Paul Flores
Paul S. Flores is a performance artist, published poet, playwright, and well known spoken word artist. He was raised in Chula Vista, CA and spent much of his youth in Tijuana, Mexico. He co-founded the Latino poetry performance group Los Delicados with Norman Zelaya and Darren de Leon. He also wrote the PEN Award winning novel "Along the border lies", and his spoken word poem "Brown Dreams" was featured on Def Poetry on HBO. Flores work explores the intersection of urban culture, Hip-Hop and transnational identity, using theatre as a tool to talk about communities divided by police violence, racism, gentrification and economic disparity. He has been named The San Francisco Weekly's 2011 Best Politically Active Hip-Hop Performance Artist and has toured extensively with his works.
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