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Author Talk with Christina Vega

Work of Art: Creative Career Series for Teens & Young Adults

Meet local poet and publisher Christina Vega. Chat about the writing process and career paths in independent publishing. Ask Christina anything in an open Q&A and workshop your own writing.

Meet local poet and publisher Christina Vega. Chat about the writing process and career paths in independent publishing. Ask Christina anything in an open Q&A and workshop your own writing.

Christina Vega (they/them) is a Queer Chicana poet from the borderlands of Texas & New Mexico. Their mother is Anita Vega,and their grandmother is Aurora Vega. They live on Puyallup and Nisqually Land. Christina is also a parent. They are the publisher at Blue Cactus Press, where they make books that serve as tools and community resources for folks from historically marginalized groups. Christina’s sophomore poetry collection, Vega, was published by Blue Cactus Press in 2023. They published their first poetry collection, Maps, in 2017, and Decay, a chapbook co-published with  Winter Texts in 2022. Christina believes we have the power to reshape our communities with principles of Emergent Strategy, transformative justice, and collective laboring of love. They believe revolution starts at home. 

For more: 

• Join us for the Work of Art: Creative Career Series for Teens and Young Adults on the first and third Thursdays at 3:00pm.
• Join us for Poetry and Writing Club for teens on the second and fourth Thursdays at 3:00pm.

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