Entre Guadalupe Y Malinche
Friday, Feb 26th | 7:30pm – 9:30pm Book Release Reading (Black Box)
Book release reading with an introduction by the editors followed by a reading from 16 of the published writers as well as artwork on display from the artists.
Saturday, Feb 27th | 10am – 4pm (Music Room and Dance Studio) | 4pm – 6pm (Black Box)
A one-day symposium of panels and workshops led by published writers, culminating in an afternoon reading featuring more literary and artistic work.
Program Schedule
Friday, Feb 26th, 7:30pm – 9:30pm in the Black Box Theater: Welcome, Introduction of Editors, Editors’ Address Reading
Barbara Renaud Gonzalez
Celeste Guzman Mendoza
Mary Guerrero Milligan
Tammy Melody Gomez
Emmy Perez
Edith Silvas
Susana Almanza
Oralia Garza de Cortes
ire’ne lara silva
Evangelina Vigil
Liliana Valenzuela
Sylvia Ledesma
Saturday, Feb 27th, 4pm – 6pm in the Black Box Theater: Featured Reading
Rosemary Catacalos
Gloria Amescua
Maria Limon
Enedina Vasquez
Angela Valenzuela
Susan Guerra
Mary Sue Galindo
Josephine Casarez
Laura Lopez
Anel Flores
Visual Artists:
J. Veronica Ortegon
Celeste De Luna
From the official book description: “The writings of more than fifty authors and the artwork of eight artists manifest the nuanced complexity of what it means to be Tejana and how this identity offers alternative perspectives to contemporary notions of Chicana identity, community, and culture. Considering Texas-Mexican women and their identity formations, subjectivities, and location on the longest border between Mexico and any of the southwestern states acknowledges the profound influence that land and history have on a people and a community, and how Tejana creative traditions have been shaped by historical, geographical, cultural, linguistic, social, and political forces.”
Ire’ne Lara Silva explains: “As a writer and an independent literary arts coordinator, my work centers around Mexican-American/