Las Cruces Public Libraries is holding a series of poetry discussions/crafting sessions called Palabras y Artesanias (Words and Crafts).
The first session , Ancestry and Identity will begin at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, at Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, 200 E. Picacho Avenue.
Registration is required for each session and is now open.
This series is funded by the Latino Poetry – Places We Call Home grant, a project to foster nationwide conversations through a groundbreaking new poetry anthology.
The anthology is divided into eight themes/dates:
- Ancestry and Identity – Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025
- Language Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2025
- Voice and resistance Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025
- First and second homes Tuesday, Mar. 4, 2025
- Family and community Tuesday, Mar. 18, 2025
- Music and performance Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2025
- Labor Tuesday, Apr. 15, 2025
- Earth and Myth Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2025
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