Tim Z. Hernandez, Laurie Ann Guerrero,
Dan Vera, Emmy Pérez, Lauren Espinoza,
and ire’ne lara silva
at 5pm on May 30th, 2015
at Resistencia Bookstore
4926 E. Cesar Chavez St. Unit C-1, Austin, TX

Tim Z. Hernandez is the author of the historial novel, Mañana Means Heaven, three collections of poetry: Skin Tax, Natural Takeover of Small Things, Culture of Flow, and the novel, Breathing In Dust. Recipient of an American Book Award, the 2010 Premio Aztlan, and others.

Laurrie Ann Guerrero is the most recently appointed Poet Laureate of San Antonio, the recipient of the 2012 Andres Montoya Poetry Prize, and the author of A Tongue in the Mouth of the Dying and A Crown for Gumecindo.

Dan Vera is the author of two poetry collections, Speaking Wiri Wiri, the inaugural winner of the Letras Latinas/Red Hen Poetry Prize, and The Space Between Our Danger and Delight. He co-curates the literary history site DC Writers’ Homes, and chairs the board of Split This Rock Poetry.

Emmy Pérez is the author of a poetry collection, Solstice, a poetry manuscript With the River on our Face, and she is at work on a third collection, I am Joaquín’s Mom. In 2012, she received a UT Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award.

ire’ne lara silva is the author of two poetry collections, furia and blood sugar canto, and one short story collection, flesh to bone. She is the recipient of the 2014 Aflredo Cisneros del Moral Prize, the 2013 Premio Aztlan, and was the Fiction Finalist for the 2013 AROHO Gift of Freedom Award.