Martin Espada, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Pablo Neruda, Nicanor Parra, Rumi, Gabriela Mistral, Nicolasa Mohr, Esmeralda Santiago, Laura Esquivel, Cristina Garcia. Juan Luis Guerra, Hector Lavoe, La Lupe, Miles Davis, Arsenio Rodriguez, Akim Funk Buddha, Manu Chao, Stereotyp. Our Mamis and Papis. Love and being loved back. Tradition and the urge to continue it. Breath. Survival. Our languages. The subway. The park. Food. History. Internal and external dialogue.
Welcome to the MySpace home of Acentos, a Bronx-based organization founded in 2003 and dedicated to the development, discussion, dissemination, and teaching of poetry and literature by Latino/a writers in New York and beyond. We have a number of programs that serve both emerging and established writers of Latino descent nationwide, as well as a weekly multicultural writers' workshop for poets at all skill levels.
The Acentos Bronx Poetry Showcase is a reading series, now in its sixth year, showcasing nationally recognized Latino/a writers alongside emerging voices in a setting that stimulates open dialogue and an increased sense of community. The series, currently on hiatus, will be restarting at a new home in the South Bronx within the next few weeks. Updates in this space to come.
The Acentos Writers' Workshop was established with the purpose of nurturing the newer voices in the poetry community. With writers from across several genres donating their time, the workshop encourages newer writers to hone their craft, establish and create community, and perform their work in front of growing audiences. The workshop accepts writers of all backgrounds and skill levels to foster growth and maximize their full potential as writers.
THE ACENTOS REVIEW publishes poetry, fiction, memoir, interviews, translations, and artwork by emerging and established Latino/a writers and artists four times a year. The Latin@ community is international and so, too, do we pledge to represent that international community. We welcome submissions in English, Spanish, a combination of the two, as well as the use of indigenous languages.
The debate may rage forever as to who or what constitutes Latin@ art. Here, there is no such identity crisis. We are already here, writing the histories of our neighborhoods, following the traditions of our ancestors, as well as the poetic traditions that came before us. To paraphrase Baldwin, the poet's task as historian is to keep the story new, even when the telling is costly. This is the aesthetic we foster at Acentos. It is always about the word, the work, and it all begins here.
Email: acentos at louderarts dot com
Web: www.louderarts.com. Click on the section for Acentos.
We're also on FACEBOOK: Check out the groups "Acentos Bronx Poetry Showcase" and "Acentos Writers' Workshops." www.facebook.com
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Acentos Bronx Poetry Showcase's Friend Space (Top 21)
ARC AND HUE will be available at the NYC book party on Sunday, Sept.
20, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, New York, NY
10012. Between Houston & Bleecker, near the F & 6 trains.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: MARCH 16TH SUBMISSION LANGUAGE: Spanish or English READING DATE: The reading will take place on March 28th or 29th READING LOCATION: the Lower East Side.
I am organizing a reading in the Lower East Side. The goal is to have a group of Latinas reading writing in the blog genre on the following themes: Love Lust Survival Humility
If you would like to be part of this event, please email a 4-page submission. Write one page on each theme: love, lust, survival, humility. I will respond to all submissions and will provide some feedback/constructive criticism. If you are a writer who does not read or write blogs, take a look at my blog, http://www. howardsendinnewyork. blogspot. com, so you can have an idea of what I'm talking about.
Hola Acentos, Would you please tell your friends that the deadline for A Room of Her Own Foundation's $50,000 Gift of Freedom Award is but 78 days away? We are trying to build a myspace presence and the countdown to the application deadline has begun. Thanks, Marguerite Maria Rivas for AROHO
Thank you very much for being with us on our special night. We love Acentos so much and wouldn't be the same if y'all were not there. Much love alwayz; xoxoxo GabStar, Chata y M-Boogie
