On this last day of Hispanic Heritage Month 2021, get to know CantoMundo, which provides a safe and generative space for writers of the Latino diaspora.
We're chatting with Afro-Dominican poet and novelist Elizabeth Acevedo about writing the Latinx experience and what it means to be a young woman navigating multiple communities and cultures.
For Jen Benka, poetry is her day job, evening job, and every other time of day job as well. We recently spoke with Benka about the Academy of American Poets, the pandemic, and her vision for the future of poetry.
In this video Jafreen Uddin of the Asian American Writers' Workshop shares what Arts Endowment funding makes possible for AAAW and why she's excited that arts and culture organizations are being included in the American Rescue Plan.