Mike Soto

Mike performed on our virtual stage for Seriously Entertaining on November 17, 2020, speaking on the evening’s theme, “Up In Smoke.” Watch it below.

Mike Soto is a first-generation Mexican American, raised in East Dallas and in a small town in Michoacán. He is the author of the chapbooks Beyond the Shadow’s Ink and most recently Dallas Spleen. He received his MFA from Sarah Lawrence College, & was awarded the James Merrill Poetry Fellowship by Vermont Studio Center in 2019. A Grave Is Given Supper is his debut collection of poetry.

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