November 8, 2010 @ the University of Notre Dame

Before I flew west for the Latino Art Now! conference for the unveiling of Malaquaias Montoya's print-- inspired by Andrés Montoya's poetry--Letras Latinas hosted William Archila at Notre Dame on Monday, November 8, 2010. This is an area Letras Latinas aims to improve upon: bringing Latino and Latina writers to campus in collaboration with faculty who are teaching their book or books. In other words, the writers who come to Notre Dame will be influenced by who are being taught at Notre Dame. In William Archila's case, The Art of Exile is being taught this semester in an undergraduate course titled, "Migrant Voices." Here are some pics from his visit:

breakfast

Professor Tom Anderson and William Archila

at Sorin's at the Morris Inn
(photo credit: Francisco Aragón)

Professor Marisel Moreno, poet Lory Bedikian, 

and  Professor Tom Anderson
(photo credit: Francisco Aragón)

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a bit of a campus tour

William Archila on the second floor of McKenna Hall,

(home of the Institute for Latino Studies)

standing before the room where he will be reading later that day.
(photo credit: Francisco Aragón)

a crisp autumn day with golden dome
(photo credit: Francisco Aragón)

flyers on the first floor, O'Shaghnessy Hall
(photo credit: Francisco Aragón)

class visit

poet speaks to, and answers questions from,

students in an undergraduate course, 

"Migrant Voices,"

taught by Professor Marisel Moreno
(photo credit: Francisco Aragón)

lunch meeting with creative writing graduate students

in O'Shaghnessy Hall
(photo credit: Francisco Aragón)

Professor Marisel Moreno prepares to inteview William Archila

for the Letras Latinas Oral History Project

in the Julian Samora Library at the Institute for Latino Studies
(photo credit: Francisco Aragón)

signage outside 202 McKenna Hall
(photo credit: Francisco Aragón)

William Archila reads
(photo credit: Francisco Aragón)

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post-reading reception and book signing

libros a la venta
(photo credit: Francisco Aragón)

signing and conversing
(photo credit: Francisco Aragón)

 poet holding a gift just handed to him
(photo credit: Francisco Aragón)

walking to dinner
(photo credit: Francisco Aragón)

two pairs with Performing Arts Center (PAC) as backdrop
(photo credit: Francisco Aragón)