#  Latinx Poetry Reading in Celebration of National Poetry Month 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **April 12, 2018** 

 05:30PM - 07:00PM EDT 

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 **Observatorio Cervantes, 2 Arrow Street, 4th floor**  



 

 



 

Join us to celebrate the National Poetry Month with a Latinx poetry reading. From Elizabeth Acevedo’s poetry, infused with Dominican bolero and her beloved New York’s tough grit, to Peggy Robles-Alvarado’s rhythmic energy to celebrate womanhood and honor cultural systems, through the work of Danielle Legros Georges, City of Boston Poet Laureate. **Elizabeth Acevedo** holds a B.A. in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and a M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. With over fourteen years as a performing poet, Acevedo has graced stages nationally and internationally. She is the author of the chapbook *Beastgirl & Other Origin Myths*, and her debut novel, *The Poet X* has just been published. **Peggy Robles-Alvarado** is a tenured New York City educator with graduate degrees in elementary and bilingual education. She is a 2017 Pushcart Prize nominee, a CantoMundo, Academy for Teachers and Home School Fellow as well as two-time International Latino Book Award winner and author of *Conversations With My Skin* and *Homage to the Warrior Women*. **Danielle Legros Georges** is a professor in the Creative Arts and Learning Division at Lesley University. Her work has been published in a wide variety of publications including *The Boston Globe*, *World Literature Today*, *The Caribbean Writer*, *Callaloo*, *Poeisis*, *The American Poetry Review* and she is the author of the collection *Maroon*. Organized in collaboration with the Provostial Fund for Arts and Humanities, the Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, the Committee on Ethnicity, Migration and Rights; the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies (DRCLAS) and the Committee on Degrees in History and Literature.

 

 



 

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