Dec 2nd 2023

POCHO LOVE – Poetry Book Release

@ Pilsen Arts & Community House

1637 W 18th St, Chicago, IL 60608

Opening Saturday, December 2nd, at 7PM

Come out and show some LOVE to CoFounder of PACH, Pablo E. Ramirez @1000masks for the release of his first published poetry book!

POCHO LOVE – Pilsen Heart Beats to Chicago Streets

SATURDAY, December 2nd / 6-9pm

@pilsenartscommunityhouse

1637 W. 18th Street, Chicago 60608

Attention Poets & Performers!

OPEN MIC at 6:00pm

Features: 7pm

Book Presentation: 7:30pm

Book Signing: 8pm

PRE ORDER AVAILABLE!

Be sure to secure your signed copy!

ORDER HERE

“Pablo Ramirez has created a gorgeous, dizzying, Chicano epic in POCHO LOVE. It’s a wild ride. I love it.”.

– LUIS ALBERTO URREA @urrealism

“Pocho Love, is a love letter to the self. Stunning graphics, delicious, mischievous, and heartfelt poetry. A feast for the eyes and soul”.

– DIANA SOLÍS @pilsenita

ABOUT PABLO RAMIREZ:

An emerging figure in Chicago’s Mexican Latino Poetry Scene, Pablo Ramirez shares his poetic exploration of 21st century Chicago’s ethnic and working-class heritage neighborhood of Pilsen. Nearly every page is soaked in colorful imagery forming a powerful collage of tattoo, wall murals, pop culture and Chicano graphics. Pocho Love is written in English and some Spanish, resulting in a fully charged code switched on flow done with skill and humor. Ramirez brings his debut collection with passion for cultural expression amid life’s pleasures and pains in 90+ large pages.

Pablo Ramirez is both a visual artist and poet as well as an activist & curator for cultural events in the Pilsen community. His art is influenced by the likes of Carlos Cortéz Koyokuikatl as well as legendary printmaker Jose Guadalupe Posada. His poetry is inspired by the banging Boom Bap Era of Hip Hop and the Boricua/Chicano poets such as David Hernandez of Street Sounds fame.

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