On Wednesday, October 27th
2021, 5:00- 6:30pm, you are cordially invited to a virtual presentation and
discussion of the new issue of Hostos Review/Revista Hostosiana 17 entitled,
"De las condiciones negras: un diálogo entre el Caribe francófono y el
Caribe hispano/ Des conditiones noires: un dialogue entre les Caraïbes
francophones et hispanophones/ Black Conditions: A French-Spanish Caribbean
Dialogue."
This issue of the journal, compiled by guest editors Reynolds
Andújar (Governors State University) and Jean Jonassaint (Syracuse University)
features various authors who reflect on the notions of blackness, colonialism
and racism in the Caribbean and its diasporas. Most of the texts gathered are
recent and unpublished, with a few being archival or previously published texts
of special value.
During the virtual event, the guest editors will
present the volume and the process of its making, and contributing authors will
read brief excerpts from their literary pieces. Authors in attendance include
Marie-Célie Agnant (Haiti-Canada), Kianny Antigua (Dominican Republic-US),
Dominique Deblaine (Guadeloupe), Yaissa Jiménez (Dominican Republic),
Lauristely Peña (Dominican Republic), Evelyne Trouillot (Haiti), Sherezada
"Chiqui" Vicioso (Dominican Republic-US), as well as translator
Asselin Charles (Haiti-Canada). The reading will be followed by a roundtable
discussion and an exchange with the authors and the audience. The event will be
moderated by the journal's Chief Editor, Inmaculada Lara-Bonilla, with President
Daisy Cocco de Filippis and Provost Charles Drago offering welcoming remarks.
We hope you will consider joining us! Zoom Link to
follow.
For more information on this event, please contact:
Professor Inmaculada Lara-Bonilla @ ilarabonilla@hostos.cuny.edu
For more information about Hostos Review/ Revista
Hostosiana and the Latin American Writers Institute (LAWI), please visit the
Institute's websit<https://lawi.commons.gc
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