poets translate things from one language to another
Yesika Salgado, the self-described “LA born Salvadoran Fat Fly Poet,” drips with a fierce love of her curves. Her poems bask in the glory of being “fat and beautiful” with works including “On the Bad Days” and “How Not to Make Love to a Fat Girl” along with her TedTalk “What Comes After Loving Yourself?”
Yesika Salgado is a Los Angeles based Salvadoran poet who writes about her family, her culture, her city and her brown body. She has shared her work in venues and campuses throughout the country. In the last four years she self-published zines of poetry titled The Luna Poems, WOES and Sentimental Boss Bitch. She is a three-time member of Da Poetry Lounge Slam Team and a 2017 National Poetry Slam finalist. Her work has been featured in Latina Magazine, Univision, Vibe Magazine, Huffington Post, NPR, TEDx and many other digital platforms. Yesika is an internationally recognized body positivity activist. Her first book Corazón was published with Not A Cult, fall of 2017.
Salgado is the co-founder of Chingona Fire, a Latina feminist poetry collective along with poet Angela Aguirre. Together they curate monthly poetry events and workshops for women of color.
