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Lit & Luz 2023 Chicago Events

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Lit & Luz Live Magazine Show: TEN

October 21, 2023, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

Virtual: Promises of Gold: A Conversation with Poet José Olivarez and Poet-Translator David Ruano

October 16, 2023

Watch Past Events

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Lit & Luz Festival 2022 Chicago: Revision

Thursday 3rd November, Logan Center for the Arts

Reclaiming Space—Mexican Authors on Resistance, Exile, and the Personal As Political

Tuesday 1st November, Co-Prosperity Sphere

Lit & Luz Virtual Keynote Address: Anthony Cody

aired Monday, october 31, 12:00 P.M. CDT

Virtual: Underbelly—On the Art of Revision with Poets Maya Marshall and Marty McConnell

aired tuesday, november 1, 12:00 P.M. CDT

Virtual: Latinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry, with editor Ruben Quesada and contributors Sheryl Luna and ire’ne lara silva.

Aired Thursday, november 3, 12:00 P.M. CDT

Poesía &... A Reading and Conversation with Multidisciplinary Poets

Saturday 12th March 2022, CDMX

Lit & Luz Live Magazine Show: “Structure”

Aired Saturday, November 13th, 7:00 P.M. CT

Lit & Luz Book Club Presents: Jazmina Barrera y Pergentino José

Aired Friday, November 5th, 6:00 P.M. CT

#NewLatinoBoom

Aired Friday, November 5th, 12:00 P.M. CT

Lit & Luz: A Reading and Conversation with Poet Rocío Cerón

Aired Wednesday, November 3rd, 3:00 p.m. CT

Una lectura y conversación con Pergentino José

Aired Tuesday, November 2nd, 6:00 p.m. CT

Virtual: Traduciendo lenguas indígenas (Translating Indigenous Languages)

Aired Tuesday, November 2nd, 12:00 p.m. CT

Virtual: Lit & Luz Keynote—Juan Felipe Herrera

AIRED Monday, November 1st, 12:00 p.m. CT

The 2021 Lit & Luz Book Club Presents Author Jazmina Barrera in Conversation with Kyle Beachy

Aired Tuesday, August 31st, 7:30 PM CT

The 2021 Lit & Luz Book Club Presents Author Daniel Borzutzky in Conversation with Valerie Mejer Caso

Aired Tuesday, July 27th, 7:00 PM CT

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Interviews with the Artists, Round One: Del Ángel, Craig, Leenaars, Martínez

Wednesday, may 12th, 7:30 PM CST

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Interviews with the Artists, Round Two: Anne, Huerta Cano, Biss, Faesler, Trepp

Wednesday, may 19th, 7:30 PM CST

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Interviews with the Artists, Round Three: Bielak, Jauregui, Schmalz, García Jácome, Uribe

Wednesday, may 26th, 7:30 PM CST

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What Do You Know About Mexican Lit?

Tuesday, April 20th, 7:30 PM CST

Club de Lectura de Lit & Luz presenta la escritora Guadalupe Nettel

Aired live on october 28, 2020 at 6:30 pm ct

The Lit & Luz Book Club and Guild Literary Complex Present Luis J. Rodriguez in conversation with Luis “Logan Lu” Tubens

Aired live on october 14, 2020 at 7 pm ct

Lit & Luz Live Magazine Show—Remix: Respond and Rebuild

Aired live on october 9, 2020 at 7 pm ct

Lit & Luz: Follow My Eyes / Sigue mis ojos

AIRED LIVE october 8, 2020, 7 pm ct

Lit & Luz: Poetry REMIX: Chicago y CDMX

AIRED LIVE october 7, 2020, 4 pm ct

Lit & Luz: Una conversación con Julián Herbert

AIRED LIVE october 7, 2020, 12 pm ct

Lit & Luz: Literatura en español en Chicago

AIRED LIVE OCTOBER 6, 2020, 7 PM CT

Lit & Luz: A Conversation with Visual Artist Tania Candiani

AIRED LIVE october 5, 2020, 7 pm ct

Lit & Luz: A Conversation on Literary Translation

AIRED LIVE October 5, 2020, 12 PM CT

Lit & Luz: When Art Is Action/Cuando el arte es acción

AIRED LIVE october 4, 2020, 7 pm ct

Lit & Luz Keynote with Cristina Rivera Garza

AIRED LIVE october 3, 2020, 7 pm ct

The Lit & Luz Book Club Presents Author José Ángel Navajas in Conversation with Special Guest, Santiago Vaquera-Vasquez

AIRED LIVE september 29, 2020, 6:30 pm ct

The Lit & Luz Book Club Presents Author Nate Marshall in Conversation with Special Guest, Jamila Woods

AIRED LIVE september 22, 2020, 6:30 pm ct

The Lit & Luz Book Club Presents Author Valeria Luiselli in Conversation with Special Guest, Erika L. Sánchez

AIRED LIVE september 8, 2020, 6:30 pm ct

The Lit & Luz Book Club Presents Author Fernanda Melchor with Special Guest, Catherine Lacey

AIRED LIVE july 28, 2020, 6:30 pm Ct