Poets Enriqueta Carrington and Carlos Hernández Peña host four discussions based on the "Places We Call Home" Project Reader, highlighting themes and traditions informing Latino poetry. Hybrid.
The series of four discussions is based on the "Places We Call Home" Project Reader, which features representative poems selected to bring out eight themes integral to the tradition of Latino poetry as well as essays by notable experts on each of the themes. Enriqueta Carrington and Carlos Hernández Peña's series explores each of these themes through shared experiences of reading, discussions of cultural background, and videos and other content designed to support the discussions. Each of the themes is treated in pairs as follows:
Oct. 9, 6-7:30 p.m. - "Ancestry & Identity" and "First & Second Homes"
Oct. 23, 6-7:30 p.m. - "Voice & Resistance" and "Language / Lenguaje"
Nov. 6, 6-7:30 p.m. - "Family and Community" and "Music and Performance"
Nov. 20, 6-7:30 p.m. - "Labor" and "Earth, Landscape, and Myth" (Note: This session is in-person only in the Newsroom.)
This series is presented as part of "Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home," a major public humanities initiative, planned for 2024–25, that celebrates and explores the multifaceted legacy of Latino poetry. It is directed by Library of America and funded with generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Emerson Collective.
More about the "Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home" Project:
For nearly five centuries, the rich tapestry of Latino poetry has been woven from a wealth of languages and cultures. With distinctive rhythms, lyricism, and candor, and nuanced understandings of place, history, and origin, Latino poets have brought dazzling insight to what it means to make a home in America.
Recognition of the beauty and power of this tradition has grown in recent years, with Latino poets receiving two national and twelve state Poet Laureateships, two Pulitzer Prizes, and three National Book Awards. At the same time, the perennial questions confronted by Latino poets—of exile and belonging, language and identity, struggle and solidarity, and labor and landscape—have become ever more urgent.
What does Latino poetry reveal about America? How might it help us imagine a more just, joyful, and capacious future? Places We Call Home seeks to foster nationwide conversation on this vital literature through a groundbreaking new anthology edited by Rigoberto González, events around the country, an online media archive, and a wealth of library resources meant to spur in-depth reflection and discussion on key figures and themes.
Funded with generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Emerson Collective, Places We Call Home is directed by Library of America and presented in partnership with the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures; the Academy of American Poets; Cave Canem; Poetry Society of America; and the National Book Foundation, among others.
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.
Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home (Lugares que llamamos hogar) es una gran iniciativa pública en el campo de las humanidades, que se proyecta para el 2024 – 2025. Es dirigida por Library of América con el generoso apoyo del Fondo Nacional para las Humanidades y Emerson Collective.
EVENT TYPE: | Poetry | *Registration Required |
TAGS: | NEH | Latino Poetry | Hispanic Heritage Month | FallPreview24 |
