CantoMundo

CantoMundo is an American literary organization founded in 2009 to support Latino poets and poetry.[1] It hosts an annual poetry workshop dedicated to the creation, documentation, and critical analysis of Latinx poetry.[2]

History

CantoMundo was founded in 2009 in San Antonio, Texas when Norma Elia Cantú, Celeste Guzman, Pablo Miguel Martínez, Deborah Paredez, and Carmen Tafolla,[3] inspired by the Cave Canem workshops for African-American poets,[4] organized a 2010 workshop for Latino writers at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[5] Subsequent conferences were held at the University of Texas, Austin[6][5] before the organization moved into a three-year partnership with Columbia University, in New York City.[2]

Writing Conference

During the four day writing conference, fellows are divided into two groups of 12-15 poets that engage in workshops with invited faculty members, attend keynote lectures, and participate in panel discussions.[7] CantoMundo has hosted workshops with authors including Rosa Alcalá, Naomi Ayala, Rafael Campo, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Barbara Brinson Curiel, Martín Espada, Sandra María Esteves, Aracelis Girmay, Rigoberto González, Leticia Hernandez-Linares, Juan Felipe Herrera, Demetria Martinez, Valerie Martinez, Willie Perdomo, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Roberto Tejada, Carmen Tafolla. Keynote lecturers have included Sherwin Bitsui, Toi Derricotte, Sarah Gambito, Nathalie Handal, Vikas Menon, E. Ethelbert Miller, Natasha Trethewey, and Tim'm West, .[8]

During the weekend, fellows also have the opportunity to share their work in front of an audience at the Friday and Saturday night readings which are free and open to the general public.[7] Readings are sponsored by Columbia University's Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity and the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Barnard College, and the Office of the Dean of Social Science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.[9]

Current fellows (partial list)

  • Diannely Antigua
  • John Arias
  • Mario Alejandro Ariza
  • Oliver Baez Bendorf
  • Amy Sayre Baptista
  • Sara Borjas
  • M. Soledad Caballero
  • David Campos
  • Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
  • Andrés Cerpa
  • MK Chavez
  • Karla Cordero
  • Cristina Correa
  • Carina del Valle Schorske
  • Carolina Ebeid
  • Joshua Escobar
  • Lauren Espinoza
  • Eduardo Gabrieloff
  • Suzi F. Garcia
  • Ysabel Y. Gonzalez
  • Ricardo Maldonado
  • Sheila Maldonado
  • Carlo Matos
  • Jennifer Maritza McCauley
  • Jasminne Mendez
  • Florencia Milito
  • Michelle Moncayo
  • Lara Mimosa Montes
  • Brenda Nettles Riojas
  • Christina Olivares
  • José Guadalupe Olivarez
  • Emily Perez
  • Joseph Rios
  • Raquel Salas Rivera
  • Leslie Sainz
  • Ruth Irupé Sanabria
  • Roberto Santiago
  • Nicole Sealey
  • Yvette Siegert
  • María-Fernanda Snellings
  • Analicia Sotelo
  • Norma Liliana Valdez
  • Dan Vera
  • Rich Villar
  • Vanessa Angélica Villarreal

Former fellows (partial list)

CantoMundo Poetry Prize

The organization has partnered with the University of Arkansas Press for an annual book prize. Edited by Deborah Paredez and Celeste Guzman, the first judge for the prize is celebrated poet Rafael Campo.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "About Us | CantoMundo Official Website". cantomundo.org. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  2. 1 2 "About Us | CantoMundo". www.cantomundo.org. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  3. ↑ "Interview with the Founders of CantoMundo by Millicent Borges Accardi". Writers Chronicle, May/Summer 2016.
  4. ↑ https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2017/spotlight-canto-mundo
  5. 1 2 "Latino Poets Connect at CantoMundo by Belinda Acosta". Poets & Writers, November/December 2011.
  6. ↑ "2017 Palm Beach Poetry Festival CantoMundo Fellowship - Palm Beach Poetry Festival". palmbeachpoetryfestival.org. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
  7. 1 2 "Retreat | CantoMundo". www.cantomundo.org. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  8. ↑ "About Us | CantoMundo". www.cantomundo.org. Retrieved 2017-09-09.
  9. ↑ http://www.cser.columbia.edu/cantomundo
  10. ↑ "Weaving Writers Together". Boxcar Poetry Review, Winter 2011.
  11. ↑ "CantoMundo: Two poets meet in conversation about grief". Portuguese American Journal. January 22, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Latinx Faculty at Writing Retreats". Ploughshares.
  13. ↑ "CantoMundo Poetry Series". uapress.com. Retrieved 2017-04-13.
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