Elizabeth AcevedoFor National Poetry Month\, join the Libra ry and Letras Latinas - the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies - for a special poetry reading and ce lebration of the new publication Latino Poetry: The Lib rary of American Anthology. In conversation with Georgetown Unive rsity's Ricardo Ortiz\, the evening will feature readings and discussion f rom poets Dan Vera\, Elizabeth Acevedo\, Francisco Aragon\, Juan J. Morale s\, and Alexandra Lytton Regalado. \;
\nCopies of the anthology and books by each poet will be available for sale and signing courtesy of Lost City Bookstore.
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\nFor nearly five centuries\, the rich tapestry of Latino poetry has been wo ven from a wealth of languages and cultures&mdash\;a &ldquo\;tremendous co ntinental MIXTURAO\,&rdquo\; in the words of the poet Tato Laviera.
\n< p>Now\, in an unprecedented anthology edited by the poet and critic Rigobe rto Gonzá\;lez\, Library of America brings together more than 180 po ets whose poems bear witness to the beauty and power of this vital and exp anding tradition: its profound engagement with pasts both mythical and his torical\, its reckoning with the complexities of language\, land\, and ide ntity\, and its vision of a nation enriched by the stories of immigrants\, exiles\, refugees\, and their descendants.\nThere are a brilliant array of contemporary voices here as well\, spinning out the tapestry of L atino poetry in daring new directions. Taking the measure of this current renaissance\, the anthology culminates with the most comprehensive survey of twenty-first century Latino poetry yet published.
\nFor nearly fi ve centuries\, the rich tapestry of Latino poetry has been woven from a we alth of languages and cultures&mdash\;a &ldquo\;tremendous continental MIX TURAO\,&rdquo\; in the words of the poet Tato Laviera.
\nNow\, in an unprecedented anthology edited by the poet and critic Rigoberto Gonz&aacu te\;lez\, Library of America brings together more than 180 poets whose poe ms bear witness to the beauty and power of this vital and expanding tradit ion: its profound engagement with pasts both mythical and historical\, its reckoning with the complexities of language\, land\, and identity\, and i ts vision of a nation enriched by the stories of immigrants\, exiles\, ref ugees\, and their descendants.
\nThere are a brilliant array of cont emporary voices here as well\, spinning out the tapestry of Latino poetry in daring new directions. Taking the measure of this current renaissance\, the anthology culminates with the most comprehensive survey of twenty-fir st century Latino poetry yet published.
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\nElizabeth AcevedoElizabeth Acevedo was the 2022&n bsp\;Young People&rsquo\;s Poet Laureate \;and the \;New York \;Times-bestselling author of \;The Poet X\, which won the National Bo ok Award for \;Young \;People&rsquo\;s Literature\, the Michael L. Printz Award\, the Pura Belpré\; Award\, the Carnegie medal\, the B oston Globe&ndash\;Horn Book Award\, and the Walter Award. She is also the author of \;With the Fire on High&mdash\;which was named a best book of the year by the New York Public Library\, NPR\, \;Publishers Weekly \, and \;School Library Journal&mdash\;and \;Clap When You Land\, which was a Boston Globe&ndash\;Horn Book Honor book and a Kirkus finalist . She holds a BA in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. Acevedo ha s been a fellow of Cave Canem\, Cantomundo\, and a participant in the Call aloo Writer&rsquo\;s Workshops. She is a National Poetry Slam Champion\, a nd resides in Washington\, DC with her love.
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Dan VeraDan Ve ra is a writer\, editor\, watercolorist\, and literary historian. Recipien t of the Oscar Wilde Award for Poetry and the Letras Latinas/Red Hen Poetr y Prize\, he&rsquo\;s the co-editor of \;Imaniman: Poets Writing In Th e Anzaldú\;an Borderlands \;and author of two books of poetry.A CantoMundo and Macondo Writing Fellow\, he's been a featured reader around the country including the Dodge Poetry Festival\, the Poetry Foundation i n Chicago\, and The Library of Congress and Folger Shakespeare Library.
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Alexandra Lytton RegaladoAlexandra \;Lytton Regalado is a Salvadoran-American author \, editor\, and translator. She is the author of \;Relinquenda\, winne r of the National Poetry Series (Beacon Press\, 2022)\; the chapbook \ ;Piedra \;(La Chifurnia\, 2022)\; and the poetry collection \;Matr ia\, winner of the St. Lawrence Book Award (Black Lawrence Press\, 2017). A CantoMundo and Letras Latinas fellow\, her work has recently appeared in \;Poetry\, \;Best American Poetry\, \;BOMB\, \;World Lite rature Today\, \;Agni\, poets.org and \;Creative Nonfiction
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Juan J. MoralesJuan \;J. \;Morales&nbs p\;is the son of an Ecuadorian mother and Puerto Rican father and grew up in Colorado. He is the author of four poetry collections\, including \ ;Dream of the Bird Tattoo\, \;newly published by the University of New Mexico Press. \;Morales \;has received fellowships from CantoMund o\, Macondo\, Longleaf Writers Conference\, and he has served as the edito r/publisher of Pilgrimage Press. He lives in Pueblo\, Colorado and is an A ssistant Professor of English at Colorado College.
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Ricardo L. Ortiz\nRicardo L. Ortiz is Professor of Latinx Literature and Culture in t he English Department at Georgetown University\, where he also directs the MA Program in Engaged and Public Humanities. He has published two books a nd over thirty journal articles and book chapters in Latinx literary/ cult ural studies\, including in \;The Yale Journal of Criticism\, \;So cial Text\, \;Contemporary Literature\, \;GLQ\, \;and \;Az tlá\;n. In 2022 Prof. Ortiz served as President of the Association o f Departments of English.
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This program is prese
nted as part of Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home\, a major public humani
ties initiative taking place across the nation in 2024 and 2025\, directed
by \;Library of America \;and funded with generous support from t
he \;National Endowment for the Humanities \;and Emerson Collectiv
e.