PALABRAS: A Latino Literary Festival

This well-attended event, held at the Mexic-Arte Museum, on March 30 and 31, 2001 featured a broad array of Latino literary talent, including poets, playwrights, songwriters, and other performance- oriented presentations. It brought together a diverse group of more and less established writers from across Texas to provide a wide- ranging sense of Latino literary work.

The featured performers included Carmen Tafolla, Sarah Cortez, Tammy Gomez, members of Nuestra Palabra, Rodney Garza and Dava Hernandez (both of the Peace Posse), members of NuShank Theatre, Rita Vidaurri, and Liliana Valenzuela.

Co-features included the following members of Austin Hispanic Writers: Gloria Amescua,Lydia Armendáriz, Francisco Portillo, ire'ne lara silva, Anjela Villarreal Ratliff, and Steve Vera. Other festival co-featured poets were Enrique Cabrera, Jesse G. Herrera, and Joe Jimenez.

The festival also hosted a symposium, "New Directions in Chicano/a Poetry" chaired by Dr. Ben V. Olguin. The panel consisted of literary scholars and several festival poets: Dr. José E. Limón, Teresa Paloma Acosta, Sarah Cortez, Tammy Gomez, Liliana Valenzuela, and ire’ne lara silva

VOCES: A floricanto Showcase - (AKA Hispanic Voices)

We had a great time at Casa de Luz!
Hopefully, we will have another reading
with more poets from Mexico in next year's AIPF!
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A Segment of the Austin International Poetry Festival
Saturday, April 21, 2001 (7 - 11 p.m.)
Casa de Luz (near the Zachary Scott Theatre)
1701 Toomey Road
Voces: A Floricanto Showcase
Co-hosted by ire'ne lara silva and Steve Vera

This event features participants of AIPF
including the members of the
Austin Hispanic Writers shown below:

Gloria Amescua
Lydia Armendáriz
Patricia Greene
Marcie Maltos
Francisco Portillo
ire'ne lara silva
Liliana Valenzuela
Steve Vera

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