International Women’s Day 2022 by Xánath Caraza

 International Women’s Day 2022 by Xánath Caraza

 

The Intercultural Dialogue Student Association from UMKC will celebrate International Women’s Day with three poets on March 8 at 7 p.m. CST on Zoom.  The event will begin with a multilingual introduction in Turkish, English, and Spanish by the organization’s president. Our three poets for 2022 are Denise Low, Mary Silwance and me, Xánath Caraza.  Each of the poets will be reading and presenting their original work. The event is also sponsored by the Dialogue Institute of the Southwest.  Hope to see you there. Que la poesía nos salve.

 

El 8 de marzo a las 7 p.m. en Zoom, el Intercultural Dialogue Student Association de UMKC celebrará el Día Internacional de la Mujer con tres poetas.  El presidente de la organización comenzará el evento de manera multilingüe en turco, inglés y español.  Las tres poetas para este 2022 son Denise Low, Mary Silwance y yo, Xánath Caraza.  Cada poeta leerá y presentará su trabajo original.  El evento será también patrocinado por el Dialogue Institute of the Southwest.  Espero que nos acompañen. Que la poesía nos salve.

 

Denise Low, Ph.D., is a former Poet Laureate of Kansas and winner of the Red Mountain Press Editor’s Choice Award, among other honors. She has taught creative writing at the University of Richmond and the University of Kansas, and she founded the creative writing program at Haskell Indian Nations University, where she taught 25 years. She now teaches for Baker University’s graduate and literature programs. She resides in Healdsburg, California.

 

In a former life Mary Silwance was an English teacher. Now, she is an environmental educator, activist and blogger (tonicwild.blogspot.com). Mary has always written poetry and is just now venturing out of the closet as a poet. Silwance has been published in the Syracuse Cultural Workers Women’s Datebook, Konza Journal and Descansos.

 

Xánath Caraza is a traveler, educator, poet, short story writer, and translator.  She writes for La Bloga, Revista Literaria Monolito, and Seattle Escribe. In 2021 It Pierces the Skin received Bronze Medal for the Juan Felipe Herrera Best Book of Poetry. In 2020 Balamkú received second place for the Juan Felipe Herrera Best Book of Poetry Award. In 2019 for the International Latino Book Awards she received Second Place for Hudson for “Best Book of Poetry in Spanish” and Second Place for Metztli for Best Short Story Collection. In 2018 for the International Latino Book Awards she received First Place for Lágrima roja for “Best Book of Poetry in Spanish by One Author” and First Place for Sin preámbulos / Without Preamble for “Best Book of Bilingual Poetry”.  Her book of poetry Syllables of Wind / Sílabas de viento received the 2015 International Book Award for Poetry.