Congratulations to MAKE Poetry Editor Joel Craig @dannysreading on the recent release of his poetry collection “Humanoid" (@greenlanternpress)! Joel will read from his book next month at the Lit & Luz Festival in Mexico City on March 11! Find details and register online #linkinbio From Michael Workman in @newcitymag "“Humanoid” is the latest from Joel Craig, who is also known as the host of the esteemed, now-defunct Danny’s Reading Series and for his 2012 collection, “The White House.” Poetry editor for long-running, Chicago-based MAKE magazine, his collection was written and assembled over several years of development through test-flights at lit festival poetry performances." ... "It’s in that effort to wrench lived experience into words, then back into lived experience that are the die-cut processes of Craig’s intelligence wrestling with how to articulate where the breaks are, as in the section titled “my critical apparatus is very emotional,” where he states “we don’t know / when / exactly / this interpretation / of historical time / will terminate,” and become the poem." ... "An important evolution in Craig’s body of work, the transformations of the everyday encoded here are like the mellifluous voice of a friend, an inner companion, living the same moments in these gathered fragments and silences, in all their flawed potencies. Highly recommended." #litluz #JoelCraig #Chicagopoetry #GreenLanternPress #performancepoetry #Humanoid #mexicocity #literaryevents #mexicanartists #collaboration #chicagoartists #mexicanauthors #chicagoauthors #creativewriting #mexico #dannysreadingseries #internationalcollaboration #poetrycommunity

¡Guarda la fecha! El Lit & Luz Festival regresa a la Ciudad de México el próximo mes! ¡Estamos emocionados de asociarnos con @museodelchopo para presentar el Live Magazine Show de este año,"Estructura", el 12 de marzo! El museo también albergará una conversación con los artistas visuales que nos visitan de Chicago. El festival iniciará el 8 de marzo con una proyección en el @cinetonala presentando cineastas de Chicago y México, además de una ronda de preguntas y respuestas. Otras actividades del programa incluyen una conversación en colaboración con @casarefugiocitlaltepetl; un panel sobre poetas multidisciplinarios en @aeromotomx ; una lectura de poesía con música en el Jardín Secreto; ¡y mucho, mucho más! Mantente al tanto aquí e inscríbete en nuestro newsletter para conocer los últimos detalles y reservar tu lugar. #linkinbio Save the Date! The Lit & Luz Festival returns to Mexico City next month! We're excited to partner with Museo Universitario del Chopo to present this year's Live Magazine Show "Structure" on March 12! The museum will also host a conversation with the visiting visual artists from Chicago. The festival will kick off on March 8 with a screening at @cinetonala screening featuring filmmakers from Chicago and Mexico--and a Q & A. Other programs include a conversation on collaboration at @casarefugiocitlaltepetl; a panel on multidisciplinary poets at Aeromoto; a poetry reading with music in the secret garden; and much, much more! Keep an eye out here and sign-up for our newsletter for the latest details and to reserve your spot. #linkinbio #litluz #mexicocity #literaryevents #poesiaenespañol #livemagazineshow #mexicanartists #collaboration #chicagoartists #mexicanauthors #chicagoauthors #creativewriting #visualart #cinema #mexico #internationalcollaboration #varietyshow #chicagoevents #JazminaBarrera #JuliettaCheung #RocíoCerón #KristaFranklin #PergentinoJosé #SantiagoX #DanielMonroyCuevas #AmandaGoldblatt #JordanHicks #ChantalPeñalosa #JoseLuisMoctezuma

