Poetry is thriving in the Mission. Alejandro Murguia, one of the founders of Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, has been named poet laureate of …

Alejandro Murguía is soft spoken; his choice of words is deliberate as he teaches his introduction to Latina/o studies class at San Francisco State University.

Talleres de Poesía—a group of bilingual poets, writers and cultural workers from San Francisco, Los Angeles and El Salvador—will host the Mission’s first bilingual, children’s poetry festival, “Flor y Canto para nuestros niños y niñas,” on Sept. 15.

In the works and scheduled for release in summer 2013 is a film titled “SF Noir,” based on stories of corruption, family relationships and murder, …

Thursday evening, at the city’s third international poetry festival, Mayor Edwin Lee mounted a tiny stage in Kerouac Alley to name Alejandro Murguía poet laureate of San Francisco.