(Tue) April 08, 2025, 5:00pm — 6:00pm
Library (AC2-148)
Join Carlos Andrés Gómez (International Book Award-winning author, poet, and educator) for this generative writing workshop that explores ways to reclaim language as it intersects with asserting our authentic identities and stories while dismantling narratives tied to structural oppression and shame. Carlos will facilitate close readings of poems by Angel Nafis and José Olivarez and then guide participants through a structured prompt to write their own poems of reclamation.
Carlos Andrés Gómez is a Colombian American poet, speaker, actor, and educator from New York City. He is the author of Fractures, winner of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry, Hijito, winner of the Broken River Prize and a #1 SPD bestseller, Circling Fatherhood, winner of the Poetry International Chapbook Prize, and the memoir Man Up: Reimagining Modern Manhood, released by Penguin Random House. A star of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, TV One’s Verses and Flow, and Spike Lee’s #1 box office movie Inside Man with Denzel Washington, Carlos is one of the highest booked acts in the history of the college market and among the most sought-after keynote speakers in the world. Carlos’ honors include the Sandy Crimmins National Prize for Poetry, Atlanta Review International Poetry Prize, Foreword INDIES Gold Medal, and the International Book Award. A genre-transcending multi-hyphenate, he partnered with John Legend on Senior Orientation, a program to counteract bullying and champion inclusive masculinity among high school students. Carlos is a proud father of two.
For more information or questions, contact Professor Hugo López Chavolla or Professor Von Torres.
This event is sponsored by the Ethnic Studies Department and English & Library Department.
