I’m thrilled to be vending in San Antonio for the San Anto Zine Fest on 12/09/23. I’m working on possibly releasing some new stuffffff. Only one way to find out! Come thruuuuu on 12/09/23.
Check out all the incredible vendors also participating in the festival.
It is an absolute honor to present at the Association for Writers and Writing Programs Conference on March 7, 2020 in San Antonio, TX.
I’m beyond ecstatic to be in conversation with these brilliant creators. My most profound gratitude to Tash and Isa of St. Sucia for organizing this panel.
Check out the info below.
S260. Latinx in Zines: Creating Space for Underrepresented Voices
Room 212, Henry B. González Convention Center, Meeting Room Level
Saturday, March 7, 2020
3:20 pm to 4:35 pm
Natasha Hernandez, chicana editor of St. Sucia, international feminist zine, will moderate Anakaren Ortiz Varela, queer Mexican editor of La Liga, a decolonial latinx zine, Rebecca Gonzales, WOC whose work explores East LA roots and life, Yeiry Guevara, writer and translator whose poetry explores Salvadoran American identity, and Breena Nuñez, a grad student and cartoonist whose work explores Afrolatinx nonbinary identity. We will explore panelists’ zine journeys and how they have used this space to challenge the larger literary world.
View this post on InstagramA post shared by St. Sucia (@stsucia) on
What an honor to be on a @awpwriter panel alongside Tash, @ok7a71, Rebecca. Beyond the ~prestige~ of presenting at #awp20, a national publishing conference, the real impact is how we have been able to amplify voices (otherwise unheard) thru our work, a true labor of love #awp2020 pic.twitter.com/lW1q3Ng3jS
— Yeiry (@yeirybird) March 9, 2020
Great roundtable on Latinx zines w/ writers/editors/artists/zine-makers Natasha Hernandez, Rebecca Gonzales, @yeirybird, & Ana Ortiz Varela. Hernandez co-created the St. Sucia zine w/ @QueenOfTacosTX: https://t.co/vXFes64fer #AWP20 #AWP2020
— Dr. Katie Schaag (@KatieSchaag) March 7, 2020
...Yeiry Guevara @yeirybird, and Ana Ortiz Varela @ok7a71! pic.twitter.com/dZr7aEwjAo
— Sebastian Lopez (@DiverseLopez) March 8, 2020
“My whole family is full of storytellers, I’m just writing it down.” -@yeirybird
— San Anto Zine Fest (@SAZineFest) March 7, 2020
“We’re creating our own economies because we have to.” -@ok7a71 #AWP20 #zines pic.twitter.com/ioWCuC5kHC
FYI - I’m no longer participating in this event but please attend if you can!
San Antonio- YOU ARE AMAZING. It is my great pleasure to be joining a bunch of cool makers and creators at ¡Zine Baile! Reading Y Zine Mercado at La Botánica. Event starts at 8 pm on Saturday, March 7, 2020 on the last night of AWP in San Antonio, TX.
Mil gracias to St. Sucia for organizing this incredible event!
Date: Saturday, March 7, 2020 from 8 pm to ??
Location: La Botánica, 2911 N St Mary's St, San Antonio, TX 78212
Event details from the Facebook Event are below:
St. Sucia presents ¡Zine Baile! The Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference is in town and we wanted to celebrate our rad writer friends and local zinesters who are DIY-ing publishing! Come one out to enjoy poetry readings and pick up a few zines. La Botanica serves up delicious cocktails, beers and vegan food. DJ HEAVYFLOW will be pumping out the jams the rest of the night.
R E A D E R S:
San Juana Guillermo | Polly Anna Rocha | Marilyse Figueroa | Enedina Hernandez Prater | Bonnie Cisneros | Rebecca Gonzales* | Breena Nuñez* | Yeiry Guevara* | Ana Ortiz Varela* | Natasha Hernandez*
Z I N E S:
Warship Zine | Muchacha Fanzine | Cósmica | La Liga Zine | That Grey Zine | Grace Allison Perkins | Tomboy Toons | Isabel Ann Castro | Yes, Ma'am | Sybil Press | CHema Skandal | San Anto Zine Fest
21+ to enter. $3 at the door at La Botanica
No AWP Badge Necessary
Readers with * are Panelists for AWP's Latinx in Zines: Creating Space for Underrepresented Voices. Room 212, Henry B. González Convention Center, Meeting Room Level
Flyed designed by Isabel Ann Castro
Art by Shelby Criswell!
I was thrilled to be part of San Anto Zine Fest (SAZF) on October 5, 2019. The organizers are super bad ass women who have created the largest zine fest in San Antonio, TX. Read my piece in Texas Monthly about the fest!
The beautiful brains behind SAZF: Natasha Hernadez, nurse, writer, and co-publisher of St. Sucia and Isabel Ann Castro, illustrator and co-publisher of St. Sucia; Suzy González, visual artist and co-publisher of Yes Ma’am Zine; Ana Ortiz, poet and co-publisher of La Liga Zine and Isabel Cepeda, visual/sound artist and co-publisher of La Liga Zine. Also, Emma Hernandez at SAPL helped make this fest happen.
This was my first time vending in San Antonio, TX. Also, I led a workshop at SAZF along with my sister who is an Art Therapist! Our session was titled “Beyond Treat Yo Self: Self-Care Zine Workshop” in the Latino Collection and Resource Center.
Event Details:
October 5, 2019
9 am - 4:30 pm,
Workshop at 2 pm
Free at San Antonio Public Library
Event Flyer for Shadow Beast: Creating Sin Vergüenza, an art exhibition and mercado in San Antonio, TX on May 17, 2018.
I'm so thrilled to be part this art exhibition in Texas! Gloria Anzaldúa's work played a fundamental role in my formative years. Although I will be unable to attend the event in person, I am so proud to be part of an art show which honors her legacy.
In tandem with the 10th annual El Mundo Zurdo Conference, the Society for the Study of Gloria Anzaldúa invites you to Shadow Beast: Creating Sin Vergüenza, an art exhibition honoring the 30th Anniversary of Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. The show is curated by Rebel Mariposa, Jess Gonzales, and Eliza M. Perez
Show Opening: Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 6 p.m.
At Galeria E.V.A., 3412 S. Flores St. San Antonio, TX 78204
Free and open to the public
This event is sponsored and hosted by The Society for the Study of Gloria E. Anzaldúa (SSGA) and Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas.
All photography by Yeiry Guevara
