’s Latino men, their strength and vulnerability, their fears and deepest desires. (read more)
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“People who live in California deny the past,” asserts Alejandro Murguía. In a state where “what matters is keeping up with the current trends, fads, or latest computer gizmo,” no one has “the time, energy, or desire to reflect on what happened last week, much less what happened ten years ago, or a hundred.” (read more)
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Events
June 26, 2018
Alejandro will be reading with Dan Katz at the North Beach Public Library, Greenwich and Lombard, San Francisco, Tuesday June 26, 6:30PM. The event is free and open to everyone. Alejandro will be reading new work.
Reading in honor of Ruben Dario
Saturday, January 27th, 2018, 6-8PM at Alley Cat Books on 24th Street in the heart of the Latino Cultural District, a reading in Spanish honoring the great Nicaragua poet Ruben Dario.
June 20th, 2016
The opening of Dog Eared Books Castro 489 Castro Street, San Francisco, CA 94114 6-10pm Alejandro Murguia will be reading at 7:30pm with Rebecca Solnit and other special guests!
May 1st, 2014
Poetry reading in celebration of Badger Books (formerly Red Hill Books) 10 year anniversary. Thursday May 1, 2014, 7-9pm, Badger Books, 401 Cortland Avenue, San Francisco, 94110
April 28, 2014
Poetry reading by Alejandro Murguia at CSU East Bay, Hayward, California
March 20, 2014
Benefit to promote Women’s Health Projects in Esteli, Nicaragua with poetry by Alejandro Murguia, plus food, wine, films, and silent auction. Eric Quesada Community Center, 6:30-9:30 pm, 518 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94119
March 13,2014
A celebration of the one year anniversary of Voz Sin Tinta poetry series sponsored by San Francisco Poet Laureate Alejandro Murguia with curators Marguerite Munoz and Jose Cadena. Thursday March 13, 2014, 6:30pm, Alley Cat Books, 24th Street, San Francisco, … Continue reading →
February 5th, 2014
7pm, City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue, San Francisco: Alejandro Murguia celebrates the release of his new collection of poetry from City Lights Books, STRAY POEMS. San Francisco Poet Laureate Series No. 6. These are poems of the 21st century, … Continue reading →
Dec 19
12/19: Reading at Reader’s Café, Fort Mason, SF, with Jose Hector Cadena, 6:30 PM
Sep 14 – Dec 29
Postcard Exhibition of Guillermo Kahlo Jewett Gallery, Main Library Sept 14 – Dec 29
News
Just Arrived!
February 4, 2014
New work from San Francisco’s first Latino Poet Laureate! “In the city of poets, Murguía has become the activist voice of refugees and exiles—as so many of us are, even as natives—at the center of the Americas. Disguised by its … Continue reading →