Iconic Afro-feminist and Afro-Caribbean poet and visual artist Ángela María Dávila Malavé left as part of her legacy, animal fiero y tierno/fierce and tender animal, a force of rhythm and a delicate combination of the of the expressive and the colloquial in the language. Originally published in 1977 (Editorial QueAce, Puerto Rico), it has never been translated into English, until now accompanied by never before seen unpublished materials. Join Puerto Rican Poet Laureate of Philadelphia, Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, and CENTRO's Managing Editor for the Press, Cristina Pérez Díaz as we present the newly translated animal fiero y tierno/ fierce and tender animal.
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Liz Moore is a writer of fiction and creative nonfiction. Her latest novel is The God of the Woods, which was selected by Barack Obama for his Summer Reading List. Also chosen for the Summer 2024 Fallon Book Club by viewers of The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, the book was an immediate New York Times Bestseller and debuted as a #1 bestseller among American independent bookstores. Her fourth novel, Long Bright River, was made into a limited-series that will air on Peacock in 2025. Moore co-created, executive produced, and co-wrote. Her other books include The Words of Every Song, Heft, which appeared on several "Best of" lists in 2012, including NPR's and the Apple iBookstore's, and The Unseen World, which was included on year-end "Best of" lists by The New Yorker, BBC, Publishers Weekly, Audible, and others. She has taught creative writing at Hunter College, University of Pennsylvania, and most recently at Holy Family University.
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April is poetry month, so celebrate in style with The Nuyorican Poets Cafe at CENTRO. Join us for an evening of spoken word and connect with your favorite poets in the heart of El Barrio. Attendees will have an opportunity to recite some poetry, meet new poets, check out the CENTRO archival poetry collection, enjoy delicious fritura, and more!
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From 2012-2014, Marie Howe served as the Poet Laureate of New York State. Currently, she is the poet in residence at The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, and a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Stanley Kunitz writes that her "poetry is luminous, intense, and eloquent, rooted in an abundant inner life. Her long, deep-breathing lines address the mysteries of flesh and spirit, in terms accessible only to a woman who is very much of our time and yet still in touch with the sacred." Her collections include The Good Thief , which was chosen for the National Poetry Series by Margaret Atwood, What the Living Do, praised by Publishers Weekly as one of the five best poetry collections of the year, The Kingdom of Ordinary Time, and Magdalene. Howe has taught at Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia University, and NYU; received fellowships from the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College, National Endowment for the Arts, Guggenheim Foundation, Academy of American Poets, and Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She lives in New York City.
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