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Latina Poetry Reading in Celebration of Women’s History Month
Featuring Carmen Bardeguez-Brown, Elisabet Velasquez with Victoria Alicea DelValle. Part of the 2018 First ever Latinx Poetry Reading and Workshop Series at Harvard University. Carmen Bardeguez-Brown work was showcased in the documentary, Latino Poets in the United States. She has been invited to read at The Nuyorican Poets Café, The Fez, Mad Alex Foundation, The Soho Arts Festival, Long wood Gallery, The Kitchen, La Casa Azul, New Year’s Alternative Poetry Marathon at Dixon Place, The Boricua College Poetry Series, Caribbean…
Find out more »Latinx Poetry Reading in Celebration of National Poetry Month Featuring ELIZABETH ACEVEDO, PEGGY ROBLES-ALVARADO with Boston Poet Laureate DANIELLE LEGROS GEORGES
Part of the 2018 Latinx Poetry Reading and Workshop Series at Harvard University ELIZABETH ACEVEDO was born and raised in New York City and her poetry is infused with Dominican bolero and her beloved city’s tough grit. She holds a BA in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. With over fourteen years as a performing poet, Acevedo has graced stages nationally and internationally including renowned venues such as…
Find out more »Did You Know?
Certain books were “banned in Boston” at least as far back as 1651, when one William Pynchon wrote a book criticizing Puritanism.