The Taco Shop Poets perform the first part of their manifesto (from Chorizo Tonguefire CD).

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Taco Shop Poets, San Diego, California. Tijuana, BC, MX). "Read tacos.

But taco shops are cultural centers. They are the cultural crossroads of a new millenium. As Taco Shop Poets we are the cultural workers of these crossroads. The white bread and peanut butter conspiracy is spreading. The Taco Shop Poets answer back con salsa, con sabor y con fuerza.

Taco Shop Poets is the name of a poetry and spoken word collective formed in 1994 at a Poetry Series, Taco Shop Poetry',' hosted by Adolfo Guzman-Lopez at the Centro Cultural de la Raza in Balboa Park, San Diego. It grew to a collective of over 30 poets, band members and performance artists based at El Campo Ruse on 16th St. in Downtown San Diego's East Village.

Taco Shop Poets– Taco Shop Poets Manifesto from Chorizo TongueFire. Steve Kowit– Refugees, Late Summer Night. Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes– Geo-Poetic Spaces: Encounter in Peñasquitos Canyon. Just an FYI. The Taco Shop Poets piece is called Taco Shop Poets Manifesto. Their album was called Chorizo Tonguefire. I know because I co-produced and published the CD. Other great local poets include Viet Mai, the no longer active Los Able Minded Poets (Ken10, Naz and Irene Castruita), Sonia Gutierrez, our own Will Falk and so many more.

Introduction: Taco Shop Poets Anthology, in Taco Shop Poets and Stephanie de la Torre, e. Chorizo Tonguefire: The Taco Shop Poets Anthology (San Diego: Chorizo Tonguefire Press, 1999), 5-6. Like Crabs in a Barrel: Why Inter-Ethnic Anti-Racism Matters Now, Color Lines . . (Winter) 1999, 8-10. Reprinted in Jonathan Birnbaum and Clarence Taylor, ed. Civil Rights Since 1787: A Reader on the Black Struggle (New York and London: New York University Press, 2000), 853-855.

Additionally Taco Shop Poets has appeared in the documentary "Americano" by Carlos Fernando, founded the arts non-profit Voz Alta, and have read in cities across the nation. Following a long hiatus that began after their last album, the group has recently reunited and released a chapbook to be presented this Saturday, May 26th as part of the La Palabra Series with Avenue Studio 50. We had a chance to talk to Adolfo about the reading and the history of the group. Story continues below. Support the Articles you Love.