
Schedule
2021 NATIONAL LATINX WRITERS GATHERING
All times are PACIFIC and all sessions are VIRTUAL
Links will be sent to registered writers updated 10/9/21
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THURSDAY, 10/14
ALL DAY Padlet: Community Bulletin Board
8-8:45 AM #1: Yoga Weaving (Stretching, Breathing, Yoga) with Marisol Brito
#2: Coffeehouse Open Mic w/ Josiah Luis Alderete
#3: Coffee and Kin (just hang out with other Latinx writers)
8:45 - 9 AM 15 min break
9:00 AM Adela Najarro: Imagining the Homeland
10:15 AM 15 min break
10 AM-4 PM ZÓCALO – open Zoom room for all registered writers to connect, hang out, network, and more. Breakout rooms available.
10:30 AM #1: Raquel Gutierrez: Absence in Perpetuity
10:30 AM #2: Mabelle Reynoso: The Prayer Candle Fantastic
11:45 AM 15 min break
1:00 PM OPENING CEREMONY
2:15 PM 15 min break
2:30 PM Tatiana Figueroa Ramirez: Love Story to Me & My People
3:45 PM 15 min break
4:00 PM Highlights Day One: Tia Chancla and Tia Pantuflas (Eva McQuade and Olivia Jimenez)
4:45 PM Afro-Latinx Writers Gathering w/ Amy M. Alvarez
6:00 PM Micrófono Abierto w/ Melanie Márquez Adams
FRIDAY, 10/15
ALL DAY: Padlet: Community Bulletin Board
8-8:45 AM #1: Yoga Weaving (Stretching, Breathing, Yoga) with Marisol Brito
#2: Coffeehouse Open Mic w/ Tony Diaz. Theme: Librotraficante Nation
#3: Coffee and Kin (just hang out with other Latinx writers)
8:45 - 9 AM 15 min break
9:00 AM Breena Nunez: Describing Home with Comics
10:15 AM 15 min break
10 AM-4 PM ZÓCALO – open Zoom room for all registered writers to connect, hang out, network, and more. Breakout rooms available.
10:30 AM Alejandra Ramos Gomez: Bilingual Experience, Movimiento
11:45 AM 15 min break
NOON Information Session w/ Rodney Gomez & Edward Vidaurre of FlowerSong Books
1:00 PM Lizz Del Mar Florival & Jen de la O: One Tongue, Decolonizing the Multilingual
2:15 PM 15 min break
2:30 PM #1: Ariel Mendez: Is Self-Publishing Your Next Move?
#2: Sustainable Activism w/ Tammy Melody Gomez, Raina J. León, & Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán3:45 PM 15 min brea
4:00 PM Highlights Day Two: Tia Chancla and Tia Pantuflas (Eva McQuade and Olivia Jimenez)
4:45 PM Latinx Writers with Disabilities Gathering w/ Jasminne Mendez
6:00 PM Open Mic w/ Pleasant Groove co-hosts Tamitha Curiel and Priscilla Rice. Theme: Collective Dreaming with Pleasant Groove
SATURDAY, 10/16
ALL DAY Padlet: Community Bulletin Board
8-8:45 AM #1: Yoga Weaving (Stretching, Breathing, Yoga) with Marisol Brito
#2: Coffeehouse Open Mic w/ Danny Solis
#3: Coffee and Kin (just hang out with other Latinx writers)
8:45 - 9 AM 15 min break
9:00 AM #1: Lee Boix: Human Rights & Testimonio
9:00 AM #2: Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo & Tisha Marie Reichle-Aguilera: Submission Strategies
10:15 AM 15 min break
10 AM-4 PM ZÓCALO – open Zoom room for all registered writers to connect, hang out, network, and more. Breakout rooms available.
10:30 AM #1: Franky Gonzalez: The Object, The Poem, The Play
#2: Elizabeth Gonzalez James: Strong Voices in Fiction
11:45 AM 15 min break
NOON Information Session: Writing Latinx Futures, contributors to the new anthology: Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology
1:00 PM Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa: Memoirs of the Wisdom Keepers
2:15 PM 15 min break
2:30 PM #1: Casey Ramos: Switching Code - Poetry to Video
#2: Ana Siquiera & Alexandra Alessandri: Owning Our Stories - Creating Characters for Children's Books
3:45 PM 15 min break
4:00 PM Highlights Day Three: Tia Chancla and Tia Pantuflas (Eva McQuade and Olivia Jimenez)
4:45 PM Queer/Trans Latinx Writers Gathering w/ Anel I. Flores & Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhran
6:00 PM Open Mic with Caridad de la Luz/La Bruja
SUNDAY, 10/17
ALL DAY Padlet: Community Bulletin Board
8-8:45 AM Open Mic with Stephanie St. Sanchez
8-8:45 AM Coffee and Kin (Just hang out with other Latinx writers)
8:45 - 9 AM 15 min break
9:00 AM Youth Session: Latinx Writers Ages 15-19, with Journeyman Ink (open to all Latinx writers 15-19 without conference registration)
10:15 AM 15 min break
10 AM - 2 PM ZÓCALO – open Zoom room for all registered writers to connect, hang out, network, and more. Breakout rooms available
10:30 AM #1: Stalina Villarreal: Erotica of Chicanx Ekphrasis
#2: Aida Salazar: Writing Voice in Kid Lit & YA
11:45 AM 15 min break
NOON Information Session TBA: Círculo de Poetas
1:00 PM Emma Otheguy: Reading to Refine Writing
2:15 PM 15 min break
2:30 PM #1: Adriana Ramirez: Cosmic Zoom
3:45 PM 15 min break
4:00 PM Closing Ceremony: Collaborative Writing (Social Dreaming)