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SUMMARY:Contemporary Conversations with Emanuel Xavier & Regie Cabico
LOCATION:Wheaton Library\nWheaton Library
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Join us for a conversation about the impor
 tance of poetry\, storytelling and the spoken word with writers Emanuel Xa
 vier and Regie Cabico.</p>\n<p>Xavier has been named a LGBTQ Icon by The E
 quality Forum and has been presented a New York City Council Citation Awar
 d. He has received an&nbsp\;International Latino Book Award\, Lambda Liter
 ary Award nominations and American Library Association Over the Rainbow Bo
 oks selections for his collections which include:&nbsp\;Pier Queen\, Ameri
 cano\, If Jesus Were Gay\, Nefarious\, Radiance&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;Selected P
 oems of Emanuel Xavier. Editor of&nbsp\;Me No Habla With Acento: Contempor
 ary Latino Poetry\, Bullets &amp\; Butterflies: queer spoken word poetry&n
 bsp\;and&nbsp\;Mariposas: A Modern Anthology of Queer Latino Poetry\, Xavi
 er is the recipient of a Gay City Impact Award and The Marsha A. Gomez Cul
 tural Heritage Award.</p>\n<p>Cabico is a spoken word pioneer having won T
 he Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam and later taking top prizes in three Na
 tional Poetry Slams. Cabico&rsquo\;s works appears in over 30 anthologies 
 including&nbsp\;The Spoken Word Revolution (Sourcebooks\, 2003)\,&nbsp\;Ch
 orus &amp\; The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (Thunder's Mouth Press\, 1
 999)\, and&nbsp\;Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Caf&eacute\;&nbsp\
 ;(Henry Holt and Company\, 1994). He is the co-editor of&nbsp\;Flicker &am
 p\; Spark: A Contemporary Anthology of Queer Poetry and Spoken Word&nbsp\;
 (Lowbrow Press\, 2013)\, nominated for a 2014 Lambda Literary Award.</p>\n
 <p>The program will take place at the <a href="https://montgomerycountymd.
 gov/library/branches/wheaton.html">Wheaton Library</a> (Social Hall\, seco
 nd floor) and it will also be offered via live streaming.&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>R
 egistration is still open - both in-person and via livestreaming.</p>\n<p>
 If you plan to attend the program <strong><span style="color: #ff0000\;">I
 N-PERSON</span></strong>\, please join us at the&nbsp\;<a href="https://mo
 ntgomerycountymd.gov/library/branches/wheaton.html"><strong><span style="c
 olor: #ff0000\;">Wheaton Library</span></strong></a>&nbsp\;at 5:30 pm. Soc
 ial Hall\, second floor.</p>\n<p>If you plan to attend the program via&nbs
 p\;<strong><span style="color: #0000ff\;">LIVE STREAMING</span></strong>&n
 bsp\;from anywhere\, please&nbsp\;click the link below to join the webinar
 :</p>\n<p><a href="https://marylandlibraries.zoom.us/j/97388148333">https:
 //marylandlibraries.zoom.us/j/97388148333</a></p>\n<p>Webinar ID: 973 8814
  8333</p>\n<p>To attend this program via the web\, one needs to be signed 
 into Zoom. Create a free Zoom account at <a href="https://zoom.us/signup">
 https://zoom.us/signup</a></p>\n<p>Reception with food and refreshments to
  follow after the program.&nbsp\; Visit <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop
 /folmc">https://bookshop.org/shop/folmc</a></p>\n<p>This Contemporary Conv
 ersations program is sponsored by Friends of the Library Montgomery County
  (FOLMC) and the Literacy Council of Montgomery County (LCMC).</p>\n<p>Don
 't have a card right now?&nbsp\; No worries!&nbsp\; Find out how to&nbsp\;
 <a href="https://mcpl.link/library-card-from-event-listing">Get a Library 
 Card</a>.</p>\n<p></p>\n<p><strong>Accommodation Requests</strong></p>\n<p
 >People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request&nbsp\;<a href="http
 s://montgomerycountymd.gov/Library/accessibility/interpreter.html">English
 -language captioning or sign-language interpretation</a>&nbsp\;at least fi
 ve days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact 
 the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002
  with all other accommodation requests.</p>\n<p>cm 1.1 01/03/2023</p>\nhtt
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