Events

April is Poetry Month, and the Narrow Gauge Book Cooperative is thrilled to celebrate with a poetry reading and open mic, for the second year!
On April 25th, which is also Indie Bookstore Day, we’re celebrating poetry, books, community, and local poets!
Beginning at 6pm we will hear from local poets Victoria (Tori) Martinez and Angela Myers, followed by a spoken word open mic where we get to hear from you!
Victoria (Tori) Martinez
Victoria (Tori) Martinez is a native San Luis Valley artist, poet, and author whose work centers cultural identity, healing, and lived experience. Rooted in Hispanic culture and shaped by disability and chronic illness, her poetry explores self-discovery, resilience, and the power of voice inviting readers to reflect with honesty, tenderness, and a sense of shared humanity. Her second poetry collection, Out of the Ashes, released on April 1st.
Angela Myers
Angela Myers wonders often about the infinite iterations of nature, she lay with trees, she is learning how to fully occupy herself. She wants to stand wholly alongside Humanity, Plant, Animal, Fungus, Microbe, and Stone Nations. With elements, directions, astrals, stars, seeds, and compassionate spirits. She wanders inner landscapes. She loves love. She likes listening to sounds and feeling vibrations massage her cells. She is a reflection of you, the whole you. Thank you for reflecting the whole of her.

Join the Narrow Gauge on April 25th at 6pm for an evening of poetry!