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May 27, 2013 Word Canvas: Garden of Poetics
New York, NY
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May 28, 2013 May Swenson Centennial Tribute
New York, NY
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May 29, 2013 Kazim Ali & Rebecca Brown
New York, NY
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May 29, 2013 The Ear Inn Series
New York , NY
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May 31, 2013 Andrew Durbin & Iris Cushing
New York, NY
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| Featured Poets: | Giannina Braschi |
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October 24, 2012, 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. to October 28, 2012
University of Albany, SUNY, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY
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Puerto Rican Studies Association Conference presents writers of the Diaspora. The event opens with a performance by Puerto Rico's most prominent poet and novelist, Giannina Braschi, author of Empire of Dreams, Yo-Yo Boing! and United States of Banana. The conference also features conversations with Diasporican writers and intellecturals including Giannina Braschi, Magdalena Gómez, Aracelis Girmay, Larry LaFontain-Stokes, and Edwin Torres. This 10th Biennial conference convenes over 200 scholars, students, and members of the New York Writers Institute to present and hear papers on Puerto Rican literature, politics, and culture. |
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| Sponsored by New York State Writers Institute and the Puerto Rican Studies Association |
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(607) 255-3197 eacosta-belen@albany.edu http://www.puertoricanstudies.org |
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