A panel of award-winning Colombian authors will explore the impact of literature on Colombian's path to peace and will discuss immigration, cultural identity and assimilation through their works.
Un panel conformado por las reconocidas autoras colombianas Pilar Quintana, Elvira Sanchez-Blake, Gloria Muñoz, y Laura Quintana, examina el impacto de la literatura en el camino hacia la paz en Colombia y discute temas como inmigración, identidad cultural y asimilación a través de sus trabajos literarios. Moderadora: Freda Mosquera, Broward County Library-Community Library Manager. Este programa se realizará en español.
Award-winning novelist Pilar Quintana will discuss the link between childhood attachment and violence and Colombia's path to peace on her novels "La perra" (The Bitch) and "Los abismos" (The abysses.")
Academic professor and well known journalist Elvira Sanchez-Blake will discuss Colombia and Colombian characters in her book “Sumapaz”. She will also discuss aspects of life in Colombia including civil conflict. Ms. Sanchez-Blake will discuss Colombia's path towards reconciliation and peace.
Poet Gloria Muñoz will discuss her Colombian background and novels drawing participants into the Colombian world. Her poetry book Dawn’s Early / Danzirly was awarded the Academy of American Poets 2019 Ambroggio Prize.
Laura Quintana, an Associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy at the Universidad de Los Andes (Bogotá - Colombia) will discuss the aesthetic dimension of forms of power and emancipation and their effects on the world, from a trans-disciplinary approach based on a dialogue between a philosophy situated in Latin America and contemporary views of anthropology and art. Among her most recent books is "Rabia: afectos, violencia e inmunidad. "
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
The Broward Public Library Foundation is a charitable organization incorporated in 1982 committed to enhancing the collections, programs, and services of the Broward County Library beyond the means of public funding. Broward Public Library Foundation is the proud sponsor of the NEA Big Read program striving to achieve a state of excellence throughout the county's family of libraries.
Funding for this program was provided by Florida Humanities and sponsored in part by the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
| Mon, May 12 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Tue, May 13 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
| Wed, May 14 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Thu, May 15 | 12:00PM to 8:00PM |
| Fri, May 16 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sat, May 17 | 10:00AM to 6:00PM |
| Sun, May 18 | Closed |
