The Mercy Street Reading Series, now in its second year, is already one of the best regular poetry events in Chicago. For this early August edition, Ruben Quesada has assembled as all-star cast to represent Wherever I’m At: An Anthology of Chicago Poetry.

Campbell McGrath, Achy Obejas, Patricia Smith and Luis J. Rodriguez highlight the lineup.

Via Zoom

Link to come

Poetry reading and video work by Sofia Cordova

Transversal Translation Collective Presents: Trans Poetics: Translation as process and product.

Thursday, February 3, 2022

5:00 EST / 2:00 PST

Books & Books and Miami Book Fair present…

An Evening with Marcial Gala and Anna Kushner

in conversation with Achy Obejas

Call Me Cassandra

(Farrar, Strous, and Giroux, $26)

7 PM ET

Anjanette Delgado with Richard Blanco, Jennine Capó Crucet, Ariel Francisco, Ana Menéndez, Caridad Moro-Gronlier, Frances Negrón-Muntaner, Achy Obejas, & Isvett Verde

6:00 PM EST

Miami Dade College, Building 2 - Room 2106

300 NE 2nd Ave, Miami, FL 33132, USA

Serie virtual de autores

Únase a la autora cubanoamericana Achy Obejas en conversación con la Dra. Mabel Cuesta para debatir acerca de Boomerang/Bumerán, una colección de poesía bilingüe que explora temas de identidad, sexualidad y pertenencia.El espacio es limitado para este evento en línea. Es necesario registrarse. El enlace de Zoom se enviará por correo electrónico a los inscritos dentro de las 24 horas posteriores al inicio del evento. Para mayores de 19 años de edad.

6:00 EST | 3:00 PST

Westchester Regional

9445 Coral Way, Miami, FL 33165, USA

In Conversation: Pablo Medina & Achy Obejas

In his collection The Foreigner’s Song: New and Selected Poems, Cuban-born American poet Pablo Medina reaches back to his six previous published collections and all the way to his first, published in 1975, adding 19 new works. His prose has a dreamlike quality in which familiarity and certainty surrender to strangeness. Achy Obejas’ Boomerang/Bumerán: Poetry/Poesía is a bilingual collection of lyrical poetry written in bold, mostly gender-free English and Spanish that addresses immigration, displacement, love, and activism. Moderated by poet Alexandra Lytton Regalado of Supporting Women Writers in Miami (SWWIM).

12:00 PM EST | 9:00 AM PST

Boomerang is a unique and inspiriting bilingual collection of lyrical poetry written in a bold, mostly gender-free English and Spanish that address immigration, displacement, love and activism. Divided into three sections, the first features poems addressing immigration and displacement; secondly, those addressing love, lost and found, and finally, verses focusing on action, on ways of addressing injustice and repairing the world. This volume serves both inspiration and support for readers living with marginalized identities and those who love and stand with them.

Sat., October 30 • 4:00pm PT • Free •

Join us at Litquake Out Loud stage as three award-winning writers of diverse origins and methods, Achy Obejas, Carolina de Robertas and Ingrid Rojas Contreras, read from works, new and forthcoming. Achy Obejas presents Boomerang/Bumerán, a unique and inspiring bilingual collection of lyrical poetry written in a bold, mostly gender-free English and Spanish that address immigration, displacement, love and activism. Contreras presents a new work of non-fiction, a family memoir about her grandfather, a curandero from Colombia who it was said had the power to move clouds, forthcoming from Doubleday in Summer of 2022. Carolina presents The President and The Frog, an incandescent novel—political, mystical, timely, and heartening—about the power of memory, and the pursuit of justice, from the acclaimed author of Cantoras. 

FREE, $5-10 suggested donation

This is a Live event:

Yerba Buena Gardens Esplanade, 750 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Please join us for a reading and conversation with Achy Objeas to celebrate the release of Boomerang / Bumerán. She will be joined in conversation by Ana Merino.

7:00 CT / 5:00 PT / 8:00 EST

This will be a virtual Zoom event.

Two poets who chart new territory in the landscape of identity and community

Join us as poets Achy Obejas and Phillip B. Williams share poetry from their new releases and shed light on how poetry leads our languages in representing marginalized voices, identities, and truths. The poets will be in conversation with poet Gary Dop.  

3:30 PM PST / 5:30 CST / 6:30 EST

The Mercy Street Readings is on Sunday, October 3, 4pm PT/ 6pm CT/ 7pm ET.

Featuring:
Mateo Lara, M Soledad Caballero, Martha Silano, Jeni De La O, Grace Bauer, Achy Obejas, David Campos.

