ire’ne lara silva reading from ‘furia’…with special guest poets: Joe Jimenez, Rachel Jennings, and jo reyes-boitel…
ire’ne lara silva reading from ‘furia’…with special guest poets: Joe Jimenez, Rachel Jennings, and jo reyes-boitel.. Free and open to the public. Bio’s:
The Twig Book Shop ~ 200 E. Grayson Street, Suite 124 ~ San Antonio , TX 78215
ire’ne lara silva is the author of ‘furia,’ a collection of poetry, and
two chapbooks: ‘ani’mal’ and ‘INDíGENA.’ She is the 2008 recipient of the Gloria Anzaldua Milagro Award, a Macondista, and an inaugural CantoMundo fellow. Website: http://www.irenelarasilva.webs.com
Joe Jiménez lives in San Antonio , Texas . His work has appeared in Mariposas: New Queer Latino Poetry , Borderlands Texas Poetry Review, Saltwater Quarterly and is forthcoming in Caper Literary Journal. The short film El Abuelo [1983], commissioned as part of London ‘s 2008 Fashion in Film Festival, is based on Jiménez’s affinity for ironing.
Originally from East Tennessee, Rachel Jennings now lives in San Antonio , Texas , where she is an English instructor at San Antonio College . She has published a book of poetry, Elijah’s Farm (Pecan Grove Press, 2008), and two poetry chapbooks, Knoxville Girl: The Walk to the River (Finishing Line Press) and Hedge Ghosts (LaNana Creek Press, 2001). Her poems have appeared in the Appalachian Journal, Borderlands, Concho River Review, Red River Review, The Texas Observer, The San Antonio Express-News, La Voz de Esperanza, and other publications.
jo reyes-boitel : writer, motivator/supporter, mother, rabid music listener, beginning drummer and lover. connecting everyday earth activities to the heaven that surrounds us.
