Event Special Events Live! At The Library: Latino Poets Spotlight

Date and Location

  • When: Thursday, September 19, 2024

    6:30 pm - 8:00 pm EDT

  • Where: Thomas Jefferson Building - Hispanic Reading Room

    10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC 20540

Part of Hispanic Heritage Month ; Live at the Library

Request ADA accommodations five business days in advance at (202) 707-6362 or ADA@loc.gov.

A reading and conversation with Latino poets in the Library's "Collecting Memories" exhibit and the PALABRA Audio Archive. Featuring former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera and award-winning poets Ruth Behar and Maria Kelson. Moderated by poet Dan Vera. In partnership with Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Book signing to follow.

Image Credit, Barbara Carrasco.