Intersectional Latinidad: A Poetry Workshop In-Person
Co-led by Diamond Braxton (Founder of Abode Press) and SG Huerta (Senior Poetry Editor and author of Last Stop), this workshop will focus on what it means when our Latinidad intersects with other parts of ourselves, such as queerness, Black identity, mixed-race identity, feminism, transness, disability, activism, and class, and how to welcome all parts of ourselves in our writing. In addition, we look beyond ourselves and connect to the ancestors who share our intersections, welcome them into the space, and write alongside them. We will look at the works of multi-identity Latinx poets from the new Latino Poetry anthology. As a result of the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to generate new work in the genre they write in and have the chance to share should they choose to do so.
This program is presented as part of Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home, a major public humanities initiative taking place across the nation in 2024 and 2025, directed by Library of America and funded with generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Emerson Collective.
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