Latino Poetry Anthologies & Reading

April is National Poetry Month, a time to celebrate the creative expression of poetry and its importance in our culture. On Saturday, April 5, from 2 to 4 p.m., Carnegie-Stout Public Library will welcome Wisconsin-based poet, artist, educator, and advocate Oscar Mireles for a poetry reading and discussion of his three anthologies featuring the work of Hispanic poets and writers. 

This event is free and open to the public, all ages are welcome. Oscar Mireles is a published poet and editor of three anthologies titled “I Didn’t Know There Were Latinos In Wisconsin.” Mireles was selected to serve as the Madison Poet Laureate from 2015 to 2020, an honorary position that nurtures poetry in Madison, WI. He is also the founder of Latinos Organizing for Understanding and Development, a nonprofit organization that promotes collaboration between Latino artists and the Wisconsin communities in which they live.