Paul S. Flores is a San Francisco artist of Mexican and Cuban-American descent who has built a national reputation for interview-based theater and bilingual spoken word. He integrates indigenous and Latino healing practices to tell the stories of real people impacted by immigration and systemic inequalities.
Flores is the author of the play “PLACAS: The Most Dangerous Tattoo,” and the novel Along the Border Lies. His commissions have come from Creative Capital, MAP Fund, Pregones Theater, National Association of Latino Arts and Culture, National Performance Network, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and many more. His work has played across the United States and internationally in Cuba, Mexico, and El Salvador.
Paul is a Doris Duke Artist Award winner, and he teaches Theater at the University of San Francisco. He also works as a cultural event producer at Acción Latina in San Francisco’s Mission District where he curates Paseo Artístico in the Calle 24 Latino Cultural District. His debut book of poetry We Still Be was published in August 2023 by El Martillo Press. He lives in San Francisco with his children.
Additional Information/Links:
- For more information about Paul S. Flores visit: www.paulsflores.art
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Originally aired on December 17, 2023
