Writing Life: On Essays with Isabel Zapata and Alejandra Oliva

Pilsen Community Books, 1102 W 18th St

Join Lit & Luz for a conversation with Mexico City-based author Isabel Zapata (Mexico City), In vitro (Almadía) [In Vitro: On Longing and Transformation translated by Robin Myers, (Coffee House Press, 2023)] and Chicagoan Alejandra Oliva, Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration (Astra House, 2023) for a conversation on memoir writing, publishing and translation, and much more. Moderated by Contratiempo’s Stephanie Manriquez.

Acompaña a Lit & Luz en una conversación con la escritora nacida y radicada en la Ciudad de México, Isabel Zapata, autora de In Vitro (Almadía)[[In Vitro: On Longing and Transformation traducido por Robin Myers, (Coffee House Press, 2023)] y la escritora de Chicago Alejandra Oliva, autora de Rivermouth: A Chronicle of Language, Faith, and Migration (Astra House, 2023), donde tocarán temas como la escritura de memorias, el trabajo editorial. la traducción y mucho más. Moderado por Stephanie Manriquez de Contratiempo.

Presented in partnership with Loyola University Chicago and Pilsen Community Books

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October 13-21, MAKE Literary Productions’s Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art celebrates ten years of making space for essential dialogues between residents of Mexico and the United States through curated artist collaborations and a week-long series of free programming in Spanish and English.

The 2023-24 festival is themed “TEN”—a celebration of the festival’s tenth anniversary and all things commemorative. The theme also alludes to the Spanish meaning of the “ten,” and considers what it is to have—and have not.

This one-of-a-kind cultural festival runs October 13-October 21 with over a dozen bilingual events taking place at venues throughout Chicago, as well as online.

In partnership with Chicago Art Department, the festival kicks off October 13th with REENCOUNTERS/REECUENTROS, an exhibition featuring new work from past and present Collaboration Cohort participants curated by Esteban King (Mexico City) and Nicky Ni (Chicago). October 14th, the legendary author Ana Castillo delivers our keynote address in partnership with UIC’s Center for Latinx Literature of the Americas.

On Saturday, October 21st, the Live Magazine Show, returns to the Museum of Contemporary Art theater. At this ticketed program, six pairs of Mexico- and Chicago-based participants—the Collaboration Cohort—debut multimedia collaborative pieces they have been working on in the prior months.

Check out the full event schedule on our website:

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