Join poets Laura Villareal, Jose Olivarez and Cynthia Guardado as they explore poetry's ability to restore a sense of home and heal the traumatic legacies of exile and the domestic violence.
Where: | Student Union Kiva (Seats 100) ![]() |
When: | Sun, Mar 5, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Signing area: | Sales & Signing Area - UA Bookstore, Main Floor (following presentation)
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Genre: | Poetry |
Cynthia Guardado is a Los Angeles–born Salvadoran poet and professor. She is the author of two collections of poetry, "Cenizas" and "ENDEAVOR." Guardado also translated and transcribed interviews with journalist and Cuban exile, Normando Hernandez Gonzalez which were published in "The Madrid Conversations....
José Olivarez is the son of Mexican immigrants. He is the author of "Promises of Gold." His debut book of poems, "Citizen Illegal," was a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Award and a winner of the 2018 Chicago Review of Books Poetry Prize....
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....