About this Event
Join us on September 25th, for an afternoon of poetry by Caridad Moro-Gronlier, reading from her new book Tortillera. From 3-5 PM, the reading will be held in the Great Hall of the Stone House, followed by a reception hour. This program is made possible by John William Bailly, Artist in Residence, as part of his Fellowship at the Deering Estate.
3 PM - 4 PM: Caridad Moro-Gronlier Poetry Reading
4 PM - 5 PM: Enjoy a reception hour in the Stone House
You can purchase your copy of Tortillera in advance .
ABOUT TORTILLERA (TRP; 2021) - The word tortillera means lesbian in Español. The moniker is familiar to most Spanish speaking cultures, but especially particular to the Cuban experience. In most Cuban-American households to be called a tortillera (whether one is one or not) is the gravest of insults, the basest of adjectives, a cat call that whips through the air like a lash whose only intention is to wound, to scar. Many a first-generation Cubanita (the ones who are into other girls, anyway) has suffered, denied, wailed over the loaded term, but in Caridad Moro-Gronlier’s debut collection, Tortillera, she not only applies the term to herself, she owns it, drapes it over her shoulders and heralds her truth through candid, unflinching poems that address the queer experience of coming out while Cuban.
About :
Caridad Moro-Gronlier is Cuban-American lesbian poet born in Los Angeles to Cuban immigrant parents. She is the author of Tortillera, the winner of the TRP Southern Poetry Breakthrough Prize for Florida (Texas Review Press 2021) and Visionware (Finishing Line Press 2009) as part of its New Women's Voices Series. Moro- Gronlier is the recipient of an Elizabeth George Foundation Grant and a Florida
Individual Artist Fellowship in poetry. She is a Contributing Editor of Grabbed: Writers Respond to Sexual Assault (Beacon Press 2020) and Associate Editor for SWWIM Every Day, an online daily poetry journal. Moro-Gronlier is also a career educator who works as a Dual Enrollment Professor of English for Florida International University in conjunction and Miami Dade County Public Schools. Her teaching has earned her awards and accolades such as Unity Coalition Educational Leadership Award, the 2016 Francisco Walk M-DCPS Teacher of the Year Award, and three College Board AP Summer Institute Fellowships.
About John William Bailly:
John William Bailly is a French–American artist born in the UK. He received his MFA in painting and printmaking from Yale University, and has been a Faculty Fellow of the Honors College at Florida International University since 2004. His work explores history and culture, with an emphasis on the Transatlantic dialogue. His paintings explore the question of how we are who we are in relation to history, place, and culture. His works have been exhibited at University of Maine Museum of Art, Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Art, John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Texas State University, as well as other venues in the US and France. He was awarded the South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual and Media Artists and a State of Florida Individual Artist Grant. At FIU, Bailly is the Faculty Director of Honors France, Italy, and Spain study abroad, annually leading students throughout Western Europe for three months. He has been awarded two Excellence in Teaching awards and a European Union grant for course development. John W Bailly is represented by ClampArt in New York and LnS Gallery in Miami.
The Deering Estate is located along the edge of Biscayne Bay, the 444-acre Deering Estate at Cutler is an environmental, archeological and historical preserve. The Estate is part of the Miami-Dade County Parks, Recreation and Open Spaces Department, which manages the Estate on behalf of the State of Florida. The Deering Estate is also a cultural and educational facility that features classes and programs for children and adults, teacher training and research opportunities. The Estate also serves as a small conference center for community organizations and corporate groups who share Charles Deering’s interest in the environment, botany, history, fine arts, antiques, rare books and wine. For more information on the Deering Estate's educational and cultural programs, please visit www.deeringestate.org.
Cultural Arts Programming at the Deering Estate is made possible with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami- Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners, and The Deering Estate Foundation, Inc.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Deering Estate, 16701 Southwest 72nd Avenue, Miami, United States
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