Nuestra Palabra and Tintero Unite to Air Poetry’s Dirty Laundry
by Tony Diaz on 07/15/14
Mongrel Empire Press Announces New Collection by Natalia Treviño
"These poems air everyone's dirty laundry. These poems run the gamut from
formal to informal, with stylistically thrilling turns of form, turns
of phrases, as well as code-switching. It's rare to find a gifted
storyteller who packs the verbal punch of a poet." -Tony Diaz, El Librotraficante
Norman, OK. November 2013- Mongrel Empire Press, an Eclectic Publishing House specializing in regional and uncommon literary works, is happy to announce the publication of Lavando la Dirty Laundry, a collection of poetry by Natalia Treviño.
Meet poet Natalia Trevino as she presents
LAVANDA DIRTY LAUNDRY
July 23, 5 pm - 7pm
Casa Ramirez 241 W 19th St, Houston, TX 77008.
Free. In conjunction with Nuestra Palabra & Tintero.
As described by poet Wendy Barker, the poems of “Lavando la Dirty Laundry give us the stories of wives, from abuelas and tías in Mexico, figures from Greek epics and the New Testament, as well as from the contemporary narrator who speaks of the sourness of a former marriage and the sweet nourishment of a new one that joins two cultures from opposite sides of the globe.” Sandra Cisneros, author of House on Mango Street and a MacArthur Fellow, praises Lavando la Dirty Laundry, saying, “It is on the white sheets of this book that a woman's most private confessions are transformed from dirty laundry to poetry luminescent as linen on the line.” National Book Award-winning poet Allison Adelle Hedge Coke declares, “Treviño solidly delivers in her debut presentation, an admirable poetic; a knowing we all need, must read.” According to San Antonio poet laureate Carmen Tafolla, “This exquisite collection of poems enchants and exposes, drawing the reader into its center surely, passionately, and as fiercely as a wildfire.” ”These are not safe poems,” says New Mexico Centennial Poet Laureate Levi Romero, “They do not have a safety net or a forewarning and they recall what some would rather forget. They are lessons in the comfort and healing that comes through sharing and telling.”
Born in Mexico City and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Natalia Treviño was raised in Spanish by her parents while Bert and Ernie gave her English lessons on the side. Natalia is an Associate Professor of English at Northwest Vista College and a member of the Macondo Foundation, a writer’s workshop aimed at encouraging non-violent social change. Her poetry has won the Alfredo Moral de Cisneros Award for Emerging Writers from Sandra Cisneros, the Wendy Barker Creative Writing Award, the 2008 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize, and the San Antonio Artists Foundation Literary Award. She lives with her husband, Stewart and son, Stuart just outside of San Antonio, Texas.
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About Mongrel Empire Press
Mongrel Empire Press was established in 2007 with a mission to publish well-written, thoughtfully-considered works across generic and disciplinary boundaries. The Press actively identifies and promotes Oklahoma and regional writers while at the same time making room for outside the region works that, because of their mixed generic, disciplinary, and philosophical approaches, cannot find a home at other presses that have a more narrowly defined mission.
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