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Akrilica Series Reading
Friday, March 25, 2022
9:00 am to 10:00 am
The Akrilica series is the first of its kind, focused on innovative Latinx writing. Named after former national poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera's essential text, this series seeks out Latinx writers working in new ways that push us, both formally and conceptually. Hear from new and established writers in the Akrilica series, each with a unique point of view.
Participants
Jasminne Mendez is an award-winning author, performance poet and educator. She received her BA in English literature and her MEd in curriculum and instruction from the University of Houston. She is the author of two hybrid collections of poetry and essays.
Joshua Escobar (DJ Ashtrae) is the author of the chapbooks Caljforkya Voltage, and xxox fm. He publishes the all-ages zine Orange Mercury. Bareback Nightfall, his first book, will be published in the Akrilica series in 2020. He is a CantoMundo fellow.
Sara Borjas is a Xicanx Pocha and a Fresno poet. Her debut collection, Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff was published by Noemi in 2019. She is the recipient of the Blue Mesa Poetry Prize, a CantoMundo fellow, and a Postgraduate Writer's Workshop fellow, and she teaches at UC Riverside.
Anthony Cody is the author of Borderland Apocrypha, winner of the 2018 Omnidawn Open Book Prize and a 2020 National Book Award Finalist in Poetry. He is a CantoMundo fellow from Fresno, California, who serves as a poetry editor for Noemi Press and Omnidawn Publishing.
