On this week's installment of Words & Sh*t we're bringing you Houston poet, educator, and organizer Lupe Mendez, as we talk about life, language, location, and so much more. Hosted by Chibbi and Eddie Vega, tune in to this intimate performance and conversation to get to know the person behind the poetry!
Poet, educator, and activist Lupe Mendez is the author of the poetry collection Why I Am Like Tequila (Willow Books, 2019) which won the 2019 John A. Robertson Award from the Texas Institute of Letters for Best First Book of Poetry. He earned an MFA in creative writing from the University of Texas at El Paso. His poetry has appeared in Luna Luna, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, Rabbit Catastrophe Review, Revista SÃncope, Pilgrimage, Border Senses, Latino Rebels, Gigantic Sequence, the Kenyon Review, Gulf Coast and Poetry Magazine, among others.
