viernes, 23 de abril de 2021

LatinX & Proud! Reading Series

 

 



LatinX & Proud! Reading Series

Featuring Eduardo C. Corral, Yesika Salgado, Edyka Chilomé,
and Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

 

Tuesday, April 27, 7:00 PM EDT


Streamed Online 
via City of Asylum @ Home


FREE!

 

The Latinx & Proud! Reading Series is excited to feature poets Eduardo C. Corral, Yesika Salgado, Edyka Chilomé, and Vanessa Angélica Villarreal in a powerhouse lineup. Latinx & Proud! continues the important work of celebrating Latinx artists, and empowering the local and national Latinx community in this ongoing series. This event is in proud partnership with the University of Pittsburgh's Center for Latin American Studies department

¡Ven a celebrar con nosotros! (Come celebrate with us!)

 

Watch this video compilation of Yesika Salgado and see her and others on Tuesday. 

 

 

 

Yesika Salgado is a Los Angeles based Salvadoran poet who writes about her family, her culture, her city, and her fat brown body. Salgado is a two time National Poetry Slam finalist and the recipient of the 2020 International Latino Book Award in Poetry. Yesika is the author of the best-sellers Corazón, Tesoro, and Hermosa, published with Not a Cult.

Eduardo C. Corral is the son of Mexican immigrants. His second book, Guillotine, was published by Graywolf Press. He's the recipient of a Whiting Writers' Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University. 

Vanessa Angélica Villarreal is the author of Beast Meridian (Noemi Press, Akrilica Series 2017), a recipient of a 2019 Whiting Award, a Kate Tufts Discovery Award nomination,  and winner of the John A. Robertson Award for Best First Book of Poetry from the Texas Institute of Letters. She is a 2021 National Endowment for the Arts poetry fellow, and has appeared in The New York Times, Harper's Bazaar, The Boston Review, Poetry Magazine, and elsewhere. 

Edyka Chilomé is a queer indigenous mestiza cultural worker, writer, poet, and child of migrant activist from occupied Zacateco (Mexico) as well as Lenca (El Salvador) territories who raised her in the tradition of spiritual activism. She is the author of two collections of poetry, She Speaks Poetry and El Poemario del Colibri / The Hummingbird Poems. 

 

 

 



And while you're at it, check out the return of the Latinx Reading Series in August. More information coming soon, but you can register today. Click the image for more information or to register for free.

 

Latinx & Proud! Series Advisory Board:

Adriana E. Ramírez, Malcolm Friend, & Karla Lamb

The mission of the Latinx & Proud! reading series is to incite conversation, empower, & amplify the Latinx community in Pittsburgh, PA & beyond.

 

The mission of CLAS is to promote global understanding through support for teaching, learning, & research in and on Latin America, the Caribbean, and the diverse diasporic communities of Latin American and Caribbean origin. CLAS provides faculty with the resources and intellectual environment to realize cutting-edge research, and students with unequaled educational experience and a solid path to a successful career. Through its community engagement programs, the center shares its resources regionally, nationally, & internationally.

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