US poet Francisco Aragón and UK poet Leo Boix come together for a transatlantic discussion of their work. [link id=’2115648′ text=’Curated Conversation(s): a Latinx Poetry Show’] is a virtual discussion series pairing Latinx poets from the United Kingdom and United States for a deep dive into their poetry.
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Francisco Aragón is the son of Nicaraguan immigrants. His books include, After Rubén (2020), Glow of Our Sweat (2010), and Puerta de Sol (2005). He’s also the editor of, The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry (2007). A native of San Francisco, CA, he is on the faculty of the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies, where he directs their literary initiative, Letras Latinas. His work has appeared in over twenty anthologies, and he has read his work widely, including at universities, bookstores, art galleries, the Dodge Poetry Festival and the Split This Rock Poetry Festival. For more information, visit: http://franciscoaragon.net
Leo Boix is a bilingual Latinx poet born in Argentina who lives and works in the UK. His debut English collection Ballad of a Happy Immigrant (Chatto & Windus, 2021), was awarded the Poetry Book Society Wild Card Choice. It was selected as one of the best five books of poetry by The Guardian (August 2021). Boix has been included in many anthologies, such as Ten: Poets of the New Generation (Bloodaxe), Até Mais/Until More: An Anthology of Latinx Futurisms, (Deep Vellum), Un Nuevo Sol: British Latinx Writers (flipped eye), Mapping the Future: The Complete Works Poets (Bloodaxe), among others. Boix is co-director of Un Nuevo Sol, an Arts Council England national scheme to nurture new voices of Latinx writers in the UK. He was the recipient of the Bart Wolffe Poetry Prize, the Keats-Shelley Prize, a PEN Award, The Society of Authors’ Foundation and K. Blundell Trust, the Stephen Spender Prize and The Charles Causley International Poetry Competition.