With Dim Lights & Obsidian Tongues Book Release at Café Con Libros Press
Sat, Jul 26
|Cafe con Libros Press
El Martillo Presents a book release party for With Dim Lights & Obsidian Tongues: A Pomona Poetry Anthology at Café Con Libros Press!
Time & Location
Jul 26, 2025, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Cafe con Libros Press, 280 W 2nd St, Pomona, CA 91766, USA
About the event
Hosted by Ceasar K. Avelar and Cory "Besskepp" Cofer. Featuring beats by JB.
Pomona's second poet laureate Ceasar K. Avelar and the host of Pomona's longest running poetry venue Cory "Besskepp" Cofer join forces as editors of an anthology collecting poetry and essays about the people and places of Pomona. Poets who have read and performed over the decades at poetry venues based in Pomona: A Mic and Dim Lights and Obsidian Tongues, explore themes of grief, memory, injustice, trauma, and healing. This collection features work by Michael Torres, Matt Sedillo, Judah 1, Tamara Blue, Kat Magill, Alex Tha Great, Natalie Sierra and more.
With Dim Lights & Obsidian Tongues
Edited by Ceasar K. Avelar and Cory "Besskepp" Cofer
Poets featured in the collection: David "Judah 1" Oliver, Natalie Sierra, Michael Torres, Tamara Blue, Kat Magill, Brian "SuperB" Oliva, Alex Tha Great, Matt Sedillo, Romaine Washington, Ceasar K. Avelar, James Coats, Diosa Xochiquetzalcóatl, Donato Martinez, Lisbeth Coiman, Peter Lechuga, Samantha "Sammy" Herrera, Carlos Ornelas, Daniel Hees, J.T. Shannon, Jesse Tovar, Anonymous1, Joshua Swodeck, Dionne Williams, Mary Tawadros, David A. Romero, Antonio Okira Martinez, Lee Ballinger, Nino Villagi, and Carlos Mares.