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