Meet the
Author Series at Paragraphs
Voces:
A Lyric Anthology de
Nuestro Pueblo
Saturday
– March 30th 2019 1–3 PM
Book signing
and discussion with the authors:
Maria Elena
Salazar (Brownsville) Marta Salazar-Paniagua (Dallas)
Maria
Antonia Ramirez (Dallas)
Sylvana
Avila Alonso (Dallas) Dr. Melba
Salazar-Lucio (Brownsville)
Voces, A Lyric
Anthology de Nuestro Pueblo is a collection of literary works written during
the Voces writer’s workshops in the fall of 2016. The new pieces of poetry and
prose (including a one-act play) were published in chapbook form and released
in the winter of 2017. The strong voices became stronger and the soft voices
became stronger. They opened up to share their personal stories and writing
experiences often describing their fears of writing and exposing themselves to
others. One writer said she’d been writing for years, “every chance I could and
on any piece of paper”. Another writer told of always writing only to box up
her works for years. Now finding the courage to open them and share with the
world.
The participants were excited to
read their works on stage at the Dallas Latino Cultural Center, and for most of
the writers, it was their first experience reading in public. Several writers
have continued to write and submit their works to journals and publishers like
Huizache - The Magazine of Latino Literature, The Chachalaca Review, and
Floricanto Press. Voces is like home. It is a place where writers write, share,
critique, revise and publish. The writers are among family where they are safe
and their stories are nurtured. We know because we have been taking care of our
babies too. We will turn into leonas y leones if anyone tries to hurt them. But
we also know that babies grow up. We help them along, then ultimately and
reluctantly let go.
Voces is presented by the Oak Cliff
Coalition for the Arts, Inc. (OCCA), a non-profit organization founded in 1995
to promote the arts and education. OCCA has hosted writer’s workshops and
published three chapbooks, in 2011, 2017, and 2018. The objective of the Voces
Chapbook & Writer’s Workshops is simply to “promote the writing of new
works and publishing by raza writers.” To date, Voces has published 173 new works by
thirty writers and ten images – one self-portrait and nine photographs. OCCA is
proud to present the The Voces, A Lyric Anthology de Nuestro Pueblo
This
event is free and open to the public.
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