Quiet Lightning hosted a 14 year anniversary party, celebrating 3 years of Better Ancestors and the publication of sPARKLE & bLINK 116, at Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts in San Francisco on Dec 14, 2023, 14 years to the date of the first QL. Featuring, in order of appearance:

• • ayodele nzinga

• • Dr. Jeanne Powell

• • J. Miakoda Taylor

• • Briana Grogan

• • Griffin Jing

• • Kevin Madrigal Galindo

• • Josiah Luis Alderete

• • Amanda Muñiz

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• • Kevin Dublin

• • Charles Kruger

• • D.S. Black

• • Anastasia Le

• • Amy Smith

• • Griffin Jing

• • Kevin Madrigal Galindo

• • Andrew Paul Nelson

• • Evan Karp

Featured photo is of Anastasia Le

Better Ancestors was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Visit www.calhum.org.

Read more about the series here.