Pochino Press

Pochino Press offers a multi-media stage for change makers and culture creators. Our mission is to publish works that illuminate stories, which originate in the intersections where hybrid cultures not only meet, but form a new sensibility. 

Pochino Press' showcase for the 2023 Beast Crawl Festival is a celebration of the anthology "Después del Aguacero," a collection of works from the Pan Dulce Reading Series. This event took place between 2015 and 2017 at La Reyna Bakery in the Mission District of San Francisco. This will be an intergenerational event with veteran writers Paul Aponte, Ricardo Tavarez, Norma Smith, Lina Rincón reading alongside up-and-coming poets.

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Paul Aponte is a Chicano Poet from Sacramento. He is a member of the writers groups Círculo and Escritores Del Nuevo Sol. His work has been anthologized in El Tecolote Press’ Poetry in Flight,  Sacramento Poetry Center's  Poetry Now, and Soñadores - We Came To Dream. He can be found at poetry readings throughout the greater San Francisco Bay Area.


Lina Rincón is an immigrant, sociologist, teacher and poet. She is originally from Colombia. Her poetry has been published in Harvard’s journal “Palabritas”, Acentos Review, in Puerto del Sol's series "Voz," Rejoinder Magazine and iō Literary Journal.


Norma Smith lives in Oakland, Cali. She has worked as a journalist, a translator-interpreter, community scholar-educator, event and conference organizer, and as an editor, writing coach, and workshop facilitator. Nomadic Press published Norma’s first book of poems, HOME REMEDY in 2017.


Ricardo Tavarez is a Bay Area educator and arts organizer. He co-founded the Pan Dulce Poets with Louie Gutierrez from La Reyna Bakery for the 2015 International SF Flor y Canto Festival. You can find Ricardo jogging along Lake Merritt and hiking along the Oakland Hills.

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Leg 2 (5:30pm - 6:30pm) Venue: Oaklandish

Oaklandish started in 2000 as a public art project designed to illuminate Oakland’s local history and unique cultural legacy. After years of covert multi-media stunts around the Town, the Oaklandish brand of apparel was introduced to help support our ongoing calendar of free events and pro bono work.

Our mission is to spread “local love” by way of our civic pride-evoking tees and accessories, while creating quality jobs for locals, and giving back to the people and places that maintain our city’s trailblazer spirit. So, wear it well. When you rock these roots, you're representing and supporting Oakland!

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