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Astrid

Astrid is a Salvadoran-American poet and writer based in Los Angeles.

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A Benefit Concert Raises Funds for Slauson Rec, Shia LaBeouf’s ‘Experimental’ Theater School in Southeast L.A.

July 9, 2019

The Most Iconic Photographs in Hip-Hop: Opening Night at ‘Contact High’

April 30, 2019

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Alma Rosa Rivera: Building Bridges in the Poetry World Between Brown Love, Motherhood, and Politics

April 5, 2019

Fall in Love with Yesika Salgado: Silver Lake’s Fat, Fly, Salvadoran Poet

February 13, 2019

‘The Poet Laureate of the Struggle’: Why Matt Sedillo is Considered One of the Best Political Poets in America

December 6, 2018

‘The Government Doesn’t Really Like Me’: How Author Mila Cuda Is Inspired by Identity, Sexuality & Spiders

November 1, 2018

Rise of a ‘Geeky’ Poet: How Rhiannon McGavin Built a Path to Youth Poet Laureate of Los Angeles

September 28, 2018

From a Stutter to ‘Tonight Show’: How Rudy Francisco Became a Poetry Slam Champion

August 29, 2018

Hood Profet: Afro-Indigenous L.A. Poet Is Fighting An Eviction With ‘Porch Poetry’

July 18, 2018

L.A. Poet Spotlight: Alyesha Wise and Digesting Honest Pain Through Poetry

May 22, 2018