{"id":501,"date":"2026-04-23T12:01:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/?p=501"},"modified":"2026-04-23T15:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T22:22:11","slug":"april-2026-visiting-poet-jennifer-espinoza-student-poets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/2026\/04\/23\/april-2026-visiting-poet-jennifer-espinoza-student-poets\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2026: visiting poet Jennifer Espinoza and student poets!"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 333px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/jen-esp.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"333\" height=\"444\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jennifer Espinoza<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, April 22, current student poets and poet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alicejamesbooks.org\/bookstore\/i-dont-want-to-be-understood\">Jennifer Espinoza<\/a> read poems to attendees in the Ludwick Sacred Space. Along with Espinoza, students Simone Warren, Raquel Rivera, Jesus Velazquez, and Kayla Taylor all showed off their impressive poetic talents. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/MwvIaaKV7Ak\">You can watch a YouTube recording of the reading here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-504\" style=\"width: 209px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-504 \" src=\"https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/jes-vel-745x992.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"209\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/jes-vel-745x992.jpg 745w, https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/jes-vel-901x1200.jpg 901w, https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/jes-vel-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/jes-vel-577x768.jpg 577w, https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/jes-vel-304x405.jpg 304w, https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/jes-vel.jpg 1065w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jesus Velazquez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_505\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-505\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-505 \" src=\"https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/kayla-745x992.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/kayla-745x992.jpg 745w, https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/kayla-901x1200.jpg 901w, https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/kayla-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/kayla-577x768.jpg 577w, https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/kayla-304x405.jpg 304w, https:\/\/artsci.laverne.edu\/creative-writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2026\/04\/kayla.jpg 1065w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-505\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kayla Taylor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; On Wednesday, April 22, current student poets and poet Jennifer Espinoza read poems to attendees in the Ludwick Sacred Space. 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