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Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home Poetry Reading

April 14 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Free
Shaun Griffin

Join us and our friends at the Humanities Center at Great Basin College (HC@GBC) for a National Poetry Month celebration.

Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home
Poetry Reading @ the Western Folklife Center’s Pioneer Saloon
Monday, April 14, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Special guests include Nevada poet laureate Shaun T. Griffin, local poet Kelly Moon, and Nevada Poetry Out Loud champion Kyara Hernandez-Duarte.


This event is part of two days of Places We Call Home poetry programming presented by HC@GBC. Please also consider attending these related events:

Poetry Workshop
with Shaun T. Griffin
Monday, April 14, 4:30-5:30 p.m. PT
Great Basin College, High Tech Center 121
Contact katie.karnehmesh@gbcnv.edu for the Zoom link if needed.

Book Club
with Shaun T. Griffin
Tuesday, April 15, noon-1 p.m. PT
Great Basin College, MCML 102
Discuss Shaun’s memoir River Ask Me Why: Into the West on Two Wheels.
Contact katie.karnehmesh@gbcnv.edu for the Zoom link.


Presented as part of Latino Poetry: Places We Call Home, a major public humanities initiative taking place across the nation in 2024 and 2025, directed by Library of America and funded with generous support from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Emerson Collective.

Details

Date:
April 14
Time:
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Cost:
Free
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Website:
https://www.westernfolklife.org/event-calendar/2025/4/14/latino-poetry-reading

Venue

Western Folklife Center
501 Railroad Street
Elko, NV 89801 United States
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Phone
775-738-7508
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