Books & Books and Miami Book Fair present…

An Evening with Achy Obejas

In conversation with Richard Blanco

A bilingual poetry collection from a Cuban-American writer-activist that explores themes of identity, sexuality, and belonging. 

A unique and inspiriting bilingual collection of lyrical poetry written in a bold, mostly gender-free English and Spanish that address immigration, displacement, love and activism.

The book is divided into 3 sections: First, poems addressing immigration and displacement; secondly, those addressing love, lost and found, and finally, verses focusing on action, on ways of addressing injustice and repairing the world. The volume will be both inspiration and support for readers living with marginalized identities and those who love and stand with them.

7:00 PM ET / 4:00 PM PT

This is a Free Event

Left Bank Books welcomes Cuban American writer, translator and activist Achy Obejas, who will discuss her new bilingual poetry collection Boomerang / Bumerán: Poetry / Poesía, on our Facebook Live Page at 7pm CT on September 22nd.

Obejas will be in conversation with National Book Award nominated author and poet Cristina García.

All you need to do to participate is log in to your personal Facebook account, go to Left Bank Books' Facebook Live Page, and wait for the livestream to begin on the page (you may need to refresh the page periodically until the stream begins). You may also watch the simulcast on Left Bank's YouTube channel.

In conversation this evening with Achy Obejas will be Filipina American fiction writer and professor (University of Miami) M. Evelina Galang, whose most recent book is a powerful nonfiction work of testimony, Lolas’ House: Filipino Women Living with War.

Virtually Hosted by Elliott Bay Book Company

6:00 PM PDT

Join us for a lively afternoon discussion on international literature and culture with four incredible speakers: Achy Obejas, Azar Nafisi, Lisa Page & Michael Reynolds.

2:00 - 3:30 PM PDT

Book Passage Presents Achy Obejas In Conversation with Carolina De Robertis

Sat., September 11, 2021 • 4:00pm PT • Corte Madera Store

This event will be hosted in-person at Book Passage's Corte Madera location:

51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925

A bilingual poetry collection from a Cuban-American writer-activist that explores themes of identity, sexuality, and belonging.

A unique and inspiriting bilingual collection of lyrical poetry written in a bold, mostly gender-free English and Spanish that address immigration, displacement, love and activism.

The book is divided into 3 sections: First, poems addressing immigration and displacement; secondly, those addressing love, lost and found, and finally, verses focusing on action, on ways of addressing injustice and repairing the world. The volume will be both inspiration and support for readers living with marginalized identities and those who love and stand with them. (Beacon Press)

6:00 PT

Free with registration

City Lights celebrates the launch of Achy Obejas new bilingual collection BOOMERANG published by Beacon Press.

This is a virtual event that will be hosted by City Lights on the Zoom platform.

Free

Join P&P Live! to discuss Dariel Suarez's new novel, The Playwright's House, with Achy Obejas.

Free

10:00am CT / 11:00am EST

Mamayan Jabateh / Achy Obejas

"I Am A Refugee"

A discussion about life as a refugee.

Mamayan and Achy will discuss the obstacles of being a refugee in a new country, and the opportunities and difficulties leaving one's home presented.

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Please mark your calendars for Sunday, June 6 at 1 PM PT (4 PM ET). We’re going to talk about Achy’s sublime new poetry collection, BOOMERANG, the art of translation, and who knows what else? This event will be open to everyone—and your questions are welcome!

Transversal Collective Presents Transcreations: The Intersections and Intricacies of Translation and Creative Writing, A Conversation and Reading with Achy Obejas and Adrienne Perry

In the Caribbean, LGBTQ individuals live in fear of being ostracized at a minimum and physically assaulted – or even murdered – at worst. This panel celebrates the contributions of LGBTQ writers with roots in Haiti, Cuba, Trinidad, and Saint Thomas who are unapologetic for their queerness and whose writing challenges Caribbean homophobia.

The author of the PEN/Faulkner nominated The Tower of the Antilles as well as other titles, Achy Obejas frequently writes on sexuality and nationality, and has received a USA Ford Fellowship and an NEA, among other awards, for her creative work. Shani Mootoo’s Polar Vortex is a seductive and tension-filled novel about Priya and Alex, a lesbian couple  who attempt to escape the secrets of their pasts. Stonewall and Lambda Award-winning author Kacen Callender’s King of the Rising is the searing conclusion to an unflinching and powerful Caribbean-inspired fantasy series about colonialism, resilience and defiance.