Cultural Connections at HPL: Virtual Author Visit from Leslie Contreras Schwartz Online
In observance of Hispanic Heritage Month, you're cordially invited to join us for the virtual author visit featuring the 2019-2021 Houston Poet Laureate and author, Leslie Contreras Schwartz! She will be involved in a moderated conversation regarding her award-winning memoir, From the Womb of Sky and Earth. This memoir will focus on motherhood and the harsh topics of abusive relationships, trauma, and violence and makes a positive transition to friendship and power. This event will be livestreamed on Houston Public Library's Facebook and YouTube pages on Tuesday, October 2, 2024, at 6:00pm.
About Leslie Contreras Schwartz
Leslie Contreras Schwartz is the 2021 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow, the 2019-2021 Houston Poet Laureate, and the author of the 2022 C&R Press Nonfiction Prize Winner From the Womb of Sky and Earth, a lyrical memoir. She has published four collections of poetry and teaches at Alma College’s MFA program in creative writing and is a faculty member at Stanford’s Continuing Education Memoir Certificate program.
- Date:
- Wednesday, October 9, 2024
- Time:
- 6:00pm - 7:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Central Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://www.facebook.com/houstonlibrary
- Age Group:
- Adults Seniors
- Categories:
- Author Talks / Book Clubs Holidays & Observances Spotlight Events