Join us at The Pop-Hop for an evening of radical, queer, witchcraft poetry! Tucson poet WYATT WELCH will perform an invocation, of course, and audience members are sure to get a perspective of the queer experience as Wyatt reads from their latest collection CAPITALISM CALLS POETRY LAZY and discusses the impacts of agent orange and other war-crimes.

Wyatt will be joined by LA poet LUIVETTE RESTO, of Women Who Submit, an LA non-profit focused on women and nonbinary writers. Luivette will read from her latest work, LIVING ON ISLANDS NOT FOUND ON MAPS.

WYATT WELCH grew up on the Interstates after being kidnapped by their father, a troubled veteran of the Vietnam War. A Floridian and long-time Tucsonan, questioning the boundaries of Self and the State has been the work of their recent poetry, alongside other poetic concerns such as living gay/transgender in the United States. Their debut book of poetry, Capitalism Calls Poetry Lazy, was released in 2022 by FlowerSong Press.

LUIVETTE RESTO, a mother, teacher, poet, and Wonder Woman fanatic, was born in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico but proudly raised in the Bronx. She is a CantoMundo and Macondo Fellow, and a Pushcart Prize nominee. She is on the Board of Directors for Women Who Submit, a non profit organization in Los Angeles focused on women and nonbinary writers. Her latest collection LIVING ON ISLANDS NOT FOUND ON MAPS is published by FlowerSong Press.