Poetry reading: B.V. (Ben) Olguín presents "Towards a Critical Masculinity"

Event Date: 
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 -
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Event Location: 
CSRC Library - 144 Haines Hall

The CSRC is pleased to present a poetry reading by B.V. (Ben) Olguín, “Towards a Critical Masculinity? Lyrical Meditations on Gender, Sexuality, and Violence from Houston to Havana.” Olguín is an associate professor of English and creative writing at the University of Texas at San Antonio. His poetry has appeared in Borderlands, Callaloo, and North American Review, and his scholarly publications include La Pinta: Chicana/o Prisoner Literature, Culture, and Politics (University of Texas Press, 2010) and a collection edited with Maggie Rivas Rodriguez, Latina/os and World War II: Mobility, Agency, and Ideology (University of Texas Press, 2014). He is currently working on a manuscript titled “Violentologies: Violence and Ontology in Latina/o Literature, Film, and Popular Culture.” At the CSRC he will read from two new poetry collections: Red Leather Gloves (Hansen Publishing Group, 2014) and At the Risk of Seeming Ridiculous: Poems from Cuba Libre (Aztlan Libre Press, 2014). Both books will be available for purchase at the event. Olguín will also show work from his collaborations with four San Antonio filmmakers (Ray Santisteban, Laura Varela, Jimmy Mendiola, and Efraín Gutiérrez).

This event is FREE.

Watch the video of this event here.

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