Heritage 365 Speaker Series: LatinX Heritage Celebration: Marcelo Hernandez Castillo

Description

Come watch LatinX Heritage celebration speaker Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, a poet, essayist, translator, and immigration advocate, for a moving performance on heritage, culture, and identity.

Hernandez Castillo is the author of the collection Cenzontle (2018), which won the 2017 A. Poulin Jr. prize, and the chapbook Dulce (2018). His memoir, Children of the Land (2020), is his most recent publication. His work has appeared or been featured in the New York Times, PBS Newshour, People Magazine en Español, the Paris Review, Fusion TV, BuzzFeed, Gulf Coast: A Journal of Literature and Fine Arts, New England Review, and Indiana Review, among others. He currently teaches in the low residency MFA program at Ashland University.

Heritage365 initiative observes the cultural heritage and history beyond the month and recognizes such heritage month from a year-long format. The Office of Multicultural Affairs will continue to celebrate LatinX Heritage through Heritage 365 Speaker Series.

This event has a 40-person limit. Be prepared to show green pass on the Prodensity app. Johns Hopkins COVID-19 policies will be enforced.