About the featured reader:

Ricardo Ruiz, son of Mexican immigrants, is the author of We Had Our Reasons, which debuted at #1 on Amazon’s Hispanic American Poetry Chart and won the 2023 Washington State Book Award for poetry. He is currently an MFA candidate at UW Bothell and teaches with the Seattle Arts and Lectures Writers in the Schools program. Passionate about amplifying marginalized voices from rural communities, Ricardo takes pride in serving as a cultural connector and advocate. Visit him at www.poetruiz.com.

About the event:

Please join us for our next reading! We gather at Centro Cultural Mexicano in Redmond, Washington. All readings are free and include one or more featured readers, a break for snacks, and an open-mic reading for poetry or prose (usually about 3-4 minutes per person). We often socialize at a nearby restaurant afterwards.

We generally meet on the last Friday of each month, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.