"LETRAS LATINAS PRESENTS"

Letras Latinas' "bread and butter" is partnerships and collaboration.

Whether we provided artistic direction(curation), co-sponsorship funding, 

or logistical assistance, we are proud to present
our nationwide Fall 2009 season:

September 16

Juan Felipe Herrera

Jazz Showcase, 

Chicago, IL, 6 PM

Co-sponsors:

The Poetry Foundation, The Guild Complex (PALABRA PURA),

Rafael Cintron-Ortiz Latino Cultutal Center

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September 17

“Sharing Our Stories, Sharing Our Poems”

Alicia Gaspar de Alba

Orlando Ricardo Menes

210 McKenna Hall
University of Notre Dame, 9:30 AM

Co-sponsor: Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame

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September 21

Naomi Ayala

Carmen Calatayud

Dan Vera

George Mason University, 

Fairfax, VA 3 PM

Co-Sponsor: Fall Festival for the Book, 2009

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September 23

“The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry ON TOUR”

Francisco Aragón

Brenda Cárdenas,

John Olivares Espinoza

Kansas City Public Library

Kansas City, MO, 6:30 PM

Co-sponsors:

Latino Writers Collective (“Cuarta Página”)

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September 24

Paul Martínez Pompa

Jacob Saenz

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Rafael Cintron-Ortiz Latino Cultutal Center

University of Illinois at Chicago, 1:30 PM

Co-sponsors:

Inter-University Program for Latino Research, University of Illinois at Chicago

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October 7

Junot Díaz

DeBartolo Center for the Performing Arts

University of Notre Dame, 8 PM

Co-Sponsors:

Institute for Scholarship and the Liberal Arts, Office of the President, Institute for Latino Studies, Creative Writing Program, Kellog Institute, The Graduate School, The Fernández Fund, Department of Romance Languages

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October 27

Paul Martínez Pompa

Estrella Negra

Chicago, IL 7:30 PM

Co-sponsors: Tianguis Books, The Guild Complex

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October 29, 2009

“The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry ON TOUR”

Brenda Cárdenas

David Dominguez

Gina Franco 

Scott Inguito

Poet’s House

New York City, 8 PM

Panel discussion at 6:30 PM, featuring: Brenda Cárdenas, Gina Franco, Urayoán Noel, Rich Villar

Co-sponsors:

National Endowment for the Arts, The Guild Complex, Poet’s House, ACENTOS Foundation

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November 18

Rita María Martínez

 Luis Tubens

Décima Musa

Chicago, IL 7:30 PM

Co-sponsors:

The Guild Complex (PALABRA PURA), Rafael Cintron-Ortiz Latino Cultutal Center