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The public is invited to the 15th Annual Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival on Apr. 28—May 1, 2021 Saturday, April 30 @ 11 a.m. ~ Decolonizing Our Writing ~ Stories and Poetry of Witness, Recounting, and Resistance A Generative Workshop with Odilia Galván Rodríguez - a VIPF Virtual Event In working towards decolonizing our …

Saturday, April 30 @ 1:00 p.m. A reading and Q & A with Ariana Brown Ariana Brown is a queer Black Mexican American poet from the Southside of San Antonio, TX. She is the author of the poetry collections We Are Owed. (Grieveland, 2021) and Sana Sana (Game Over Books, 2020). Ariana’s work investigates queer …

Event by Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival (VIPF) Nadie escuchó tu llanto: se forja el verbo con la fuerza de la tierra: taller de poesía bilingüe por Xánath Caraza. / No One Heard Your Cries: The Verb Is Forged with the Strength of the Earth: Bilingual Poetry Workshop by Xánath Caraza. Xánath Caraza is …

Event by Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival Location: McAllen Creative Incubator What would you do if you lost it? Like, really, lost it? American Beat Generation poet and pioneer Allen Ginsberg often carried a black box around with him. Inside he kept poems he was working on, books, incense, and other “necessary” possessions. At …

Event by Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival Location: McAllen Creative Incubator Saturday, April 30 @ 3:30 p.m. I Once Was Lost, but Now I… Found Poetry: Examining Six Ways to Cut Up and Mix Poems Presented by Mark Esperanza Get ready to learn and write Dada, Découpé, Blackout, Erasure, Centos, and Acrostic poetry! Participants …

Event by Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival Saturday, April 30 @ 5:30 p.m. Self-healing through Self-empathy Presented by Fernando Albert Salinas Emotional trauma and isolation during the pandemic has had devastating and lasting effects on our mental and physical health. Friends and family report stress, anxiety, doubt, uncertainty, and fear in these unparalleled times. …

Event by Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival Presenting at the 15th Annual Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival Sunday, May 1 @ 1pm Valley Byliners Author Showcase: Writers Who Care: A Poetry Reading Presented by Mark Esperanza, Ana Aguirre Cavazos, Jamed Arnold, & Frank Cortazo The Valley Byliners present their poets to the Valley …

Event by Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival Sunday, May 1 @ 2:15 pm I Sing: The Body anthology presentation: Poems about Body Image an anthology Presented by René Saldaña, Jr. “These poets grapple with self-image and self-doubt as they lay bare their identities. Their poems capture the struggle between what we are told and …

Event by Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival Sunday May 1 @4:15 pm Good Cop/Bad Cop Anthology Presentation: Presented by editors: Vincent Cooper & Edward Vidaurre We called on poets, writers, and artists to submit work for an anthology that addresses the continuing problem of police violence in this country and around the world. Listen …

Join Abigail Stewart and hosts BRAZOS BOOKSTORE for an in-person reading from her new novel THE DROWNED WOMAN.Jeanette, a graduate student on scholarship and majoring in art history, arrives on the West Coast intending to be embraced by endless sunshine. She finds comfort in her studies and in her new apartment, drinking cheap Scotch and …