Latinos in Literature
Date: Thursday, March 5th
Time: 7:00pm- 9:00pm
Location: The powerHouse Arena (37 Main Street, DUMBO)
Cost: Free with RSVP
"As Latino literature begins to find its rightful place on the bookshelves, a fresh new crop of Nuyorican authors is emerging as the trailblazers of an exciting new movement in literature... Now for the first time ever, The powerHouse Arena brings all of these dynamic speakers together under one roof to read excerpts of their work, as well as to discuss how hard it was for them to break into the literary world and where they plan to go next now that the doors are open. They will also discuss what they believe the future of Latino Literature to be. The panel discussion will be moderated by John Garcia who has been a reporter and editor in all forms of media for over 23 years." Participating authors after the jump."
"Daniel Serrano’s Gunmetal Black has been called a new-age Carlito's Way. Joe Conzo’s visual documentation in Born in the Bronx has unlocked a time and place only captured by his lens. Linda Nieves-Powell has taken Latina Lit to a nostalgic place with her novel, Free Style, while Kim Osorio told an empowering tale of a woman in the male dominated world of Hip Hop in her tell all, Straight From the Source. Ivan Sanchez’s, Next Stop: Growing up Wild-Style in the Bronx, brutally honest memoir has been compared to Piri Thomas’ Down These Mean Streets, and his second offering, It's Just Begun: The Epic Journey of DJ Disco Wiz, co-authored with Luis Cedeno, is the first ever memoir about a Latino pioneer in Hip Hop."
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