Roy's poem Tia Mary combines playfulness and poignancy in one beautiful punch.

Roy Conboy is a Mixed Blood Latino/Irish/Indigenous writer and teacher who’s poetic plays have been seen in the struggling black boxes on the edges of the mainstream theatre in Los Angeles, Santa Ana, San Francisco, San Antonio, Denver, and more; and whose musical plays for young people have toured extensively in California.  His poetry has been seen in Green Hills Literary Lantern, Orphic Lute, Third Estate’s Quaranzine, Freshwater Literary Journal, New American Writing, and featured on the Latinx Lit  podcast.  His poetic radio drama Hue can be heard online at Barewire Theatre Company.  As an educator he taught for 35 years, including three decades as the head of the San Francisco State University playwrighting program where he created multiple programs that gave thousands of students of diverse ethnicities, genders, and backgrounds a place to find and raise their voices.

You can catch his work at royconboy.net