Poetry icon Lorna Dee Cervantes joins emerging poets Leticia del Toro and Laura Villareal for a reading and plática about Latina poetics, memory and cultural exploration.
Where: | Student Union Kiva (Seats 100) ![]() |
When: | Sat, Mar 4, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - UA Bookstore, Main Floor (following presentation)
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Genre: | Poetry |
Moderator: | Estella Gonzalez |
Lorna Dee Cervantes is a XicanIndx (Chumash/Purepacha) author of six award-winning books of poetry: "Emplumada," "From the Cables of Genocide: Poems on Love and Hunger," "Ciento: 100 100-Word Love Poems," "Drive: The First Quartet", "Sueño," and "April on Olympia....
Leticia Del Toro is a Chicana poet and fiction writer from Crockett, Calif. with roots in Jalisco, Mexico. Her work has appeared in Cipactli, Huizache, Zyzzyva, About Place Journal and more. "All We Are Told Not to Touch," is her first poetry chapbook from Finishing Line Press....
Laura Villareal is a poet from a small town in Texas. She earned her M.F.A. at Rutgers University—Newark. Her debut poetry collection, "Girl’s Guide to Leaving," was published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 2022....