The second reading in person of the Spring season has hold on Saturday May 7 at Librería Barco de Papel. Anel Carmona (México), David Ornelas (México), Zaida Corniel (República Dominicana), Silvina López Medin (Argentina) shared their work and projects. Anel … Continued
After many months of isolation this was the first reading session in person at the beginning of the spring season. It Featured these writers who shared their work in progress: Braulio Nicolas Basilio (Chile) Roger Santibanez (Peru) Maria Argel (Colombia) … Continued
After isolation and virtual readings Centro Cultural Barco de Papel hosted the opening reading in person for the organization En Construcción. EN CONSTRUCCIÓN: New Works by Latin American Writers is a series of literary readings and workshops that aims to offer … Continued
Luis H. Francia, Bino A. Realuyo, and Ninotchka Rosca, three Filipino-American writers who live in Jackson Heights, Queens talked-story and presented literary works around Filipino “Halloween” themes: spirituality, pre-Hispanic supernatural mythology, Filipino rituals around death, and their own cultural response to … Continued
The Mujeristas’ Collective presented at the Barco de Papel Cultural Center its third printed publication with the open microphone “Things that I will never tell you” on Saturday, December 14, 2019. The open mic featured an online open call to … Continued
The LGTB literary expression returned on September 27 and 28, 2019 for the second consecutive year to the Barco de Papel Cultural Center with a selection of renowned authors. In the second edition of “LGTB Visibility in Literature” Barco … Continued
Elmhurst, NY-Centro Cultural Barco de Papel presented the “Wandering Art and Library” project that traveled the streets of Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, and Corona, Queens. “Cities are places of barter, not just merchandise, but also of words, wishes and memories.”—Italo Calvino Sponsored by … Continued
The independent editorial Book Press NY presented four authors who contributed to the collection called ‘El hilo de la memoria (Thread of Memory)’ at Centro Cultural Barco de Papel on December 4th. El Hilo de la memoria is a literary … Continued
Poets Gabriel Jaime Caro ‘Gajaka’ (Colombia) and Otoniel Guevara (Salvador) met in a poetic dialogue which they called “Naked Poets.” Attendees were invited to take a trip with them on their encounters and misadventures which by way of conversation, poems were interspersed. The … Continued
As part of the new edition of LATIN AMERICAN POETRY FESTIVAL OF NEW YORK CITY 2015 guest poets: Raquel Abend van Dalen (Venezuela 1989), Alejandro Crotto (Argentina, 1978) Gladys Gonzalez (Chile, 1981) and Kelver Ax (Ecuador 1985) read in Barco de … Continued