Xánath Caraza
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| La Palabra en el Mundo, Venice, Italy |
Find out what is going on with these Chican@s in
Italy: Alejandro Murguía, Natalia Treviño y la que escribe--from Rome to
Mantova y de regreso.
Upcoming at the Instituto Cervantes in Rome, Italy,
Alejandro Murguía, poet laureate of San Francisco, CA, will be part of the
reading series, El Latido, organized by Zingonia Zingone on June 5 at 7 p.m. At the same event, he will also have his book
realease of Offerte di Carta
(Gilgamesh Edizioni, 2015). This should be a wonderful opportunity for the
Roman literary community to hear and learn about Murguía’s work.
In addition to the reading Murguía will have in Rome,
he has recently had one in Italy. See
the series of photos of his book release in Mantova, Lombardia during the
International Poetry Festival Virgilio 2015. Buena suerte!
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| Offerte di Carta (Gilgamesh Edizioni, 2015) by Alejandro Murguia, Mantova, Lombardia, Italy |
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| Alejandro Murguia and Igor Costanzo |
The International Poetry Festival Virgilio 2015 had
the participation of dos Chicanos this year.
In addition to Murguía, I had the wonderful opportunity to be part of
this festival too, and on Sunday, May 24, with the support of Silvia Favaretto,
who kindly translated several of my poems into Italian. As well, Emily Pigozzi read and performed my
poems in Italian, we had a meaningful bilingual event in Mantova with a full
house. Viva la poesía!
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| Silvia Favaretto, Xanath Caraza and Emily Pigozzi |
In addition to Murguía and myself, another Chicana in
Italy is Natalia Treviño who is working on her second book of poetry focused on
La Virgen. Here is a photo of her
writing desk. I am looking forward to seeing
her second book of poetry be published soon.
Más y más, Natalia.
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| El escritorio de Natalia Trevino |
What is more, additional Chican@ writers, artists as
well as musicians are being celebrated in Italy. Today, Progetto 7Lune released a wonderful
Chicana Issue, Plaqueta Digital, in Venice, Italy. Seven Chicanas were
translated into Italian, in addition to one artist and a Chicano Band. Find out who they are.
In Other News:
As part of presenting Chican@ literature in Italy, I’d
like to take a moment to thank Zingonia Zingone for the invitation to be part
of the Poetry Reading Series, El Latido, on May 22, in Rome, and to thank Cinzia Marulli
for reading/performing my work in Italian.
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| Los libros de Xanath Caraza |
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| Xanath y Zingonia |
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| Cinzia Marulli |
Not only Chican@ literature, but also additional
international literature is on the horizon it Italy. In the city of Salerno, Italy the 100
Thousand Poets for Change World Conference will take place June 3-8.
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| Syllables of Wind, Award-Winner in the "Poetry" category of the 2015 International Book Awards |
Congratulations on your award, and how wonderful to see you represent Chicanas in Italy. Abrazos a Natalia! -M. Miranda Maloney
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