Berkeley Poet Laureate featured in Virtual Reading
on Poetry of Revolution
Poet Laureate and human rights activist Rafael Jesús González will read from his poems that inspire social change through peaceful activism in a virtual reading on Thursday, November 18, 2021, at 6 p.m. Pacific time via Facebook Live. The event is titled, Despierta — Awake: Poetry for Our Revolution.
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The one-hour event is sponsored by the Somos en escrito Literary Foundation with the support of Poets & Writers, Inc., as part of the Poets & Writers' national program to promote diversity in poetry.
González will read a selection of his works, each in Spanish and English, for the first half of the program. A discussion will follow with a panel of other writers, including Iván Argüelles, a Mexican American surrealist poet; Naomi Quiñonez, a Chicana poet and professor at San Francisco State University; Manuel Martín-Rodriguez, a professor of Literature and Language, U.C. Merced, and Lucha Corpi, poet, essayist and novelist. Moderating will be Armando Rendón, Somos en escrito Executive Editor.
Berkeley Poet Laureate and human rights activist Rafael Jesús González reinforces in his poetry the driving principle of his very being, that to write poetry is to plumb the core of our natures and how we interact with the world. “Poetry awakens our perceptions,” he states, "and causes us to look at the world in different ways; it deepens and widens our individual and collective consciousness, and conscience, to change that world. In that sense, poetry is a revolutionary act. In poetry, we honor our suffering, celebrate our joy, and raise our voice against that which would diminish life.”
The Somos en escrito Literary Foundation is an independent publisher of Somos en escrito Magazine and Press, dedicated to providing Mexican American and Latino writers a venue for their work. Poets &Writers, Inc. is a non-profit organization committed to providing encouragement, advice, community, and financial support to writers across the country.
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