Inaugural Latinx Poetry Fest
Schedule
Thu Sep 29 2022 at 06:00 pm
Location
Garde Arts Center | New London, CT
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PIVOTInaugural Latinx Poetry Fest
WHEN/WHERE:
THURS 9/29, Doors/Reception at 6pm, Poetry at 7pm
Garde Arts Center
325 State Street
New London, CT, 06320
FREE ADMISSION
FEATURING:
✨ José B. Gonzáles
✨ Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta
✨ Melissa Lozada-Oliva
José B. González is the author of the award-winning,Toys Made of Rock and When Love Was Reels, and the co- editor of Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature. He has been anthologized in the Norton Introduction to Literature, The Wandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States, and Theatre Under My Skin: Contemporary Salvadoran Poetry and has presented at colleges and universities throughout the U.S. A Fulbright Scholar, he has been featured on the syndicated show, American Latino TV, Univision, and NPR and is the editor of LatinoStories.com. Born in El Salvador and raised in New London, part of his life has been documented in the first exhibit of Latinos at the Smithsonian Museum of American History.
Dr. Grisel Y. Acosta’s poetry collection, Things to Pack on the Way to Everywhere, was a 2020 finalist for the Andrés Montoya Prize. She is the editor of Latina Outsiders Remaking Latina Identity (Routledge, 2019), an anthology featuring over 30 scholarly and creative works by Latinas from throughout the United States. She has presented and published her creative and scholarly work in London, England; Cartagena, Colombia; Catalonia, Spain; Buenos Aires, Argentina, and throughout the United States. She is a Geraldine Dodge Foundation Poet, a Macondo Fellow, and the Creative Writing Editor at Chicana/Latina Studies Journal.
Melissa Lozada-Oliva is the author of Dreaming of You and Peluda. She co-hosts the podcast Say More and is a member of the band Meli and the Specs. She holds an MFA in poetry from NYU and her writing has been featured in Remezcla, PAPER, The Guardian, The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4,m, Glamour, The Huffington Post, The Poetry Project, Audible, and BBC Mundo. Her poem, "Like Totally Whatever" won the 2015 National Poetry Slam Championship.
The PIVOT visual art exhibition, featuring the work of 12 New London visual artists is on view through its closing reception on 10/29, 6pm.
Pivot was made possible with generous support from:
⭐ The City of New London
⭐ Garde Art Center
⭐ Cultural Coalition
⭐ New London Cultural District
⭐ Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut
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Where is it happening?
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