Busboys and Poets Books Presents RELINQUENDA
Date and Time
Oct 23, 2022 6:00 pm
Location
450K
450 K St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20001
Oct 23, 2022 6:00 pm
450K
Busboys and Poets Books Presents RELINQUENDA
Join us as we explore the need to let go in order to heal regrets through poetry.
Author and poet Alexandra Lytton Regalado began writing this collection of poetry as COVID-19 broke and the United States closed the border to travel. She was separated from family back in El Salvador and wrote this collection during lockdown as a meditation on cancer, the passing of her father, and the renewed significance of community. The central part of the collection focuses on her father during his 6-year struggle with cancer and considers how his stoicism, alcoholism, and hermitage might serve as mirror and warning. In contrast, she dedicates other poems to what it means for daughters, mothers, and wives to care for another as reflected in her relationships with the men in her life. Situated in the tropical landscapes of Miami, Florida and El Salvador, the poems also negotiate the meaning of home, reflecting on immigration and the ties between the United States and El Salvador.
Alexandra Lytton Regalado is joining us at Busboys and Poets to read her new book of poetry. She will be in conversation with Salvadoran artist Muriel Hasbún. This event is free and open to all. Our program begins at 6:00 pm, and will be followed by an audience Q&A. Copies of RELINQUENDA will be available for purchase before and during the event. Please note that this event will not be livestreamed.
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Alexandra Lytton Regalado received an MFA in poetry from Florida International University and an MFA in fiction from Pacific University. She is the author of Matria (Black Lawrence Press, 2017), which received the St. Lawrence Book Award. Regalado is co-director of Editorial Kalina and editor of Puntos de fuga/Vanishing Points (Editorial Kalina, 2017), a bilingual anthology of contemporary Salvadoran prose. She lives in San Salvador, El Salvador.
Muriel Hasbún was born in El Salvador to a Salvadoran-Palestinian-Christian father and a French-Polish-Jewish mother addresses migration, displacement, and issues of personal and cultural legacies in her work. An artist, professor, and founder of laberinto projects, she is the recipient of numerous distinctions, including a Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship, Howard Chapnick Grant, Corcoran’s Outstanding Creative Research Faculty Award, and a Fulbright Scholar fellowship. Her work has been exhibited and collected internationally at institutions such as the Venice Biennale, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museo del Barrio, Art Museum of the Americas, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
