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.
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