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Latin literature has a special place in Latin culture. It’s a popular cultural form and a place where the Bolivian Lament is expressed (the people’s unending desire for justice). It’s not unusual for Latin Americans to recite poetry by heart.

NYC Literary News

  • Garifuna drummers talk about their rhythms with Bobby Sanabria of the Bronx Music Heritage Center on Facebook @bxmusic on Fri, July 30 at 8pm. FREE 🇧🇿🇬🇹🇭🇳
  • Nuyorican Poets Cafe in the East Village is hosting Monday and Thursday night Online Open Mics. nuyorican.org 🇵🇷

Coming Soon

  • La Diablo Squad (El Maistro Gus, Macario Brujo, Sergio Mejorada) plays the Broadway Comedy Club in Hell’s Kitchen on Sun, Sept 5, 2021 at 6pm. 🇲🇽
  • The New Yorker Festival is live and virtual October 4-10, 2021.

Literary Festivals

  • January is the Schomburg Center’s Black Comic Book Festival (January 13-16, 2021)
  • May is the PEN World Voices Festival (May 18-22, 2021)
  • June is the Schomburg Center Literary Festival (June 14-19, 2021)
  • July-August is Lincoln Center Out of Doors and the La Casita word festival (July 24 – August 11, 2019)
  • September is usually the New York Art Book Fair (February 24-28, 2021)
  • October is the New Yorker Festival (October 4-10, 2021)

Literary New York City

  • The Nuyorican Poets Cafe hosts Latin American thinkers 🇵🇷
  • The Bowery Poetry Club hosts all kinds of thinkers.
  • The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem was founded by Harlem Renaissance Man, Arturo Alfonso Schomburg. 🇵🇷
  • The Brazilian Endowment for the Arts in Midtown East is NYC’s biggest Portuguese-language library. 🇧🇷🇵🇹
  • The Instituto Cervantes Borges Library in Midtown East is NYC’s biggest Spanish-language library. 🇪🇸
  • The Italian Cultural Institute in the Upper East Side is one of NYC’s biggest Italian libraries. 🇮🇹
  • The FIAF Haskell Library in the Upper East Side is NYC’s biggest French-language library. 🇫🇷

Latin Authors

Latin Books

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