Join the visiting poets and translators of the Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Poetry Festival for Poetry Book Presentations in the Bayley Room of Beeghly Library tonight from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
In celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Ohio Wesleyan University is welcoming 7 poets with roots in Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Spain to take part in a two-day Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Poetry Festival.
Professors Abeer Abdel-Hafez (Egypt) of Ohio Wesleyan and Jennifer Rathbun of Ashland University, internationally renowned and extensively published poetry specialists and translators, will provide readings of some of the translations at the community events.
Ohio Wesleyan’s Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Poetry Festival was created through the work of the National Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Planning Committee, including students from Viva Latinx, Ohio Wesleyan’s Latin American student association, and Juan Armando Rojas Joo, professor of Modern Foreign Languages and Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion.
For more information about events and the visiting poets, visit https://www.owu.edu/news-media/details/hispanic-and-latinx-heritage-poetry-festival/ or email Dr. Rojas at jarojas@owu.edu.