Poets Unidos: A Celebration of Bilingual Poetry during Houston Poetry Fest
Event Name
Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say
DATE: Wed. Oct. 18 
TIME: 6pm - 8 pm
LOCATION: Platypus Brewing 1902 Washtingont Ave
MORE: Free. 20 groups unite to celebrate poetry in Spanish and English
 
20 Organizations: Poets Unidos
 
Celebration of Bilingual Poetry in Spanish and English 
&
Mujeres Malas Reveal & Pop-up Art Show.
 
Wednesday, October 18, 2017
6:00 p to 6:30 p: 
Featured bilingual poets r eadings in the "Cask of Amontillado."

6:30 p: The Picture #LatinoLitPic #2017 #Houston
All poets and prose writers, allies of Latino Lit are invited to stand in the 2017 Latino Lit Picture. First floor of Platypus Brewing. 

7:00 p - 8 p:
More featured poets, and bilingual open mic, with Malas Mujeres reveal and Pop-Up Art Show. 2nd Floor. 
 
Platypus Brewing 1902 Washington Ave Suite E, Houston, TX 77007. Free.
 

Hosts: Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante & Lupe Mendez.

Featured writers:
From Dallas:
Sylvana Avila Alonzo
From Houston:
Vanessa Torres
Miriam Damaris Maldonado
Marlon Lizama 
Jasminne Mendez
Majo Delgadillo
Natalia Trigo
Maria Palacios, THE FEMALE KING
Leslie Contreras Schwartz, FUEGO, and to be released 
          NIGHTBLOOM & CENOTE
Mikaela Selley, Hispanic Collections and Oral  History Archivist
Dr. Lorena Gauthereau, CLIR/DLF-Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
          Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage and US 
          Latina/o Digital Humanities 
&
Mujeres Malas Reveal & Pop-up Art Show.

Partners:
Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say
Librotraficante
Tintero Projects
Houston Poetry Fest
Arte Público Press
Iconoclast
KPFT
Literal
Cronopios
Casa de las Americas
First Fridays
PhD Creative Writing Spanish. University of 
Houston 
Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston 
Public Library 
Conversing Through Poetry
El Circulo Literario Cervantes-Shakespeare
Flamenco Poetry Society 
Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage  and US Latina/o 
          Digital Humanities 
Casa Ramirez Folklife Gallery
Mujeres Malas
Multicultural Education and Counseling Through the Arts - MECA
Talento Bilingue de Houston - TBH

 
www.NuestraPalabra.org