Litquake Out Loud

Sponsored by Yerba Buena Gardens Festival

Litquake Out Loud series highlights the Bay Area’s BIPOC & LGBTQ+ writers, putting Litquake’s production resources into the hands of guest curators who in turn produce a vibrant, dynamic series of festival events. Plus live music! In conjunction with Litquake's Small Press Book Fair! All are held outdoors at the Esplanade stage of Yerba Buena Gardens. FREE

Lead curation by Giovanna Lomanto. Music by TBA. Event Curators TBA.

RSVP encouraged, but not necessary.

Giovanna Lomanto is a Pushcart-Prize nominated poet and artist. She has published six books of various lengths and genres. A recent graduate of NYU's MFA program, her work has been supported by U.C. Berkeley, KQED, and the SFMOMA archive. In addition to working as a teaching artist and nonprofit organizer, she has also co-hosted the Living Room Poetry series and served as the lead curator for the San Francisco Literary Festival's inaugural Out Loud weekend for Queer & BIPOC writers. Currently, she serves as the co-owner of the indie press Game Over Books. She lives in Oakland with her partner and their lion head bunny Maggie.