Lit & Luz: Authors in Conversation

The Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and ArtBegan in 2012 (unofficially) with the release of the fully translated—Spanish/English—MAKEMagazineissue 13, "Intercambio/Exchange." In 2014 the Lit & Luz Festival was launched from those pages and ever since has produced yearly events in Mexico City and Chicago, with writers and artists from Chicago, Mexico, and beyond.MAKE Literary Production’s sixth annual Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art, themed "Movement" is an ambitious exchange between Mexico City and Chicago. The week-long festival takes place at over a dozen arts venues and universities throughout Chicago, October 12th-19th. It concludes at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with our signature event, the “Live Magazine Show." The following February, a similar series of events are held in Mexico City.We are honored to welcome inspiring authors, artists, and arts professionals from Mexico to Chicago. Art and language are key to understanding culture and community, and the cultural exchange between the United States and Mexico. With events such as Lit & Luz, we hope to strengthen the relationship between the two countries, and in particular, to increase the distribution of literature and art from Mexico for Chicago audiences and beyond.

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The Lit & Luz Book Club and Contratiempo Present Four Authors

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<h1>Reclaiming Space—Mexican Authors on Resistance, Exile, and the Personal As Political </h1>The Lit &amp; Luz Book Club and Contratiempo are honored to present Mexican poet yolanda segura, essayist Mariana Oliver, as well as literary translator and poet Robin Myers at this reading and conversation. After a short reading in English and Spanish, Lit &amp; Luz Book Club Director Miguel Jiménez will moderate a conversation about their respective work. Collectively, these authors closely examine the human condition: class, rights, and movement. ~﻿~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<h2>A﻿bout the Lit &amp; Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art</h2>Now in its ninth cycle, MAKE Literary Productions’s <a href="https://www.litluz.org" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Lit &amp; Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art </a> continues to support the creation of new art through international collaboration, and make space for essential dialogues between residents of Mexico and the United States.The 2022 festival is themed “Revision”—re-envisioning the arts in light of the pandemic, reconsidering the canon, and revising for the future. This cultural festival runs October 31-November 5 with more than a dozen free, bilingual events taking place at venues throughout Chicago, as well as online. Programming partners include Chicago Art Department, Contratiempo/Co-Prosperity Sphere, and the Hideout.The festival’s signature event, the Live Magazine Show, is co-presented on November 3rd with the University of Chicago’s Logan Center for the Arts. At this ticketed program, six pairs of Mexico- and Chicago-based participants debut multimedia collaborative pieces they have been working on the prior months.The festival is honored to host an exemplary cohort of Mexican writers and artists. For complete bios of this cycle’s Collaboration Cohort, visit this link: https://www.litluz.org/2022-collaboration-cohortAura Arreola, Baram Bartolomé, Dolores Dorantes, Héctor Jiménez Castillo, Robin Myers, Mariana Oliver, and yolanda seguraChicago-based participants include: Visual artists Amber Ginsburg, Victoria Martinez, and Laleh Motlagh; and writers Antonio Díaz Oliva, Gabriel Ojeda-Sague, and Marty McConnell This project is supported in large part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional partners include El Museo Universitario del Chopo, Illinois Humanities, the Consulate General of Mexico in Chicago, and many more.Lit &amp; Luz is a produced by MAKE Literary Productions, NFP. MAKE supports, promotes, and engages contemporary writers, artists, and audiences through publishing, multidisciplinary arts events, and international cultural exchange. Meanwhile, sign-up for our Lit &amp; Luz<a href="https://www.litluz.org/newsletter" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> newsletter</a> for more details and special notices. Be sure to follow MAKE Lit on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! Keep up with the Fest and contribute your own Tweets and IG pics by adding #litluz.

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