F130.
Latina/o/x Narratives: Including Diverse Experiences from Our Community
Friday, February 9, 2024
9:00 am to 10:15 am
Many Latinx stories that garner mainstream attention focus on the immigrant experience. While these perspectives are vital, other narratives including stories from Afro-Latinos, children and grandchildren of immigrants, and indigenous people must be shared to accurately reflect the Latinx population. Join these panelists as they discuss how their work expands upon the canon and the importance of diverse Latino/a/x literature.
Participants
Alexandra Lusk Silvas is an MFA student at Saint Mary’s College of California. Her fiction circles the complexity of interpersonal relationships and reflects upon her upbringing in southern California. She is a recipient of the Reyna Grande Scholarship award and the Cowell Press Prize for book arts.
Nathan Xavier Osorio is the recipient of the Poetry Society of America’s 2021 Chapbook Fellowship for his collection, The Last Town Before the Mojave. He is currently a PhD candidate in literature and creative/critical writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Brenda Peynado, author of The Rock Eaters, her debut collection, has received an O. Henry Prize, a Pushcart Prize, a Fulbright Grant, and a Nelson Algren Award, and appears in Tor.com, Georgia Review, Kenyon Review, and The Sun. She is an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida.
Andrew Boryga is a writer who was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. His debut novel Victim will publish in March 2024 from Doubleday. His work has appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic, New York Times, and other outlets. He is an alumni of the University of Miami MFA program.
Cynthia Guardado /Gwarr-Dah-Doe/ (she/her/hers) is a Salvadoran-American poet and tenured professor of English at Fullerton College. She is the editor-in-chief of LiveWire, an online magazine. She has two poetry collections, Endeavor (World Stage Press 2017) and Cenizas (University of Arizona Press).
