Palabra Pura: Juan Felipe Herrera - September 16, 2009 at the Jazz Showcase

Este miércoles retomamos Palabra Pura con la participación especial del reconocido escritor Juan Felipe Herrera. Volvemos a tener una noche de poesía en el mágico escenario del Jazz Showcase. Como siempre, yo estaré de maestra de ceremonias. ¡Les espero!

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 - 6:00pm

Time: Reading begins at 6:00PM.
Cost: Free admission.
Location: To Jazz Showcase, 806 S. Plymouth Ct., Chicago (Dearborn Station).

Juan Felipe Herrera's latest book is Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems (University of Arizona Press, 2008). His publications in the last decade include fourteen collections of poetry, prose, plays, young adult novels and picture books for children. His honors include two fellowships with the National Endowment of the Arts, four California Arts Council grants, and Breadloaf Fellowship in Poetry. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop and currently holds the Tomás Rivera Endowed Chair at UC Riverside, where he teaches Creative Writing and directs the Art and Barbara Culver Center for the Arts.

El último libro de Juan Felipe Herrera es Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems (University of Arizona Press, 2008) Sus publicaciones durante la última década incluyen catorce colecciones de poesía, prosa, obras de teatro, novelas para jóvenes y libros ilustrados para niños. Los honores que ha recibido incluyen dos becas con el National Endowment for the Arts, cuatro subvenciones del California Arts Council y la beca Breadloaf Fellowship in Poetry. Posee un MFA en Escritura Creativa de la Iowa Writer's Workshop y al presente el Tomas Rivera Endowed Chair en UC Riverside donde enseña escritura creativa y dirige el Art and Barbara Culver Center for the Arts.

Co-sponsored by the Poetry Foundation.