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Virtual: Lit & Luz Keynote—Juan Felipe Herrera

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En inglés con traducción al español de audio en vivo. / In English with live audio translation in Spanish.

Virtual: Lit & Luz Keynote—Juan Felipe Herrera

Virtual: online at litluz.org and YouTube

The Lit & Luz Festival is honored to present a keynote address by 21st US Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera. The Lit & Luz Festival is honored to present a virtual keynote address on November 1, 12 p.m., from Juan Felipe Herrera. The keynote will speak to this year’s festival theme, “structure,” and include poetry reading and a conversation with poet and Lit & Luz Founding Artistic Director, Daniel Borzutzky.

El Lit & Luz Festival tiene el honor de presentar su discurso inaugural por el ex Poeta Laureado de los Estados Unidos, Juan Felipe Herrera. El discurso incluirá pensamientos sobre el tema de este año, "estructura", seguido de una lectura de poesía y una conversación con el Director Artístico y Fundador de Lit & Luz, el poeta Daniel Borzutzky.

In partnership with the University of Illinois Chicago English Department and Latin American and Latino Studies Program and Seminary Co-op Bookstores

Later Event: November 1
Favorite Poems: Día de muertos