THE TACO SHOP POETS Anthology

With feet on both sides of the border, we declare that cappuccino and poetry are no more! Long live salsa and the spoken word!Taco shops are places where people eat, talk and leave behind social and class barriers in the search for the perfect carne asada burrito. But taco shops are cultural centers. They are the cultural crossroads of a new millenium. As Taco Shop Poets we are the cultural workers of these crossroads.”The white bread and peanut butter conspiracy is spreading. The Taco Shop Poets answer back con salsa, con sabor y con fuerza.”- George Lipsitz, UC San Diego Ethnic Studies”San Diego’s Taco Shop Poets, who started out performing in taquerias near the US/Mexico border…The group is often credited with sparking the revival in Latino performance art.”-The San Francisco Chronicle