Poetry Reading: Nancy Miller Gomez & Adela Najarro

An afternoon of poetry with Nancy Miller Gomez and Adela Najarro, plus wine, refreshments, reading, Q&A, and community connection.
About this Event

Join us for a special afternoon of poetry featuring Santa Cruz County Poet Laureate Nancy Miller Gomez and Award-winning Latinx poet Adela Najarro. If you think poetry isn’t your thing, these two poets will convince you otherwise.

Nancy’s poetry has been featured in Best American Poetry; Best New Poets and numerous anthologies and journals. She has been awarded an Academy of American Poet’s Laureate Fellowship and received a special mention in the annual Pushcart Prize anthology. Ellen Bass says Nancy’s poetry is: “a vital voice full of hard-earned compassion and wisdom, mixing memory with ferocity in ways that will make you gasp.” Nancy co-founded an organization that teaches poetry in jails and brings poetry workshops to marginalized youth across the county. More at: nancymillergomez.com

Adela Najarro's fifth poetry collection, Variations in Blue, was published in 2025 by the Letras Latinas/ Red Hen Collaborative. The California Arts Council recognized her as an established artist in the Central California Region and appointed her as an Individual Artist Fellow. Her extended family hails from Nicaragua. She is the Board President for Círculo de Poetas and Writers and works with the Latinx community nationwide, promoting the intersection of creative writing and social justice.

There will be wine and refreshments and an opportunity to socialize and engage Nancy and Adela in a Q&A about their writing and their work bringing poetry to marginalized communities.

Please note: Seating is limited and available on a first-come basis.