Programmed by Michal “MJ” Jones

Inaugural poet laureate of Monterey County and professor at California State University,  Monterey Bay, Daniel Summerhill is the author of two collections: Divine, Divine, Divine (2021) and Mausoleum of Flowers (2022). Nefertiti Asanti is a poet in residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora and is the prose poetry editor of Stellium literary magazine. Her chapbook fist of wind won the inaugural Start a Riot! Chapbook Prize.