The National Poetry Library presents this free online Latinx poetry showcase where you can discover new poetry and hear ideas about writing, activism and creativity from contemporary poets at work today.
The Poetry Translation Centre will present Argentine poet Laura Wittner will share poems from Translation of the Route (Poetry Translation Centre/Bloodaxe Books), her first collection to be translated into English and eleventh collection overall. She will read both the Spanish originals and the English translations which were made by Juana Adcock.
The evening features organisations including Tangled Tongues / Lenguas Enredadas, a writing group founded by Nathalia Samhil Gonzalez Gutierrez and Anahi Saravia Herrera with the aim of exploring Spanglish as a political and creative medium. Poets reading from the group’s eponymous zine including Nathalia Samhil Gonzalez Gonzalez, Francesca Asprella, Luisa De la Concha Montes, Isabelle Bollekens and Elida Silvey.
Silvia Demetilla will present poetry exploring the connection between the written word and cultural resistance. Poets include Natalia Figueroa Gallardo, Xaviera Ringeling, Elizabeth Salazar Guerra, Mabel Encinas, Isabel Ros López, Walter Willig and Jael de la Luz García.
