PALABRA PURA - XAVIER & IRASEMA

Palabra Pura Series: Emanuel Xavier and Irasema González
Start: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 7:00pm

Time: Reading starts at 7:00 PM PM
Cost: Free admission.
Location: Center on Halsted, Chicago's LGBT Community Center, 3656 N. Halsted, Chicago


Emanuel Xavier is author of the poetry collection Americano, editor of Bullets & Butterflies: queer spoken word poetry and Mariposas: an anthology of modern queer Latino poetry. He has been featured on Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry on HBO, appeared as guest host of PBS's In The Life and co-starred on MTV LOGO's feature film, The Ski Trip.He most recently selected finalists for Best Gay Erotica 2008 and is currently working on a new poetry collection and a reprint of his fiction novel, Christ like . He is recipient of the Marsha A. Gomez Cultural Heritage Award, a NYC Council Citation and the Outstanding Excellence in Performance Arts Award from the World Pride Power conference.

Emanuel Xavier es el autor de la coleccion de poesia Americano, editor de Bullets and Butterflies:queer spoken word poetry and Mariposas:an anthology of modern queer Latino poetry. Emanuel ha sido destacado en Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry en HBO, ha sido presentado como invitado en In the Life en PBS y ha actuado en el largometraje The Ski Trip de MTV LOGO. Muy recientemente ha seleccionado los finalistas para Best Gay Erotica 2008 y actualmente esta trabajando en una nueva coleccion de poesia y una reedicion de su novela de ficcion Christ like. Emanuel ha recibido el premio Marsha A Gomez Cultural Heritage Award, una mencion en NYC Council y el premio Outstanding Excellence in Performance Arts de la conferencia World Pride Power.


Irasema González After working as a cubicle drone and toiling away vainly under bad fluorescent lights and glass ceilings Irasema Gonzalez combusted. The mid-twenties melt-down that followed resulted in extraordinary things: she quit her job, awarded herself a sabbatical, and ultimately opened Tianguis, the bookstore she always longed to walk into. She is a founding member of the Proyecto Latina reading series, a collaborative between Tianguis Books, Teatro Luna and Mariposa Atomica Ink. Her poems appeared in Between the Heart and the Land, an anthology by March Abrazo Press featuring Midwestern Latina poets. She is a graduate of Columbia College Chicago where she earned a B.A. in journalism and creative writing. She resides in Little Village with her husband and two cats.