Poetry Town Hall

Poetry Town Hall Saturday, September 3rd. BRIO winners for poetry José Olivárez and Peggy Robles-Alvarado will launch the fall Poetry Town Hall Tour series at the Bronx Zoo. They’ll read their award-winning bilingual poetry, which addresses immigrant and second-generation perspectives through Puerto Rican, Mexican – and Dominican-American points of view. They’ll also address the state […]

Cantomundo 2016

Cantomundo 2016 with U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera who called me firecracker and spitfire a title I have carried since birth!

Mujeres at the Mic!

Mujeres at the Mic! A reading by Nuyorican Women Writers What is a Nuyorican? Are any of them women? This reading discusses what it means to be a woman in the Nuyorican literary movement and poetry performance scene from Loisaida, El Barrio, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and beyond by featuring the work of four prominent, intergenerational […]

Clap! Snap!: A Youth Poetry Reading and Writing Workshop

Robleswrites Production for The Bronx Book fair presents Clap! Snap!: A Youth Poetry Reading and Writing Workshop Location: Conference Room, C21 Moderated by Peggy Robles – of Robleswrites Productions This reading will feature young voices of the Bronx.