Ruben Quesada reads and discusses with host Lisa Grove three poem from his collection Next Extinct Mammal (Greenhouse Review Press, 2011). A native of Los Angeles and a first-generation Costa Rican American, Quesada is founder and publisher of Codex Journal, poetry editor for The Cossack Review, Cobalt Review, and Luna Luna Magazine. He has been a fellow and writer-in-residence at Red Lodge Clay Center, Lambda Literary Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBTQ Voices, Napa Valley Writers' Conference, Vermont Studio Center, Squaw Valley Community of Writers, Santa Fe Art Institute, and Canto Mundo.