Celebrating RESISTENCIA: Poems of Protest and Revolution

Celebrating RESISTENCIA: Poems of Protest and Revolution with Mark Eisner, Tina Escaja, Romina Funes, Rebeca Lane, Jack Hirschman, and Jessica Powell. Co-presented by the Red Poppy Art House and Tin House Books. This event was originally broadcast live via Zoom. Carolina De Robertis, Resistencia translator, a writer of Uruguayan origins, is the author of four novels, most recently Cantoras, which received a Stonewall Book Award and a Reading Women Award. Mark Eisner, co-editor of Resistencia: In 2004 Mark was involved in the early stages of the Red Poppy Art House. Tina Escaja, co-editor of Resistencia, is a Spanish American author, digital artist, and Distinguished Professor at the University of Vermont. Romina Funes, poeta, was born in General San Martin, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1981. For the past decade, Romina has organized "Letras & Música.” Jack Hirschman, Resistencia translator, is Poet Laureate emeritus of San Francisco. Rebeca Lane, contributing poet/rapper, was born in Guatemala City. As a teenager she became involved with social movements. Jessica Powell, Resistencia translator, has published dozens of translations of literary works by a wide variety of Latin American writers.