In collaboration with Miami Book Fair and the Koubek Center and Suburbano, The Betsy's Escribe Aquí Iberoamerican Cultural Festival presents a Writing Workshop with Writer in Residence Santiago Vaquero-Vásquez.
The workshop is free and open to the community.
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Taller con Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez
Reflexiones sobre escrivivir in two lenguas
Parte del Festival Escribe Aquí, en colaboración con The Betsy Hotel y Suburbano
La charla ofrece una serie de reflexiones sobre la literatura escrita en español desde los Estados Unidos por escritores latinoamericanos y US latinos. En particular, se pondrá énfasis en el contacto cultural, la mezcla de códigos lingüísticos y las posibilidades de crear en dos o más idiomas.
Actividad gratuita.
ABOUT THE WRITER:
Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez is an unrepentant border crosser, ex-dj, writer, painter, and academic. An Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and Hispanic Southwest Literatures and Cultures in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of New Mexico, he has also taught and lectured at universities across the United States and in Spain. Author of four collections of short stories, Algún día te cuento las cosas que he visto (2012), Luego el silencio (2014), One Day I’ll Tell You the Things I’ve Seen (2015), and En el Lost y Found (2016). His literary work has been published in anthologies in Spain, Italy, Latin America and the United States, including Malos elementos. Relatos sobre la corrupción social (2012); En la frontera: i migliori raconti della letteratura chicana (2008); Pequeñas resistencias 4 (2005); Se habla español (2000); and Líneas aéreas(1998). His stories have also appeared in literary journals including Make Literary Magazine, Etiqueta Negra, Los noveles, Paralelo Sur, Revista 0, Camino Real, and Ventana abierta. His academic work focuses on US Latino cultural expression, and US/Mexico border cultures. He has presented at international conferences in Turkey, Spain, Colombia, Peru, the United States, Mexico, the Netherlands and Norway.
