I'm proud to be among Litquake's long-tenured voices

Dear Friend,

The first time I walked into a Litquake event, I saw community members of all ages, genders, races, and different walks of life, together in one place celebrating the written and spoken word. Litquake creates and fosters moments like that all the time, between writers and lovers of literature.

I'm Baruch Porras-Hernandez—I’ve not only appeared at Litquake events, I’ve helped curate and produce them, from programs at the Strut facility (SF AIDS Foundation), to the Poetic Tuesday series at Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, and big variety shows at the Lit Crawl.

Litquake has helped me become a better writer and literary organizer. It is essential to the San Francisco literary community, especially during this time, that we all feel connected to each other, even from far away. Please support Litquake, so that writers can continue to grow and make connections that help us thrive!

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For the love of books and the Bay,

Originally from Mexico, Baruch Porras-Hernandez is an author, poet, comedian, and actor, and was named a Writer to Watch in 2016 by 7x7 Magazine. A Lambda Literary Fellow in Poetry and Playwriting, he has performed in or curated shows with Sister Spit, KQED, Literary Death Match, Writers with Drinks, Quiet Lightning, and Litquake. He organizes the Latinx literary series ¿Donde Esta Mi Gente?, and is currently lead artist in a project with San Jose’s MACLA (Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana) to create new Queer Latino Superheroes. He lives in San Francisco.

PS. All donations of $100 or more will receive a complimentary mug celebrating our brief flirtation with fame—the dulcet sound of “Litquake” in Alex Trebek’s mouth on a January episode of Jeopardy!

About Litquake
Litquake, San Francisco's annual literary festival, was founded by Bay Area writers in order to put on a week-long literary spectacle for book lovers, complete with cutting-edge panels, unique cross-media events, and hundreds of readings. Since its founding in 1999, the festival has presented close to 8,650 author appearances for an audience of over 183,000 in its lively and inclusive celebration of San Francisco's thriving contemporary literary scene. Litquake seeks to foster interest in literature, perpetuate a sense of literary community, and provide a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing as a complement to the city's music, film, and cultural festivals. 2020 Dates: Oct. 8-17. www.litquake.org

Litquake is grateful for the support of the following funders who help make our programming possible. Institutional Giving: California Arts Council, California College of the Arts, California Institute of Integral Studies, Center for the Art of Translation, Chronicle Books, Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Grants for the Arts, HarperOne, Margaret and William R. Hearst III Foundation, Miner Anderson Family Foundation, Mystery Writers of America, Northern California Chapter, The Bernard Osher Foundation, Stanford Continuing Studies, Yerba Buena Gardens Festival, Zellerbach Foundation. Individual Giving: Frances Dinkelspiel and Gary Wayne, Margaret and Will Hearst, Scott James and Gerald Cain, Nion McEvoy, Craig Newmark, and Nicole Miner and Robert Mailer Anderson. Media Sponsors: San Francisco Chronicle, 7 X 7, KQED, Bay Area Reporter, Johnny Funcheap, and KALW 91.7

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