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We the People of the United States…Ensure Domestic Tranquility

Celebrate twenty years of Letras Latinas with Blas Falconer, Valerie Martínez, and Dan Vera

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Dates & Tickets

Dates Tues, Nov 12, 2024 at 7:30pm

Venue Folger Theatre

Tickets $20

Duration 60 minutes

Please note: Children under the age of 4 are not permitted.

The second reading of the season celebrates twenty years of Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Poets Blas Falconer (author of four poetry collections, including Rara Avis), Valerie Martínez (Each and Her and Count) and Dan Vera (Speaking Wiri Wiri and The Space Between Our Danger and Delight) will read from their work with an introduction by poet and visual artist Sami Miranda. Miranda will also moderate the post-reading conversation. Bookselling and signing will be available after the event.

This event is co-sponsored with Letras Latinas and features work from the upcoming anthology, Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home. The anthology is a national public humanities initiative directed by Library of America with generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Emerson Collective, comprising a groundbreaking anthology, events around the country, and an online media archive.

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About the poets

Blas Falconer

Blas Falconer

Valerie Martínez

Valerie Martínez

Dan Vera

Dan Vera

Sami Miranda

Introducer and moderator

Sami Miranda

Selected works