ASU Tempe campus hosts celebration for Latino poetry book release
Posted 11/12/24
A book release and reading celebrating the publication of a new collection of U.S. Latinx poetry is planned for Sunday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. at the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creating Writing on ASU’s Tempe campus.
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ASU Tempe campus hosts celebration for Latino poetry book release
Courtesy Arizona State University
The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creating Writing on ASU’s Tempe campus is hosting an event in honor of the publication of a new collection of U.S. Latinx poetry.
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A book release and reading celebrating the publication of a new collection of U.S. Latinx poetry is planned for Sunday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. at the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creating Writing on ASU’s Tempe campus.
“Latino Poetry Anthology,” edited by Rigoberto González, features the work of 180 writers, representing milestones in Latinx literature and history from the 17th century to the present, a press release explained.
Published by the Library of America, the anthology features writers across generations, regions, approaches and with various interpretations of “the places we call home,” the subtitle of the anthology.
“We’re not just one thing, one story, one people,” González said in the release. “We are proud to be a part of the American fabric.”
Two writers included in the anthology will be present at the reading to read and discuss their work. Alberto Ríos, Arizona-based writer and director of the Piper Center and Philadelphia-based poet Gabriel Ramirez, will read from Latino Poetry and engage in a one-on-one conversation.
Ramirez is also a CantoMundista and this year’s Poetry Coalition Fellow working with CantoMundo, according to the release.
The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided along with book giveaways and other reader-friendly goodies.
Remote access to the event via Zoom will be made available to educators and others upon request at cantomundo.org. Educators or community members of four or more that carpool to ASU Tempe to attend the Nov. 17 reading will have their parking validated.
For more, email Belinda Acosta at Belinda.acosta@asu.edu or cantomundo@asu.org.