Natural Takeover of Small Things

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments Thank you to the following people for offering their support during the period it took to complete this manuscript: Junior Burke, Steven Taylor , Ed Ochester, Amy Gerstler, Tim Liu, and Major Jackson. Also, thank you to the California Center for the Book and Poets & Writers Inc. for consistently backing my play. For the community of writers across the San Joaquin Valley, a deep bow goes to the Hmong American Writers Circle, The Normal School crew, the Inner Ear Poetry spot, Ms. Mayo’s Soulflower Productions, Sol’s Casa de Poesia, Lee and Lisa’s guest room, Pakatelas Radio on KFCF 88.1 FM, Random Writers Workshop, and Redwood High’s Artist’s Café. And for the crews and musicos who have performed many of these poems with me; Carlos Rodriguez, Richard Juarez, Tony Delfino, Alejo Delgado, David Herrera, Dayanna Sevilla, Marissa Rodriguez, Lance Canales, Aaron Wall, Andrew Martinez, Conjunto Califas, and Jeremy Hofer. Some of these poems have been previously published in the following : Wet: A Journal of Proper Bathing (University of Miami), The Devil’s Punchbowl: A Cultural and Geographic Map of California (Red Hen Press), Black Renaissance Noire (New York University), In the Grove (In the Grove Press), The Kumquat (University of California, Merced), Highway 99: A Literary Journey, 2nd ed. (Heyday Books), Square 1 (University of Colorado), Symposium (Baobab Tree Press), Uncontained: Writers and Photographers in the Garden and the Margins (Baksun Books), The Undercurrent, Border Senses, Infinity Journal, and Huizache. ...