WritersCorps student Evelyn Leon reads “Florecita,” a poem dedicated to her father, at the 2012 Litquake festival.

WritersCorps student Nicole Zatarain Rivera reads her poem “Rippin’ out pages.” from the book “City of Stairways: A Poet’s Field Guide to San Francisco” at Book Passage in San Francisco.

WritersCorps student Indiana Pehlivanova reads her poem “Zip-Lock Bag” from the book “City of Stairways: A Poet’s Field Guide to San Francisco” at Book Passage in San Francisco.

WritersCorps student Annie Yu reads her poem “City of Stairways” from the book “City of Stairways: A Poet’s Field Guide to San Francisco” at Book Passage in San Francisco.

WritersCorps student Macella Ortiz reads her poem “In Twenty Years” from the book “City of Stairways: A Poet’s Field Guide to San Francisco” at Book Passage in San Francisco.