Join us for a special event with Tomas Moniz, author of The King of Aloe Vera, in conversation with Max Bidasha and Aisha Rivera. This event is free, but we appreciate your RSVP below so we can plan for your attendance.
ABOUT THE TOMAS MUNIZ
TOMAS MONIZ is a latinx writer living in East Oakland, CA. His debut novel, Big Familia, was a finalist for the 2020 PEN/Hemingway and the LAMBDA. His second novel, All Friends Are Necessary, won the 2024 California Golden Poppy Award. His new novel, The ... view more »
Join us for a special event with Tomas Moniz, author of The King of Aloe Vera, in conversation with Max Bidasha and Aisha Rivera. This event is free, but we appreciate your RSVP below so we can plan for your attendance.
ABOUT THE TOMAS MUNIZ
TOMAS MONIZ is a latinx writer living in East Oakland, CA. His debut novel, Big Familia, was a finalist for the 2020 PEN/Hemingway and the LAMBDA. His second novel, All Friends Are Necessary, won the 2024 California Golden Poppy Award. His new novel, The King of Aloe Vera, will be published September 2026 from Algonquin Books. He teaches at Berkeley City College, the Antioch MFA program and St. Mary’s College. He has stuff on the internet but loves penpals: PO Box 3555, Berkeley CA 94703. He promises to write back.
ABOUT MAX BIDASHA
Max Bidasha is a Two-Spirit, Indigenous, Mexican, Punjabi, playwright, poet, and activist. His plays focus on social justice issues and cultural nuances. He began writing while undergoing intense chemotherapy to treat stage IV cancer after being told he had one year to live. His plays include, STAGES, Missing Red Girls, The Kids are NOT Alright, and Gramacita. His first collection of poetry, The Pros and Cons of Dying, is out now. Gramacita, the novella, is his first creative non-fiction project. He lives with his boyfriend Armando and his happy dog, Momo in the San Francisco Bay Area.
ABOUT AISHA RIVERA
Aisha Rivera is the current Napa County Poet Laureate (2023 – Present) an actor, visual artist, and playwright from Napa, CA. Their poetry can be found in the poetry anthologies “Poetics without Borders” and “Latinas, Gender, Race, and Class…”. They established Napa’s first Poetry Open Mic at Napa Bookmine, which has now moved to Napa Valley Education Foundation near the Oxbow. The Open Mic lands on the last Friday of every month from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM. Aisha also advocates for the power of poetry through education, community programming, performance, and more. Aisha believes in the power poetry holds to build community, create social change, and express the wonder rollercoaster that is the human experience.
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