Lit & Luz 2025 Keynote Address with Marcelo Hernandez Castillo
Free (donations welcome) / Entrada libre (agradecemos sus donaciones)
In English with a live Spanish translation sponsored by Interprenet / En inglés con traducción simultánea al español patrocinada por Interprenet
Join us at Pueblo Unido Gallery for the Lit & Luz Festival’s 2025 Keynote Address on this year’s festival theme, Repair/Reparar, by critically-acclaimed author and poet, Marcelo Hernandez Castillo.
On this special occasion, Castillo will read a number of unreleased poems as well as selected excerpts from International Latino Book Award Finalist Children of the Land: a Memoir (Harper Collins, 2020).
After the address and reading, Castillo will be joined by author and Lit & Luz founding Artistic Director, Daniel Borzutzky, for an intimate conversation on Castillo’s writing.
Meet the author after the event for a book signing and a complimentary cafecito reception to celebrate the beginning of the festival week.
Presented in partnership with Pueblo Unido Gallery at Centro Romero, and UIC’s Center for Latinx Literature of the Americas.
