Nevada State University
Kasner Academic Building (KAB) Auditorium
Free Parking
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Join us on Wednesday, Sept. 2 at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of the Kasner Academic Building for an evening of poetry with Carlos Andrés Gómez. This event is free and open to the public. You also are invited to attend his afternoon workshop, Writing as a Ritual of Reclamation. For more information, visit event listing.
Gómez is a Colombian American poet, speaker, actor, and educator from New York City. He is the author of “Fractures,” winner of the Felix Pollak Prize, Hijito, winner of the Broken River Prize and a #1 SPD bestseller, Circling Fatherhood, winner of the Poetry International Chapbook Prize, Patrilineation, winner of the Alta California Chapbook Prize, and the memoir “Man Up: Reimagining Modern Manhood,” released by Penguin Random House.
This event is presented by the Marydean Martin Writers’ Project and the City of Henderson. The Marydean Martin Writers’ Project is a program of the Office for the Arts at Nevada State University. For more information about our arts programming, visit our webpage and follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and X at @NevadaStateArts.
For questions, contact the Office for the Arts at [email protected] or 702-992-2380.
MORE ABOUT THE AUTHOR
A star of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, TV One’s Verses and Flow, and Spike Lee’s No. 1 box office movie “Inside Man” with Denzel Washington, Gómez is one of the highest booked acts in the history of the college market and among the most sought-after keynote speakers in the world. Gómez’ honors include the Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry, Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award, Atlanta Review International Poetry Prize, North American Book Award Gold Medal, and the International Book Award for Poetry. A genre-transcending multi-hyphenate, he partnered with John Legend on Senior Orientation, a program to counteract bullying and champion inclusive masculinity among high school students. Gómez is a proud father of two and co-founder of the Excelano Project.