MACONDO
A HOMELAND FOR WRITERS
THE WORKSHOP
2021 VIRTUAL EDITION – JULY 27 – AUGUST 1ST
FEATURING:
- Allison Adelle Hedge Coke: Poetry
- Daisy Hernández: Creative Nonfiction
- Alex Espinoza: Fiction
The Macondo Writers Workshop is an association of socially-engaged writers working to advance creativity, foster generosity, and serve community. Founded in 1995 by writer Sandra Cisneros and named after the town in Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, the workshop gathers writers from all genres who work on geographic, cultural, economic, gender, and spiritual borders and who are committed to activism in their writing and work.
EVENTS & NEWS
Macondo Writers Workshop Readings
Thursday July 29, 7-8:30 p.m. CST (Zoom)
Free and Open to the public
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Macondo Writers Workshop Guest Faculty Reading
Featuring: Alex Espinoza, Daisy Hernández, and Allison Adelle Hedge Coke
With a guest appearance by Sandra Cisneros
Friday July 30th 7-8 p.m. CST (Zoom)
Free and Open to the Public
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Macondo Writers Workshop Open Mic Reading
Saturday July 31, 5:30-6:30 p.m. CST (Zoom)
With a guest appearance by Texas Poet Laureate Lupe Mendez
Free and Open to the public
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Announcing the New Macondistas joining the Workshop in 2021!
Kathleen Alcalá • Amy M. Alvarez • Victoria M. Bañales • Jo Reyes-Boitel • Cecilia Caballero • M Soledad Caballero • Vincent Chavez • Yohanca Delgado • Elisa Filio • Gabriel Frye-Behar • Alma García • Manuela Gomez Rhine • Maria José Maldonado • Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe • Donna Miscolta • Ofelia Montelongo • Karina Muñiz-Pagán • Adela Najarro • Claudio Alberto Rivera • Yvette Siegert • Marisa Celina Tirado • Angie Trudell Vasquez • Juan Fernando Villagómez
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