SLHW Members Showcased at Hispanic Heritage Month Event
The following message is from Founding Member Lupe Gonzalez regarding the Hispanic Heritage Month presentation held at Barnes and Noble over the weekend:
The Hispanic Heritage Month Celebration was wonderful.
First, we heard readings by four writers who were part of a class at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. The class focused on collective and connective writings. The books were ones Barnes & Noble featured for Hispanic Heritage Month. The first writer who read her work was Alicia Tafolla who read a monologue about tortilla-making, inspired by Gustavo Arrellano's book ASK A MEXICAN and stating that "every culture has a bread-making ritual".
Next was Robert Garcia who read an essay inspired by WINDOWS INTO MY WORLD, the anthology Sarah Cortez compiled and BURRO GENIUS by Victor Villasenor.
Martha Curcio, long-time member of Society of Latino and Hispanic Writers, read a very emotional letter from herself now to her 15-year-old self entitled "Cinquenta Quince inspired by two books: ONCE UPON A QUINCENEARA by Julia Alvarez and the anthology, FIFTEEN CANDLES edited by Adriana Lopez.
Grisel Y. Acosta, a fellow in the English program at UTSA, read poetry inspired by the memoir WHEN I WAS PUERTO RICAN by Esmeralda Santiago. Her poem dared to say that "one of these days" everyone would be treated the same and books wouldn't be separated into categories.
First, we heard readings by four writers who were part of a class at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. The class focused on collective and connective writings. The books were ones Barnes & Noble featured for Hispanic Heritage Month. The first writer who read her work was Alicia Tafolla who read a monologue about tortilla-making, inspired by Gustavo Arrellano's book ASK A MEXICAN and stating that "every culture has a bread-making ritual".
Next was Robert Garcia who read an essay inspired by WINDOWS INTO MY WORLD, the anthology Sarah Cortez compiled and BURRO GENIUS by Victor Villasenor.
Martha Curcio, long-time member of Society of Latino and Hispanic Writers, read a very emotional letter from herself now to her 15-year-old self entitled "Cinquenta Quince inspired by two books: ONCE UPON A QUINCENEARA by Julia Alvarez and the anthology, FIFTEEN CANDLES edited by Adriana Lopez.
Grisel Y. Acosta, a fellow in the English program at UTSA, read poetry inspired by the memoir WHEN I WAS PUERTO RICAN by Esmeralda Santiago. Her poem dared to say that "one of these days" everyone would be treated the same and books wouldn't be separated into categories.
posted by PAC PR at 8:38 AM
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