Brooklyn Book Festival: Four Hundred Years of Latino Poetry

Date/Time: September 29, 2024 @ 4:00 - 5:00PM

Location: Brooklyn Book Festival Main Stage 

The Clemente and Brooklyn Public Library, in partnership with the Library of America, are proud to present a series of three events this fall celebrating the NYC launch of Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology, edited by celebrated poet Rigoberto González. The series will engage new audiences through music, poetry, and performances.

This series debuts the first thematic track for Historias Sembradas, Everyday Poetics: Ritual and Resistance,which explores the role Latinx poets have played a vital role in shaping diasporic identity, institution building, and community organizing.

The series at the Brooklyn Book Festival Main Stage features a panel on the Politics of Latino Poetry featuring Rigoberto González and Yesenia Montilla moderated by Urayoán Noel. 

More info and RSVP HERE!