Sep 23 2023

Chicago Public Library Collaboration: Jose Olivarez and Marisa Tirado

Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month Collaboration

September 23, 2023

3:00 PM - 5:00 PM America/Chicago

Location

Free Street Theater

Address

5254 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60609

José Olivarez is the son of Mexican immigrants, the author of Citizen Illegal (2018), the co-author of Home Court (2014), and the co-host of the poetry podcast The Poetry Gods. His work has been published in the BreakBeat Poets, the Adroit Journal, the Rumpus, and Hyperallergic, among other places.

Marisa Tirado is a Chicana, Puerto Rican, and New Mexican writer. In 2022 Marisa published Selena Didn’t Know Spanish Either with Texas Review Press. The chapbook was reviewed by The Poetry Foundation’s Harriet Books and featured in The Poetry Foundation’s “Poetry Off the Shelf” podcast.

Contact

Angelica Davila

Date posted

Jul 18, 2023

Date updated

Aug 23, 2023