Registration required:
Online, 2 sessions / $125
Register
For nearly five centuries, the rich tapestry of Latino poetry has been woven from a wealth of languages and cultures. The Latino poetic imagination has flourished in the United States, distinguished by its profound engagement with pasts both historical and mythic; its reckoning with the complexities of language, land, and identity; and its vision of a nation enriched by the stories of immigrants, exiles, refugees, and their descendants.
Join poet, editor, and Distinguished Professor Rigoberto González for a survey of this enchanting history, structured around the poetry presented in Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology.
During this two-session seminar, offered by the Poetry Society of America in partnership with the Library of America, González will lecture and lead in-class reading and lively discussion. Students will be required to acquire (purchase or borrow) the anthology for assigned reading.
Reading List:
- Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology, ed. Rigoberto González. Buy: [Print]
Class modality: Online synchronous (real-time attendance required)
Class size: 8 to 25 Students
Required textbooks: Yes
Recorded: Yes
In-class & prompted writing: No
Workshopping & feedback: No
Rigoberto González lives in Newark, NJ and is the author of eighteen books of poetry and prose and editor of Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology. His awards include Lannan, Guggenheim, NEA, NYFA, and USA Rolón fellowships, the PEN/ Voelcker Award, the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets, and the Shelley Memorial Prize from the Poetry Society of America. Contributing editor for Poets & Writers, he is the series editor for the Camino del Sol Latinx Literary Series at the University of Arizona Press. Currently, he’s Distinguished Professor of English and the Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Rutgers-Newark, the State University of New Jersey.
A limited number of need-based scholarships are available to cover the enrollment costs of Poetry Society classes. To receive and fill out a scholarship survey, email parker@poetrysociety.org.
