Josiah Luis Alderete – Poet, Co-owner, Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery


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Josiah Luis Alderete

Poet, Co-owner, Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery

Josiah Luis Alderete is a full blooded Pocho, Spanglish speaking poeta who has been an active part of la Area Bahia’s spoken word scene for over twenty years. He was a founding member of outspoken word group “The Molotov Mouths” and is the curator and host of the long running monthly Chicano/Latinx reading series Speaking Axolotl which happens the 3rd Thursday of every month in el Zoom mundo. Josiah’s book of poems, Baby Axolotls y Old Pochos is being released this year from Black Freighter Press.

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Medicine For Nightmares Bookstore and Gallery

Josiah Luis Alderete by Michelle Kilfeather

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