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Huizache Reading & Launch Party

Join Huizache Magazine and Burbank Public Library for an afternoon of literature in community as we celebrate the launch of Huizache's 12th issue.

We’ll have a dynamic lineup of authors, including Vickie Vértiz, Raul Meza, Sesshu Foster, and Caribbean Fragoza, sharing their work as we recognize this milestone for a magazine devoted to essential storytelling and art. Whether you’ve been reading Huizache from the start or are just discovering it, this is an opportunity to connect with a publication that has featured trailblazing voices—from Helena María Viramontes to Juan Felipe Herrera—and continues to uplift the writers shaping what’s next.

About Huizache

Since 2011, Huizache has been at the forefront of Latinx literature and art. The magazine has featured some of the most influential voices across generations, from early trailblazers like José Montoya, Luis Valdez, Juan Felipe Herrera, Gary Soto, Sandra Cisneros, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Denise Chávez, Benjamín Alire Sáenz, Helena María Viramontes, and Luis J. Rodriguez to acclaimed contemporary authors including Rigoberto González, Willie Perdomo, Reyna Grande, Carmen Giménez, Michele Serros, Manuel Muñoz, Alex Espinoza, Achy Obejas, and Héctor Tobar.

Huizache also takes pride in amplifying emerging voices. Writers such as Laurie Ann Guerrero, Aracelis Girmay, Joseph Rios, Fernando A. Flores, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, ire’ne lara silva, and Javier Zamora were featured early in their careers and have since published celebrated books.

The name Huizache comes from a wild acacia tree native to Mexico whose reach is South and East Texas, where it irritates landowning farmers. No matter what they do to be rid of it, the resilient, beautiful tree grows and flourishes.

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