Monday, March 14, 2016

LETRAS LATINAS in DC: 2009 - 2016

PORTRAITS OF COLLABORATION:
Letras Latinas in DC, 2009-2016
 Eduardo C. Corral 
(as rendered by Dan Vera)
The programming Letras Latinas has carried out in Washington, D.C.,
during the period covered by this retrospective photo gallery,
was made possible thanks to the generosity 
of the Weissberg Foundation
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LETRAS LATINAS 
@ the Smithsonian Museum of American History:
Poetics of Labor series
"The Bracero Program: 1942-1964"
Diana Garcia reading her poems
Fall of 2009
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LETRAS LATINAS
@ Split This Rock Poetry Festival 2010:
Reginald Harris, Francisco Aragón, Janet Aalfs,
Jericho Brown, Dan Vera, Joseph Ross
Rich Villar, John Murillo, Marie Elizabeth Mali, Martín Espada
Letras Latinas-sponsored reading
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LETRAS LATINAS
presents
William Archila in DC (1):
with Frazier O'Leary's students
at Cardozo High School
book in hand: 
The Art of Exile by William Archila
spring of 2010
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LETRAS LATINAS
partners with CAVE CANEM:
Kyle Dargan, Teri Cross Davis, Paul Martinez Pompa
Brenda Cárdenas, Camille Rankine, 
Gregary Pardlo, Francisco Aragón
@ The Writer's Center
Fall of 2010
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LETRAS LATINAS 
presents
Steven Cordova in DC: 
literary salon in a private residence
"In conversation with Steven Cordova" 
Steven Cordova reads his poems
at Sunday Kind of Love series
Fall of 2010
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LETRAS LATINAS, "patron" sponsor at AWP
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BELTWAY POETRY QUARTERLY
FLOR Y CANTO SPECIAL ISSUE

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LETRAS LATINAS 
@ at Folger Shakespieare Library (1)
O.B. Hardison poetry series:
 J. Michael Martínez, Valerie Martínez, Naomi Ayala
winter 2011
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LETRAS LATINAS
presents
William Archila in DC (2): 
 Latino/a Poetry Now series (installment 2):
William Archila reads at Georgetown University
co-presented with Poetry Society of America 
and the Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice 
spring 2012
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LETRAS LATINAS 
@ the Library of Congress (1)
Lorraina López and Blas Falconer
presenting The Other Latin@
spring 2012
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LETRAS LATINAS
@ the Folger Shakespeare Library (2)
 O.B. Hardison poetry series
Francisco Aragón, Carl Phllips, Eduardo C. Corral
Fall 2012
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LETRAS LATINAS 
@ the National Press Club:
Neida Perez, Carmen Calatayud, Janice Law, 
Maritza Rivera, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Francisco Aragón
co-presenting with
"American Women Writers National Museum"
winter 2013 
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LETRAS LATINAS 
@ the Library of Congress (2):
Georgette Dorn, Rob Casper, Catalina Gomez
Fred Arroyo, Francisco Aragón, Maria Melendez
in the Poetry Room, Jefferson Building
spring 2013
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LETRAS LATINAS/
RED HEN POETRY PRIZE

 Dan Vera reading in Chicago
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LETRAS LATINAS
presents
PINTURA : PALABRA in DC (1): 
Blas Falconer 
@ the Smithsonian American Art Museum
January 2014
 Valerie Martínez
@ the Smithsonian American Art Museum
February 2014
 PINTURA : PALABRA workshop
@ Smithsonian American Art Museum 
February 2014
standing: Emma Trelles, Brenda Cárdenas, Carmen Calatayud,
Yvette Neisser Moreno, Valerie Martínez, Maritza Rivera,
Samuel Miranda, John Chavez, Carlos Parada Ayala
kneeling: Francisco Aragón, Dan Vera, Juan J. Morales
@Busboys and Poets, Sunday Kind of Love series 
PINTURA : PALABRA DC portfolio
featured in this issue of POET LORE
featuring work of DC workshop participants

 PINTURA PALABRA portfolio in POETRY, featuring work of
Blas Falconer, Brenda Cárdenas, Eduardo C. Corral
Valerie Martínez, Tino Villanueva, Laure Ann Guerrero
and others
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LETRAS LATINAS 
@ the Library of Congress (3) 
Interview with Rigoberto González
after his lecture
"Latino poetry: 
Pivotal Voices, Era of Transition"
Spring 2014
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PINTURA : PALABRA in DC (2)
 Laurie Ann Guerrero,
the inaugural recipient of the
Letras Latinas Ekphrastic Residency:
 a literary salon
at the home of Kim Roberts
with Dan Vera as moderator
Spring 2015
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LETRAS LATINAS
@ the Library of Congress (4)
 post-reading discussion with Tim Z. Hernández
Spring 2015
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 LETRAS LATINAS
presents
William Archila in DC (3):
William Archila reads his poetry 
for "Spotlight on U.S. Hispanic Writers,"
part of the Library of Congress'
Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape
in collaboration with LOC's Poetry and Literature Center
and the LOC's Hispanic Division
winter of 2016
Winter 2016
SPOTLIGHT ON U.S. HISPANIC WRITERS 
http://www.loc.gov/poetry/hispanic-writers/
William Archila reads at the Folger
Winter 2016

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LETRAS LATINAS
co-presents 
the U.S. Poet Laureate in DC
in the  green room
at the National Portrait Gallery,
Juan Felipe Herrera, Arlene Biala, Diana Garcia
Juan Felipe Herrera
Arlene Biala Juan Felipe Herrera
Georgette Dorn, Diana Garcia
poets responding to
"One Life: Dolores Huerta"
at the National Portrait Gallery
spring 2016
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note:
This photo gallery is not meant to be a comprehensive visual record
of Letras Latinas programming in DC during the period covered,
but rather a generous selection.













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