Eddie Vega

Eddie Vega is a poet, storyteller, spoken word artist, and educator. The author of Chicharra Chorus (FlowerSong Press, 2019) and Somos Nopales (FlowerSong Press, 2024), his poetry also appears in a permanent installation along the San Pedro Creek Cultural Park. He was the editor of Asina is How We Talk, a collection of Tejano poetry written in “la lengua de la gente.” Vega directs the Mouth Dakota Poetry Project, a biweekly open mic in San Antonio, is a proud Macondista, and currently serves as the 7th Poet Laureate of San Antonio.

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