Latino/a Poetry Now
Latino/a Poetry Now was a multi-year, multi-author college tour from 2011 to 2013 throughout the United States resulting from a partnership between Letras Latinas and the Poetry Society of America (PSA). Each stop featured a public reading. In tandem with each reading, multi-poet roundtable poetics discussions, were published by the Poetry Society of America. Harvard University, Georgetown University, Macalester College, University of Arizona, and the University of Notre Dame each hosted an event.
Roundtable Discussions and Public Readings[edit]
Before the tour, there was a two-part discussion.[1] with eleven poets[2] in the first half of 2011. The success of this discussion was the inspiration of the national tour.Maria Melendez moderated this roundtable. These poets included Albino Carrillo, Felicia Gonzalez, Blas Falconer, elena minor, Emma Trelles, Hope Maxwell Snyder, Juan Morales, Mark Smith-Soto, Raina J. León, and Roberto Tejada. Maria Melendez wrote an afterword, "The Challenge of the New Sun"[3], in summation.
The Latino/a Poetry Now national series ultimately showcased 15 poets in a span of two-and-a-half years. The selected poets read each other's works and took part in a round table poetics discussion prior to convening in person for the reading. The first of five consecutive readings took place at Harvard University on November 8, 2011. It was co-sponsored by Harvard's Woodberry Poetry Room. The reading featured Rosa Alcalá, Eduardo C. Corral, and Aracelis Girmay. The inaugural round table transcript[4] was published on the Poetry Society of America's website.
The series continued at Georgetown University on March 20, 2012, in collaboration with the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, as well as the Library of Congress’ Hispanic Division and Poetry and Literature Center. This second installment[5] featured Salvadoran-born poet William Archila and Argentinian-born poet Ruth Irupé Sanabria. Carolyn Forche read in Ruth Irupé Sanabria's place, though Ruth did take part in the roundtable discussion.
On October 10, 2012, Macalester College hosted[6] poets Xochiquetzal Candelaria, Lorena Duarte, a member of the Twin Cities’ Palabrista collective, and Rigoberto González.
University of Arizona’s Poetry Center welcomed Carmen Giménez Smith, J. Michael Martinez, and Roberto Tejada on April 25, 2013[7] for the penultimate installment[8] of Latino/a Poetry Now.[9]
The series concluded with two days of activities on October 29 and 30, 2013 at the University of Notre Dame.[10] The four invited poets were Blas Falconer, Maria Melendez, Raina J. León, John Murillo. These poets took part in Letras Latinas’ Oral History Project in addition to visiting classes and reading from their work. The Latino quartet received and commented on each others' works in the final roundtable discussion[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Latino/a Poets Round Table Round table pt 1". Poetry Society of America.
- ↑ "Latino/a Poetry Roundtable pt 2". Poetry Society of America.
- ↑ "Latino/a Poetry Roundtable The Challenge of the New Sun: An Afterword". Poetry Society of America.
- ↑ "Latino/a Poetry Now: 3 poets discuss their art". Poetry Society of America.
- ↑ "Latino/a Poetry Now: 2 poets, 3 countries". Poetry Society of America.
- ↑ "Latino/a Poetry Now: roundtable 3 featuring 3: Candelaria, Duarte, González". Poetry Society of America.
- ↑ Staff, Harriet (June 20, 2013). "Roundtable on a More Complicated Latino/a Poetry Now at PSA". Poetry Foundation.
- ↑ "Latino/a Poetry Now: roundtable 4 featuring: Martínez, Smith and, Tejada". Poetry Society of America.
- ↑ Rodriguez, John (May 1, 2013). "Latino Poets recognized in "Latino/a Poetry Now" Event". LatinTRENDS.
- ↑ Dukes, Howard (October 27, 2013). "'Latino/a Poetry Now' showcases diversity". South Bend Tribune.
- ↑ "Falconer, Melendez, León, Murillo: A Latino Quartet". Poetry Society of America.
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