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""Grab Your Rocks & Throw is a call to witness, remember, and move. In these pages, Jozer Guerrero wields language like a stone in the palm, arcing toward systems that would rather we stay silent. His poems walk bicultural streets, dance cumbia under the moon, carry the weight of ancestors, and stare down the ghosts of our histories. This voice rises from alleyways and basketball courts, from kitchens scented with frijoles, from classrooms too crowded to hold the dreams spilling out-and it refuses to be contained. This is poetry as protest, as prayer, as testament: we are still here, still creating, still throwing."" -Bobby LeFebre, writer, performer, cultural worker, Colorado Poet Laureate Emeritus ""Grab Your Rocks & Throw is Jose ""Jozer"" Guerrero's new work. It is a collection of poetry and short stories with rhythmic expressions that capture a vision and reflections of his life and observations from his childhood to his maturing into adulthood. It is a love letter to his community, his family, and his identity. I found it moving and profoundly resounding and powerful. Overall I came away finding this great work inspiring, thought-provoking, melodically rhythmic with poetic grace and passion. One can taste and feel the author's phrases and expressions. It's an invitation into the mind and heart of an evolving new poet activist finding his voice. ¡Se Vale!"" -Daniel Valdez, Chicano actor, musician, and activist, star of Zoot Suit and musical director of La Bamba ""Like menudo Mexicano-this collection blends often discarded elements that others find difficult to swallow-into a super spicy savory soup that reflects the both mastery of the chef and the aesthetics of the consumer!""-Dr Loco from Dr Loco's Rocking Jalapeño Band""Jozer's lyricism is laser-focused on the truth, threading the needle, moving the crowd, and piercing straight to the heart of the matter. Menudo's sonic landscape is both haunting and head-nodding.""-Jonny 5, Flobots

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Jozer Guerrero is a poet/ musician based out of Denver, CO. Jozer's work has been featured on HBO, MTV, Univision, TED Talks, PBS and American Theater Magazine. Jozer's poetry can be described as a Spanglish roller coaster combining comedy with political commentary, prepare yourself to laugh and cry all in one sitting. Jesse Fregozo is a native Angeleno who primarily works as a painter. He vocalizes the struggles of marginalized communities through the representation of identity and culture as a primary focus. Fregozo uses locations around his community as symbols of identity and a cultural lifestyle that has been carried down generation after generation. Fregozo straddles the line between design and pop culture in the development of his work. His intense works on canvas, paper, photography, and design are mediums for the development of his artwork. For the past three years, he's been working as a Teaching Artist for the Homeboy Art Academy. Fregozo has worked at Juvenile Halls, JDRC programs, along with Parks & Recreation centers for the Homeboy Art Academy. Apart from teaching art, Fregozo has been creating public art, murals, in and out of his community as well as for The Los Angeles Unified School District, LAUSD. Currently, Fregozo is assisting artist and mentor ManOne on a community project titled ""Faces of Watts"" and is an artist in residency for Artshare LA's Ellsworth Artist Residency Program. David A. Romero is a Mexican-American spoken word artist from Diamond Bar, CA. He is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of El Martillo Press. Romero is the author of My Name Is Romero (FlowerSong Press, 2020) and Diamond Bars 2 (Moon Tide Press, 2024). Romero has received honorariums from nearly a hundred colleges and universities in thirty-four different states in the USA and has also performed live in Mexico, Italy, and France. His poem, ""You Were Born a Tree"" was sent to the Moon by NASA in 2025 as part of the Lunar Codex. Romero's work has been published in literary magazines in the United States, Mexico, England, Scotland, Canada, and Hungary. Romero has opened for Latin Grammy winning bands Ozomatli and La Santa Cecilia. Romero's work has been published in anthologies alongside poets laureate Joy Harjo, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Luis J. Rodriguez, Jack Hirschman, and Tongo Eisen-Martin. Romero has won the Uptown Slam at the historic Green Mill in Chicago; the birthplace of slam poetry. Romero's poetry deals with family, identity, social justice issues, and Latine culture.

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