Sunday, January 10, 2010

Front and Center: Ahora las Mujeres


Proyecto Latina, November 2009, Ivonne Canellada unveils her poetic side and Paloma Martinez-Cruz lets her musical side shine.



A couple of weeks back Francisco Aragon, director of Letras Latinas, invited a group of Latinas, "to think about the period 2000 – 2009 and write 300 words about a "poetry event" that impacted you in some special way—that is, in a positive way." Francisco explains, "I simply wanted to hear...a perspective that was missing in the Poetry Foundation roundup.

You can read my reflection, that includes the story behind the photos above, along with contributions from six other Latinas in Ahora las Mujeres, which proves we have plenty to share.