Latino Poetry: A Place to Call Home

Name: Latino Poetry: A Place to Call Home
Start: 2024-10-17T18:30:00-04:00
Location: Nevins Memorial Library

Schedule

Thu Oct 17 2024 at 06:30 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Nevins Memorial Library | Methuen, MA

This activity consists of a panel discussion with poets and activists who have contributed to social justice movements in Massachusetts. Poet, Pilar Quintana, will moderate the conversation about the ways in which Latinx poets use their art to contribute to social justice movements. Topics such as race, identity, belonging, and the pursuit of justice in the context of the LGBTQ+ community and undocumented people will be explored. Several poems from Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology will be read and discussed. The discussion will be in English with simultaneous interpretation into Spanish and sign language.
Register: https://nevinslibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/latino-poetry/
This program is presented as part of Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home, a major public humanities initiative taking place across the nation in 2024 and 2025, directed by Library of America and funded with generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Emerson Collective.
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Esta actividad consiste en una mesa redonda con poetas y activistas que han contribuido a los movimientos por la justicia social en Massachusetts. La poetisa Pilar Quintana moderará la conversación sobre las formas en que los poetas latinos utilizan su arte para contribuir a los movimientos de justicia social. Se explorarán temas como la raza, la identidad, la pertenencia y la búsqueda de la justicia en el contexto de la comunidad LGBTQ+ y las personas indocumentadas. Se leerán y discutirán varios poemas de la Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology. El programa será ofrecido en inglés con interpretación simultánea al español así como al lenguage de señas.
Registrar: https://nevinslibrary.assabetinteractive.com/calendar/latino-poetry/
Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home (Lugares que llamamos hogar) es una gran iniciativa pública en el campo de las humanidades, que se proyecta para el 2024 – 2025. Es dirigida por Library of América con el generoso apoyo del Fondo Nacional para las Humanidades y Emerson Collective.