The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center
presents
The Flor de Nopal Literary Festival
Thursday December 1, 2011
7pm-9pm Free and open to the general public.
The first night of the festival will feature 3 workshops on writing and creativity.
Facilitated by Scott Wiggerman, Jo Reyes-Boitel, and Moises S. L. Lara & ire’ne lara silva.
Email flordenopal@gmail.com to reserve a space.
On Friday and Saturday night over twenty poets from different parts of Texas will be reading.
December 2, 2011
7-9pm Poetry Reading: MC: Audrea Diaz
Christopher Carmona, Sarah Shaney Reeves, Gloria Amescua, Ari Chagoya, Katie Pace, jo reyes-boitel, Abe Louise Young, Trey Moore,
Lauren Espinoza, Joe Jimenez, & Scott Wiggerman.
December 3, 2011
5pm Presentation/Discussion with Trey Moore
6pm Poets’ Panel
&
7-9pm Poetry Reading: MC: Audrea Diaz
Laurie Ann Guerrero, K. Denea Stewart Shaheed, Celeste Guzman Mendoza, Maria Miranda Maloney, Rachel Jennings, Jorge Antonio Renaud, Tammy Melody Gomez, Brenda Nettles Riojas, ire’ne lara silva, Erin Bad Hand, & Carmen Tafolla.
All events are free and open to the public.
@ The Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center
600 River St., Austin, TejAztlan
Featured poets will also be conducting workshops with various local community organizations:
Red Salmon Arts’ Save Our Youth programs; PODER’s Youth Leadership program; OutYouth; Latinitas; Safeplace; and the Mary Lee Foundation.
This program is sponsored in part by
Red Salmon Arts; Resistencia Bookstore; UT Center for Mexican American Studies; Centro Victoria and Huizache Magazine; Mouthfeel Press; La Peña/Indigenous Women’s Network IWN/Alma de Mujer; Las Comadres de las Americas; La Sol y La Luna Restaurant; and Humanities Texas, the state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Coordinators: Moisés S. L. Lara and ire’ne lara silva
About the Flor De Nopal Literary Festival:
Our mission is to promote the literary work of emerging and established Latin@ poets and writers, to create and nourish ties between Latin@ writers and writers of other races and ethnicities, and to offer writing workshops not only of interest to other writers but to diverse communities.
FOR MORE INFO: www.flordenopalliteraryfestival.wordpress.com
www.facebook.com/flordenopallitfest or email: irenelarasilva@yahoo.com
