The Poet Conspiracy at Chado Contemporary Art Presents "Un Mundo de Palabras" (A World of Words), A Poetry Reading by Leticia Cortez
Poet and teacher Leticia Cortez will be appearing in WHAT? as a Mexican mother. Leticia aged 8 made the actual journey from MEXICO being retold in our fictional drama.
Friday, November 19, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Chado Contemporary Art
112 W. San Francisco Street, Suite 203
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
Director, Jim Harlan: 505-699-1562
Leticia Cortez was born in Guanajuato, México and grew up in Chicago. As she grew older, reading and writing became her escape. At a city college she met a teacher who encouraged her to write and soon discovered poetry through writing short stories. She studied Literature and Science at The University of Illinois in Chicago and would later teach both subjects for over a decade at Truman College. Since 2009 she has resided in Santa Fe. She edited and co-funded the bilingual publication ¿Hasta Cuándo? which is now online. She writes poetry, book reviews and articles for Polvo, Area, Lumpen times and Contratiempo magazines. Considering poetry as a form of expression that crosses cultures as well as space and time, her poetry is a process of thoughts and images, which arrange themselves in words and worlds.
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