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Latinx Writers Caucus
Friday, February 9, 2024
5:00 pm to 6:15 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 (e.g. active oppression and the cultural marginalization of Latinx writers), and to discuss panel and event planning that will increase Latinx participation at future AWP conferences.
Participants
Amy M. Alvarez is the author of Makeshift Altar and coeditor of Essential Voices: A COVID-19 Anthology. A neurodivergent Jamaican and Puerto Rican Affrilachian poet, she has published in Ploughshares, The Acentos Review, and Obsidian. Alvarez currently teaches at West Virginia University.
Amairani Perez Chamu is a Mexican poet and multidisciplinary artist from Acapulco, Mexico. She is of Nahua ancestry, a DACA recipient, and LGBTQIA+. Focused on the mediums of poetry, filmmaking, and painting; she aims to amplify immigrant experiences. She is a leader of the Latinx Writers Caucus.
Casey Ramos is a narrative designer at Xbox Game Studios Publishing and game designer behind Unfolding, award-winner at Latinx in Gaming's UNIDOS game jam. Casey also works as lead narrative designer at Gameheads, a tech mentorship program for low-income youth of color in the Bay Area and beyond.
Breena Nuñez (she/they) is an AfroCentral American cartoonist from the Bay Area. She self-publishes autobiographical comics about the multiple identities she embodies as a queer Afrolatinx person of Salvadoran-Guatemalan descent. They also hold an MFA in comics from California College of the Arts.
Lydia Cheshewalla
