About this Event
Welcome to the Somos Xicanas Anthology Book Tour Event! Join us for an exciting evening celebrating the voices and stories of Xicana creatives. This in-person event will be held at The World's Borough Bookshop, the only Ecuadorian NYC-owned bookstore
por y ara la comunidad. Meet some of our Northeast-based authors, hear their writings from the anthology, and join us for our open mic.
What does it really mean to be a Xicana? This anthology offers a space for the assertion, exploration and cultivation of a proud Xicana identity. It delivers messages about race, culture, class, economy, sexuality and spirituality within historical, political and personal contexts. Somos Xicanas echoes the collective voice of the Xicana community as a whole, while simultaneously celebrating the co-existence of multiple subjectivities alive within each of the contributions. These are a few of the varied lenses through which readers may appreciate the multiple layers of complex identities that make up what it means to be a Xicana, as expressed through the writings of Xicanas themselves.
This wildly anticipated, multi-genre anthology illuminates both the enduring and the new Xicana identity, presence and culture through the voices of 80 Xicanas, including Xicana trailblazers like Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Irene I. Blea, Carmen Tafolla, and the 24th poet laureate of the United States, Ada Limón. Other contributors include poet laureates Melinda Palacio, ire'ne lara silva and Angie Trudell Vasquez, along with the first Queer/Muxer Chair of el Partido Nacional La Raza Unida, La Doctora Chola, Vanessa Marie Bustamante
Book Info:
Somos Xicanas: The All Xicana Multi-Genre Anthology
Edited by Luz Schweig
Riot of Roses Publishing House
December 14, 2024
ISBN- 978-1-961717-23-7 (paperback)
ISBN-978-1-961717-24-4 (ePub)
ISBN-978-1-961717-25-1 (hardcover-forthcoming)
372 pages
If you would like to participate in the open mic, please email us at [email protected] or sign up in person!
Riot of Roses Publishing House Info
Riot of Roses Publishing House was established in the autumn of 2021 when author and founder Brenda Vaca decided to publish her first poetry collection.
It became not just important to publish her own work, but to also create space for other storytellers to create their books.
Riot of Roses Publishing House was founded specifically to amplify the stories of historically silenced voices.
Xicana owned. Mujerista focused. For the people.
We publish books to heal and liberate others.
Read our rebellion.
Contact Brenda Vaca, Publisher
Mobile 562-632-8553
https://www.riotofrosespublishinghouse.com/
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The World's Borough Bookshop, 3406 73rd Street, Queens, United States
USD 0.00
