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Latinx Writers Caucus
Thursday, March 24, 2022
6:30 pm to 7:45 pm
Latinx writers are becoming increasingly visible in literary spaces. However, there is still work to be done to address inequalities in access and visibility. The Latinx Writers Caucus creates space for new, emerging, and established writers of varied Latinx identities to network, discuss obstacles to publication (i.e., active oppression and the cultural marginalization of Latinx writers), and discuss panel and event planning that will increase Latinx participation at future AWP conferences. This meeting will be held virtually on the virtual conference platform.
Participants
Amy M. Alvarez coedited Essential Voices: A COVID-19 Anthology (WVU Press). Her poetry appears in numerous literary journals as well as anthologies and textbooks. A CantoMundo, Macondo, VONA, Furious Flower Poetry Center, and VCCA fellow, she teaches at West Virginia University.
Lydia Cheshewalla is an Osage/Xicana transdisciplinary artist and writer from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She facilitates writing-as-ceremony moments within the framework of community circles, public art installations, and arts education curriculum. She is a member of the Latinx Caucus leadership team.
Chino Scott-Chung is a trans Chinese/Mexican historical/creative non/fiction writer. Founder and fiction editor of The Asian and Pacific Islander Transmasculine Anthology, he is part of the Latinx Writers Caucus leadership team. His work appears in GenderQueer: Voices From Beyond the Sexual Binary.
Karina Muñiz-Pagán is a queer Xicana writer and former Community Engagement Fellow at Mills College (MFA 2017). She cofounded the writers' collective Las Malcriadas, which centers Latina immigrant storytelliing. She is a VONA alumna, literary translator, and community organizer.
Ruben Quesada
