Announcing MATWAALA 2021
Featuring Poets of Color (POC)
Upcoming: Mexico on July 8, 2021, 8 pm EST
https://ncc-zoom.zoom.us/j/95986498529?pwd=K21KTlhMUG41UDZZTzRtMnByajgwZz09
Upcoming: Mexico on July 8, 2021, 8 pm EST
https://ncc-zoom.zoom.us/j/95986498529?pwd=K21KTlhMUG41UDZZTzRtMnByajgwZz09
In 2020, George Floyd 's inhumane murder was not the first time African Americans and people of color have been victims of police brutality. Thousands took to the streets to protest the cold-blooded killing by police of Breonna Taylor, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, and so many more.
Poets at Matwaala state our solidarity with our African-American brothers and sisters.
We support this brave struggle and fervently hope that every voice crying out for justice in this movement is heard.
We join all people of color in creating change and paving the way for our institutions to treat all people in our democracy with respect, dignity, and non-violence.
Our 2021 festival offers a platform for poets of color. The 2021 readings are featuring African American, Native American and Mexican poets followed by Central/South American, Dalit and Asian American poets in 2021.
Poets at Matwaala state our solidarity with our African-American brothers and sisters.
We support this brave struggle and fervently hope that every voice crying out for justice in this movement is heard.
We join all people of color in creating change and paving the way for our institutions to treat all people in our democracy with respect, dignity, and non-violence.
Our 2021 festival offers a platform for poets of color. The 2021 readings are featuring African American, Native American and Mexican poets followed by Central/South American, Dalit and Asian American poets in 2021.
Poets of Color: The Series
DECEMBER 2, 2021, 8 PM Central
Zoom link upcoming.
Poets: Lyla June, Lucille Long Day & Andrina Smith |
JULY 8, 2021, 8 PM Central
View the recording: https://ncc-zoom.zoom.us/rec/share/_QYNpVYj1fVWHgOLKQXkQjS8jH06ijjiRF5drE8xjMqKrnEZbJ2Vr7wA_tV9TSJC.4_3UiqpT_gQWClbH Email us at reachmatwaala.com for the password Poets: María Baranda, Ana Belen, Mariana Bernárdez, Fernando Carrera, Elsa Cross, Manuel Iris, Luis Armenta-Malpica, Jorge Ortega, and Natalia Toledo |
APRIL 22, 2021. 8 PM Central To read poems at lucywritersplatform by the poets click here View the recording Passcode: ^lr06CR# Poets: Dorothy Randall Gray, Anastasia Tomkin, Cynthia Manick, Marsha Nelson, and Loretta Diane Walker |
Highlights
Poetry Wall of 24 South Asian Diaspora Poets at Irving Museum and Archives, Dallas
Curated by Matwaala and ThinkIndia Foundation for the Smithsonian project Beyond Bollywood:
University of Cambridge and India Currents
University of Cambridge and India Currents
Articles on Matwaala:
LucyWritersPlatform by Usha Akella
The Birth of South Asian Diaspora Festival by Pramila Venkateswaran
Matwaala; Birth of a South Asian Diaspora Poetry Festival and Collective- Journal of comparative literature- http://jcla.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/JCLA-44.2_Summer-2021_Usha-Akella.pdf
The Birth of South Asian Diaspora Festival by Pramila Venkateswaran
Matwaala; Birth of a South Asian Diaspora Poetry Festival and Collective- Journal of comparative literature- http://jcla.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/JCLA-44.2_Summer-2021_Usha-Akella.pdf
Matwaala Readings Hosted By:
Murray Edwards College at Cambridge University, UK
New York University
Stony Brook University
Hunter College
Nassau Community College
Austin Community College
New York University
Stony Brook University
Hunter College
Nassau Community College
Austin Community College
"Voices that dare to say the unsaid and hear the unheard… voices that break down barriers… voices that dare to be South Asian, American and simply human…"
Mission
Matwaala, South Asian Diaspora Poets’ Collective, is a community of poets whose origins go back to South Asia (India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Afghanistan). Our mission is to promote South Asian poetry in the American literary landscape and collaborate with other arts in North America through a festival, publications and mutual support among poets.
MAPS: Matwaala Anthology
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Matwaala directors say thank you to the collective's poets who made the website possible, website designer Francisca, posters’ designer Anannya and all sponsors and partners.