From September–October 2024 (Hispanic Heritage Month) through April 2025 (National Poetry Month), Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home will bring free public programs to thirty-two states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, including signature events in Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, Houston, Dallas, New York City, and San Juan and Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. See below for more information and scroll down for a full calendar of events nationwide.
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For National Poetry Month, join Library of America and Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies, for a special poetry reading and celebration of the new publication Latino Poetry: The Library of American Anthology. In conversation with Georgetown University's Ricardo Ortiz, the evening will feature readings and discussion from poets Dan Vera, Elizabeth Acevedo, Francisco Aragon, Juan J. Morales, and Alexandra Lytton Regalado.
Latin American Writers Institute (LAWI), English Club/Department, and the Hostos Library, with support from Library of America and the National Endowment for the Humanities, presents a Latino Poetry Reading & Conversation featuring Deborah Paredez, Rosebud Ben-Oni, Urayoán Noel, Vincent Toro, Yesenia Montilla, and anthology editor Rigoberto González.
In conjunction with National Poetry Month, the Mexic-Arte Museum presents Nuestra Voz, an afternoon of Latinx and Chicana/o poetry featuring Bianca Alyssa-Powell Peregrino, David Cavazos and Raquel Alizondo, Diana Lizette Rodriguez, Irma Orozco and Aurora E. Orozco, Jorge Renaud, Jose Flores Peregrino, Juan Tejeda and Dr. Armando Tejeda, Paloma Michael Rivera, and Victor Guerra.
A Reading from the Latino Poetry anthology featuring Rio Cortez, Vanessa Jimenez Gabb, Urayoán Noel, and José Olivarez. Introduced by Rigoberto González.
Dallas-based literary nonprofit Activating Reading Communities Organization (ARCO) and the Latino Cultural Center present Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home—A Dallas Celebration, a two-day event honoring Latino voices through poetry, dance, and art.
Chicago Public Library hosts musical performances and readings in an event moderated by editor, Rigoberto González at their Central Branch.
Brooklyn Public Library and the Clemente Center host an outdoor launch event with readings and performances at the BPL Central Branch and a featured panel at the Brooklyn Book Festival featuring Rigoberto González.
Nuestra Palabra hosts Houston voices immortalized in Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology. Volume editor Rigoberto González and local teen poets from the Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts will also make appearances.
Los Angeles Public Library hosts outdoor celebration with music, readings, and dedicated altar at the opening of the Day of the Dead Festival.
Puerto Rico Foundation for the Humanities and Puerto Rico Center for the Book host a book presentation at Teatro Tapia in San Juan, a reading and discussion at University of Puerto Rico in Mayagüez, and a poetry slam and reading at the annual Fiesta de las Humanidades in Isabela.
Miami Book Fair and Books and Books dedicate the closing day of the Book Fair to the Latino Poetry Anthology with a reading and conversation with anthology poets and a live music dance party.
Seventy-five libraries and cultural organizations across the nation received grants to host public programs as part of Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home. Check out the listings below for details on programs near you happening between September 2024 and April 2025.
