RED HOUSE

Blood on the oval office

So familiar, so divine

So many dead babies on the white house lawn

Dripping daisies for the media

Bloody footsteps up the walkway

De Anda has been instrumental in building the Eastside poetry scene and has emerged as a leader hosting… The Writers Underground Open Mic.

-Mike Sonksen, KCET

Iris De Anda

A Guanaca Tapatia poet, speaker & musician who has been featured with KPFK & KPFA Pacifica Radio, organized with Academy of American Poets, performed at Los Angeles Latino Book Festival, Feria del Libro Tijuana, Mexico, Casa de las Americas in Havana, Cuba and is named one of Today's Revolutionary Women of Color. Author of Codeswitch: Fires from Mi Corazon with Los Writers Underground Press 2014 & Roots of Redemption: You have No Right to Remain Silent with Flowersong Press 2022.