Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home
A Poetry Reading & Conversation
An Unforgettable Evening at Cabrillo College
On September 12th, 2024, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Blas Falconer, Victoria Bañales, and Christopher Rendon shared the Samper Recital Hall stage. Each writer read their poems and discussed Latino poetry and life in the United States. Adela Najarro served as moderator. The poetry reading and conversation was powerful, enlightening, and fun.
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 had a lovely poetry reading and conversation!
Mark Your Calendar for 2025!
The second program event will happen at the Watsonville Public Library on Saturday, April 5th, from 1:00 to 4:00 pm. Continue the conversation and join us for National Poetry Month 2025!
Learn More
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
For Cabrillo College Instructors:
- Canvas Commons: download a page to your Canvas shell! You may select a discussion post, an assignment page, or both.
- Open your Canvas Shell and select "Canvas Commons" in the navigation bar on the left. Search for "Latino Poetry at Cabrillo," then import these pages!
- OR click and explore:
- Discussion: Latino Poetry at Cabrillo
- Assignment: Latino Poetry at Cabrillo
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