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2020 Annual Chapbook Reading

Raquel Salas Rivera

spread with poem and green design — reedbed ash and other products (2020) Raquel Salas Rivera

cyanotype cover with branches in white — ECHOESISTEMAS /lentos cerramientos (2020) Katerina I. Ramos-Jordán

Katerina I. Ramos-Jordán with brown wavy hair and glasses in a red shirt — Katerina I. Ramos-Jordán

blue, white, and brown broadside with the poem Morning Chant: Scatter printed on it — Morning Chant: Scatter (2020) Rushi Vyas

Rushi Vyas with buzzed beard and hair in a white shirt with a red scarf — Rushi Vyas

shiny red text on a matte black and white photo of undulating lines — In the Restaurant El Aljibe (2020) Emily Bludworth de Barrios

Emily Bludworth de Barrios with smooth red hair pulled back — Emily Bludworth de Barrios

Join us for an evening of celebrating the work of the Chapbook Program participants with the reveal of this year’s chapbooks and broadsides.

The Chapbook Program annually awards one poet with the publication of their manuscript as a limited edition chapbook, designed, printed, and bound by artists at Center for Book Arts. This year’s contest poet is Katerina I. Ramos-Jordán, who was selected by Guest Judge Raquel Salas Rivera.

This evening will feature poetry readings by Raquel Salas Rivera, Katerina I. Ramos-Jordán, Emily Bludworth de Barrios, and Rushi Vyas.

We will also hear from the artists who designed, printed and assembled this year’s chapbooks and broadsides:

Aurora De Armendi and Ana Paula Cordiero designed and produced Salas Rivera’s chapbook, ceniza cañaveral y otros productos (reedbed ash and other products). Ramos-Jordán’s chapbook, ECHOESISTEMAS /lentos cerramientos is designed by Erika Morillo and printed by Keith Graham.

Emily Bludworth de Barrios’ broadside is designed and printed by Claudia Kaatziza Cortínez. Rushi Vyas’ broadside is designed and printed by Amber McMillan Braverman.