Intersectional Latinidad: A Poetry Workshop
Sat, Nov 02
|San Marcos Public Library
This poetry 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.


Time & Location
Nov 02, 2024, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM CDT
San Marcos Public Library, 625 E Hopkins St, San Marcos, TX 78666, USA
About the event
There are 30 seats available for this workshop. RSVPs must be placed through the San Marcos Public Library.
RSVP here: https://sanmarcostx.libcal.com/event/13116589
Workshop Description: 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…