Center for Latinx Literature of the Americas at UIC

Join us this coming Monday at Madison Street Books for inaugural reading of the semester!

Don't forget! Our second annual end-of-the-semester gala event will be taking place April 12! We are thrilled to be hosting such a prestigious group of poets and performers. There is still time to register using the QR code on the poster!

We are hosting our second annual Latinx Literature Now festival at the end of the semester! Join us for this stellar cast of writers and artists on April 12th from 11am-3pm at UIC's Institute for the Humanities. We'll have programming throughout the day, with a break for food and refreshments around noon. Register for the event here: https://uicclxla.aidaform.com/latinxliteraturenow

Join us for this event at the end of March!

On March 7th, we'll be back at Madison Street Books for our regular poetry series! Come join us as we welcome UIC student Dez Brown on the successful completion of their PhD dissertation, alongside special guests Saretta Morgan and Patricia Killelea.

Join UIC's Center for Latinx Literature of the Americas for the semester's first installment of our Radical Poetry & Performance Reading Series. Our featured readers will be UIC Program for Writers students Rebecca Fishow and Mishka Ligot. The reading will take place at 6pm on Thursday, 2/8, at UIC's Latino Cultural Center, located at 803 S Morgan, just off the quad on UIC's campus.

Please join us next Monday, 10/30 for this semester's final installment of our Radical Poetry & Performance Reading Series! Our featured reader will be the esteemed novelist Cristina Henriquez, who will be joined by UIC graduate students Moriana Delgado Hernandez and Eric Pahre.

Tomorrow at 3 in Free Street Theatre - Jose Olivarez and Marisa Tirado! Join us!

Chicago Public Library Collaboration: Jose Olivarez and Marisa Tirado | Center for Latinx Literature of the Americas | University of Illinois Chicago Sep 23 2023 Chicago Public Library Collaboration: Jose Olivarez and Marisa Tirado Latinx/Hispanic Heritage Month Collaboration September 23, 2023 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM America/Chicago Location Free Street Theater Address 5254 S. Ashland Ave., Chicago, IL 60609 Calendar Download iCal File José Olivarez ...

Join us for our inaugural event of the Fall semester! We'll kick things off with a new installment of our Radical Poetry & Performance Reading Series, featuring special guests Gabriel Dozal and Lina Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas!

Join us on Friday, April 21st from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM for our inaugural gala featuring authors, Achy Obejas, Angie Cruz, Vincent Toro, Margarita Saona, and Brenda Cárdenas. This event will be at the Institute for the Humanities, UIC. To view the agenda for the day: https://lxla.uic.edu/events/clxla-gala-event-with-special-guests-angie-cruz-and-achy-obejas/