Círculo de poetas & Writers: Our Events
Círculo at the AWP in Los Angeles, March 26 through the 29th
Beyond Baroque Reading! Thursday, March 27th as part of the Círculo at the AWP in Los Angeles!
Beyond Baroque Reading! Thursday, March 27th as part of the Círculo at the AWP in Los Angeles!
Círculo will be at the AWP! We'll have a table at the book fair, and we're hosting an off-site reading. (AWP LA, March 26-29th, 2025)
Círculo will be at the book fair: Booth Number: T358. Come find us! Also, we're hosting a reading at the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center on Thursday, March 27th, 1:30 to 3:30 pm. All Círculo members are welcome to read at this event.
Here is a list of events happening in LA during the AWP conference. (All are open to the public):
- Círculo de poetas & Writers at the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center on Thursday, March 27th, 1:30 to 3:30 pm. 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291
- Macondo at the LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes on Thursday, March 27th, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. 501 N. Main St., Los Angeles, California 90012
- Adela Najarro reading at the Red Hen Press reading and party at Top of the Hub, Friday, March 28th, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. (Adela reads around 8 pm.) 700 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 700 Los Angeles, CA 90017. (Come learn about Red Hen Press.)
- Canto Mundo reading at the LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes on Friday, March 28th, from 6:00 to 9:00 pm. 501 N. Main St., Los Angeles, California 90012
- Huizache & Rio Grande Review reading at Latinx with Plants on Friday, March 28th, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. 2208 Cesar Chavez Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90033
- Somos Xicana reading LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes on Saturday, March 29th, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm. 501 N. Main St., Los Angeles, California 90012
Finally, make sure to check out the Plaza Letras Latinas at the AWP book fair: Letras Latinas has "invited poets to use it as a place for gathering, plática, book signings, poem videos, typewriter poems, or any other activity they could envision that highlighted their creative work." If you're at the AWP, make sure to stop on by!
Beyond Baroque Reading! Thursday, March 27th as part of the Círculo at the AWP in Los Angeles!
Beyond Baroque Reading! Thursday, March 27th as part of the Círculo at the AWP in Los Angeles!
Beyond Baroque Reading! Thursday, March 27th as part of the Círculo at the AWP in Los Angeles!
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We're hosting an off-site reading as part of our Círculo AWP extravaganza.
Our off-site reading happens on Thursday, March 27th, from 1:30 to 3:30 pm at the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center, 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291. Círculo members are invited to read their work during this event.
All Círculo members and subscribers to our newsletter are invited to read at this event. Time will depend on who shows up, but plan on 3 to 5 minutes.
See you there!
Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home, April 5th 1:30 to 3:30 PST
Beyond Baroque Reading! Thursday, March 27th as part of the Círculo at the AWP in Los Angeles!
Quarterly Writing Workshops on the Four Elements! Join us on April 16th!
Join us for National Poetry Month at the Watsonville Public Library on Saturday, April 5th, from 1:30 to 3:30 pm. Free. This is a hybrid event: in person and online!
Local poets Aideed Medina, Christopher Rendon, and Sara Santistevan will read their poems alongside Aldo Amparán, Natalia Treviño, and Laura Villareal who appear via Zoom. The poets will be in conversation with Adela Najarro about Latinidad and the places we call home.
For nearly five centuries, the rich tapestry of Latino poetry has been woven from a wealth of languages and cultures. With distinctive rhythms, lyricism, and candor, and nuanced understandings of place, history, and origin, Latino poets have brought dazzling insight to what it means to make a home in America. We hope to have a lovely poetry reading and conversation!
Free and open to the public. Online and in person at the Watsonville Library.
This program is presented as part of Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home, a major public humanities initiative taking place across the nation in 2024 and 2025, directed by Library of America and funded with generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Go to the Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home website and explore the possibilities of Latino life and poetry!
RESOURCES
- Download the Reader as a PDF or explore its components on latinopoetry.org—just click the tabs under Poems & Poets to get started!
- Explore Poems and Poets
- Explore Themes about US Latinidad
- View videos from poets featured in Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology
- Read the essays for the eight humanities themes for Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home
Quarterly Writing Workshops on the Four Elements! Join us on April 16th!
Quarterly Writing Workshops on the Four Elements! Join us on April 16th!
Quarterly Writing Workshops on the Four Elements! Join us on April 16th!
It's our 10th anniversary! Please join us for a series of complementary quarterly generative writing workshops on Zoom with Círculo Board Member Odilia Galván Rodríguez.
Workshops will occur on Wednesdays at 8:30 pm EST, 6:30 pm Mountain, or 5:30 pm PST. The dates are January 15th, April 16th, July 16th, and October 15th.
The topic for April 16th will be the element Wind in all its manifestations. The workshop included a series of prompts to aid in the writing. All participants were encouraged to share their work. During the remaining quarterly seminars, we will write about the elements of— Fire, and Water.
The August Conference
Quarterly Writing Workshops on the Four Elements! Join us on April 16th!
The August Conference
2025 will be our 10th anniversary! We will hold the conference in-person at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (the MAH) and online via Zoom. Mark your calendar for August 23rd (MAH) and August 30th (online), 2025!
Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home In Partnership With . . .
