Lucha Corpi is a celebrated mystery writer who has created the character of Gloria Damasco a clairvoyant Chicana detective who solves crimes in novels such as Eulogy for a Brown Angel, Cactus Blood, Black Widow’s Wardrobe and others. Her most recent book is a non-mystery collection of essays titled Confessions of a Book Burner. In February of 2015 she read from her book at Michael Sedano’s recurring literary salon which he calls Mental Cocido (mental stew) .