Liberation & Translation: Viva Padilla's Disruptive Poetry

Bilingual poet and all-around literary superstar Viva Padilla dives into the beautiful disruption of moths, love, and language in her poem “exhibición: polilla en pandemia” from our new Hunger issue.  Expo Poetry editor CD Eskilson is back from Season 1 to guide us through the literary journey. Read along at: http://expositionreview.com/issues/vol-vi-hunger/exhibicion-polilla-en-pandemia/#VivaPadilla About the Reader: Viva Padilla is a bilingual poet, writer, editor, and publisher born and raised in South Central Los Angeles. She’s the founding editor-in-chief of Dryland, an independent print literary journal established in 2015, and Hombre Lobo, an intergenerational book series documenting paranormal/supernatural stories experienced by Xicanx. She is a first-generation Chicana, a daughter of immigrants who crossed the border from Colima, Mexico. She also runs FUTURE NOW, a virtual Black and Brown reading and open mic series. She’s been an invited speaker at universities like CSU Dominguez Hills and CSU Fullerton, and international cultural institutions like Casa de las Américas in Havana, Cuba. Her work has been featured or is forthcoming in the L.A. Times, The Acentos Review, PANK, wearemitú, SAND, the Autry Museum, L.A. Forum for Architecture and Urban Design, the X LA Poets anthology, and others. She currently works at Tia Chucha Press and lives on the Eastside in Los Angeles. Links from the Podcast: Viva Padilla's website: https://vivapadilla.com/ Viva's Twitter: @anotchka Viva's Insta: @anotchka Dryland Literary Journal: https://drylandla.org/ Hombre Lobo:  13 True Xicanx Spooky Stories: https://drylandla.org/product/hombre-lobo-13-true-xicanx-spooky-stories-vol-1-2020/ Re/Arte Centro Literario: https://reartela.com/ Patria Coffee: https://www.patriacoffee.com/ House Party Flash 405 Writing Contest: http://expositionreview.com/2021/08/call-for-entries-flash-405-august-2021-house-party/ Help us spread the word!  Please download, review, and subscribe to Transposition. Thank you to Mitchell Evenson for intro and outro music, and the generous donations from our supporters that allow us to pay our authors.  Exposition Review is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas. Associate Producer: Mitchell Evenson Intro Music by Mitchell Evenson Hosted by Laura Rensing

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