Latina/o Literature Exhibit at UH Libraries
Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte Público Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature
A new exhibit will open at the University of Houston Libraries in January 2016.
Encounters and Discoveries in Literature: Celebrating Arte Público Press and Twentieth Century Latina/o Literature is a retrospective look at Arte Público Press and its place in the larger context of Latina/o literature throughout the 20th century. Founded in 1979, Arte Público Press and its subsidiaries paved the way for numerous celebrated authors, such as Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Sandra Cisneros, Rolando Hinojosa, Graciela Limon, Américo Paredes, and Tomás Rivera, while also recovering early unpublished works by Latinos and leading the way for inclusive children’s literature.
Materials in the exhibit will include books, archival documents, photographs, and works of art produced or recovered by Arte Público Press and its subdivisions, Piñata Books and the Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Project. Beyond a mere presentation of objects and literary works, the contents of the exhibit explore the Latina/o experience and the societal conditions documented in Arte Público’s publications.
The public is invited to the exhibit opening reception, which will be held on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. at the MD Anderson Library Rockwell Pavilion. For more information, contact Lisa Cruces.