Primera Página: Poetry from the Latino Heartland
Latino Writers Collective
Scapegoat Press, 2008
Members of the Latino Writers Collective, a local writers group, will read selections from their book, Primera Página, at Johnson County Community College in the Nerman Museum’s Hudson Auditorium, Thursday, Sept. 24.
Along with the group’s veteran members, the reading and discussion will feature the collective’s JCCC student members.
Rigoberto González, author of Butterfly Boy and Men without Bliss, examined Primera Página in a posting on Critical Mass, the blog of the National Book Critics Circle Board of Directors.
“Fourteen distinct voices contribute to this anthology, showcasing an impressive range of subject matter and poetic traditions that make it difficult to pin down ‘poetry from the Midwest.’ If anything, it’s interesting to see how a number of the poets bring to the work other landscapes, like Mexico, the Southwest, the East Coast and even Europe, although it’s clear that the Midwest is home, or the home away from home.”
The Latino Writers Collective appears as part of the college’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebration and is sponsored by newly formed Hispanic student group, LUNA (Latinos United Now and Always), and the college’s Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
The Latino Writers Collective: readings and discussion
Welcoming reception begins at 6 pm.
Readings start at 7 pm.
Hudson Auditorium in the Nerman Museum,
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park, Kan.