San Antonio Poets' Association

Juan Perez


This message forwarded by P.C. McKinnon:

San Antonio Poets' Association

Next Meeting:

Saturday, October 18 @ 2:00 p.m.

http://www.sapoetsassoc.org

Featuring as guest reader:

Juan Perez

After a decade of military service, including the First Gulf War (1991), Juan Manuel Perez is now a public high school history teacher and author of six poetry chapbooks, including Dial H For Horror (2006), plus one full contemporary multi-culture poetry collection, Another Menudo Sunday (2007), and the soon to be published O¢ Dark Heaven, a full collection of dark poetry.

Juan, a Mexican-American, is also a member of the San Antonio Poet¢s Association and the Science Fiction Poetry Association, as well as, alumni to the great Chicano poet Trinidad Sanchez, Jr. He has also been a featured poet at some San Antonio poetry venues and enjoys reading his poetry at others even when he is not featured.

Juan has recently published his poetry in International Poetry Review, Illumen, Star*Line: Journal of the Science Fiction Poetry Association, The Poet Magazine, di-verse-city, Voices Along The River, The Dreamcatcher, Inkwell Echoes, The Palm¢s Leaf and Message Of The Muse.

He is currently revising a manuscript called W.U.I.: Written Under The Influence of Trinidad Sanchez, Jr. and will be looking for a publisher soon. The comic book fanatic, science-fiction addict, and poetry lover lives in his hometown of La Pryor, Texas.