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I'M HERE I'M QUEER LET'S CHEER
I See My Light Shining:
An Oral Histories of Elders
I'm Included in Archival Project
Oral history project by acclaimed author Jacqueline Woodson. I'm a participant of the queer and trans BIPOC elders of the West Coast. Digital project is housed at Columbia University: Columbia Center for Oral History.
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​LINK: https://eldersproject.incite.columbia.edu/interviews/monica-palacios
LINKS
Commissioned by City of Los Angeles to Write Original Poem for Paris LA Olympiad Project
2024
I was selected by the City of Los Angeles to write a poem for the LA/Paris 2024 Sport + Poetry Project. Myself and other LA poets read our original poems September 7, 2024 @ downtown LA Library, inside Mark Taper Auditorium. This event celebrated the passing of the Olympics from Paris to Los Angeles 2028. This event was amazing as LA watched via Zoom, the Paris poets performed, then LA poets performed. We were out of control fantastic! More please!
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Monica was selected as one of the 41 LGBTQ Latina/o 2014 Role Models by Honor41.org
My testimonial:
La Llorona Loca Through My Chicana Lesbian Lens, Published in Special Issue of
The Journal of Lesbian Studies Spring 2023
The Journal of Lesbian Studies featured a special issue about the iconic anthology: Chicana Lesbians - The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About, by Carla Trujillo, Third Woman Press 1991. I'm one of the original contributors to this groundbreaking anthology that published my unique comedic Chicana lesbian version of La Llorona, the Mexican ghost woman. For this special issue of The Journal of Lesbian Studies, I wrote about the origin story of my Llorona tale. This distinctive issue of the Journal was edited by Stacy I. Macias, PhD, & Liliana C. Gonzalez, PhD.
LINK: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/Y7BPJGXVZADBIPR4CPHK/full?target=10.1080/10894160.2023.2188691
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​Master of Ceremonies
For a Night of Macondo Writers Workshop
Part of AWP Conference 2025 in Los Angeles
March 27, 7-9PM. FREE!
I am MCing a night of the Macondo Writers Workshop, an off-site event of this year's AWP Conference 2025. Come celebrate Macondo's 30 year anniversary with a night of outstanding writers from all over the US. This evening is happening at LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes, 501 N Main Street in downtown Los Angeles. Honored to be MCing this powerful event. FREE!
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2025 United States Artists Fellow Nominee
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Honored to have been selected as a 2025 United States Artists Fellow Nominee.
Invite Me to Your Theatre, University, Cultural Center. I Can Also be Your Creative Coach
I can perform a solo show, teach you how to create a solo show, make class visits, teach a playwriting course, be your artist-in residence, help you with a script, flesh out a seed of an idea, demonstrate how to make guacamole--I'm the one you want.
Let's talk: monica.palacios1@icloud.com
Nominated as
2014 LGBT Pride Month Local Heroes,
KCET TV
