LETRAS LATINASLetras Latinas—the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies—was founded in 2004. In 2007, a Letras Latinas office was established in Washington, D.C., from where Francisco Aragón ramped up partnerships and collaborations, including with the Poetry Society of America; the Poetry and Literature Center and the Hispanic Division at the Library of Congress; the Folger Shakespeare Library; branches of the Smithsonian, including the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum; and the Poetry Foundation.
In 2010, Aragón was awarded the “Outstanding Latino/a Cultural Arts, Literary Arts and Publications Award by the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education. In 2015 he was awarded a VIDO Award by VIDA, Women in the Literary Arts and 2017, he was a finalist for Split This Rock’s Freedom Plow Award for poetry and activism. |
Francisco Aragón with poets Carl Phillips and Eduardo C. Corral
at the Folger Shakespeare Library for the O.B. Hardison Series | Photo credit: Dan Vera
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“Spotlight on U.S. Hispanic Writers”
An on-going collaboration between Letras Latinas and the Library of Congress. | View Here
An on-going collaboration between Letras Latinas and the Library of Congress. | View Here
“Blog This Rock interviews Francisco Aragón”
Francisco Aragón discusses the origins of Letras Latinas, and a selection of its various programs. | View Here
Francisco Aragón discusses the origins of Letras Latinas, and a selection of its various programs. | View Here
Francisco Aragón reads two poems at Split This Rock’s Freedom Plow Award Gala
held at the Arts Club of Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2017 | Watch Video Here
held at the Arts Club of Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2017 | Watch Video Here
“Maria Melendez and Francisco Aragón discuss Momotombo Press”
Under the auspices of the Letras Latinas Oral History Project, this video conversation tells the story of Momotombo Press, which published chapbook-length works of literary art by emerging Latinx poets and writers, and was a publishing program of Letras Latinas from 2003 to 2009. | View Here
Under the auspices of the Letras Latinas Oral History Project, this video conversation tells the story of Momotombo Press, which published chapbook-length works of literary art by emerging Latinx poets and writers, and was a publishing program of Letras Latinas from 2003 to 2009. | View Here
“Conversation with Francisco Aragón/Palabra Pura and the Love of the Word”
Francisco Aragón discusses with La Bloga writer Lisa Alvarado one of Letras Latinas’ early flagship initiatives—the Palabra Pura bilingual reading series in Chicago, which he co-curated from 2006 to 2011. Palabra Pura’s bread and butter was partnerships, and inaugurated Letras Latinas collaborations, which continue to this day, with the Poetry Foundation. | View Here
Francisco Aragón discusses with La Bloga writer Lisa Alvarado one of Letras Latinas’ early flagship initiatives—the Palabra Pura bilingual reading series in Chicago, which he co-curated from 2006 to 2011. Palabra Pura’s bread and butter was partnerships, and inaugurated Letras Latinas collaborations, which continue to this day, with the Poetry Foundation. | View Here
painting: Bodegon with Pansies - Darío Azul by José Rodeiro