#FlashBackFriday In anticipation of the upcoming Lit & Luz Festival in Mexico City we've unearthed outtakes from the first Lit & Luz in Mexico, 2015. This year's fest runs March 7-12, and the Live Magazine Show returns to @museodelchopo—closing out the fest on March 12, 8 pm. Full details coming soon! #linkinbio 1. Marvin Tate performing at the Live Magazine Show at Museo Universitario del Chopo 2. Curator Esteban King with participant Fred Sasaki and art writer Dana Bassett 3. Nuria Sheehan with Joel Craig and Luis Felipe Fabre as they prepare for their performance. 4. Former MAKE editor Kathryn Scanlan walking in Centro Histórico 5. Sarah Kramer and Marvin Tate waiting in line outside of Casa Azul 6. Kamilah Foreman and Fred Sasaki capture the internet at Hotel Embassy 7. Daniel Borzutzky and Valerie Mejer read poetry at Casa Refugio Citlaltépetl 8. Jaime Garza and Benjamin Anaya celebrate in Coyoacán 9. Kathleen Rooney browsing at Cafebreria El Pendulo Roma 10. Kirsten Leenaars documenting the documentation #litluz #mexicocity #literaryevents #poesiaenespañol #livemagazineshow #mexicanartists #collaboration #chicagoartists #mexicanauthors #chicagoauthors #creativewriting #visualart #cinema #mexico #internationalcollaboration #varietyshow #chicagoevents #JazminaBarrera #JuliettaCheung #RocíoCerón #KristaFranklin #PergentinoJosé #SantiagoX #DanielMonroyCuevas #AmandaGoldblatt #JordanHicks #ChantalPeñalosa #JoseLuisMoctezuma

Happy Holidays from MAKE! We wish you have a relaxing time filled with family and friends—and of course, a good book or two. 🎄❄️❤️🎄❄️ Pictured: A group shot of 2021 Lit & Luz Festival participants, staff, and friends against a background of holly and striped bows. Snow flakes are falling.

Now up at makemag.com #makereviewsbooks 📚 The Fallen By Carlos Manuel Álvarez Translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne Reviewed by Katey Preston Published by @graywolfpress #linkinbio Katey Preston reviews Carlos Manuel Álvarez’s The Fallen, translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne (Graywolf Press), a work that “offers multiple experiences of living in Cuba through the voices of a contemporary Cuban family of four.” The book's title, Katherine writes, "invokes not only the state of fallenness, both the fall that interrupts one's march forward or the fall from power and grace, but also resonates with death, particularly of soldiers in nationalistic sacrifice. " #graywolfpress #CarlosManuelÁlvarez #FrankWynne #KateyPreston #booksintranslation #Cubanwriters #fiction #novels #amreading #instabooks #bookstagram #bookreview

#FlashBackFriday LIT & LUZ LIVE MAGAZINE SHOW: STRUCTURE Thursday, November 4 Logan Center for the Arts, Performance Hall Photos: Beth Rooney If you missed this year's Live Magazine Show, head to our YouTube channel! #linkinbio. Or see it in person March 12, 2022 at Museo Universitario del Chopo in Mexico City! Co-presented with the @loganuchicago, @consulmex_chicago, and @museodelchopo Books sales by @seminarycoopbookstores Hosted by @mjimenezpaz and @theladybrewer The signature event of the Lit & Luz Festival is the Live Magazine Show! At this literary variety show, artists and writers from Mexico and Chicago debuted multimedia collaborations on stage. Through the theme “Structure,” participants considered the physical structures that house us, political and societal structures that surround us, and much more. Jazmina Barrera (MX) @jaztronomia and Julietta Cheung (US) @julietta_cheung Rocío Cerón (MX) @laobservante and Krista Franklin (US) @therealkristaf Pergentino José (MX) and X xtheshapeshifter (US) Daniel Monroy Cuevas (MX) @danielmonroycuevas and Amanda Goldblatt (US) @aegagegage and Jordan Hicks (US) Chantal Peñalosa (MX) @chantalpfong and Jose-Luis Moctezuma (US) @jlmoct3zuma Jacquelyn Carmen Guerrero (@cqqchifruit) as Musical Director / Como director musical #litluz #livemagazineshow #mexicanartists #collaboration #chicagoartists #mexicanauthors #chicagoauthors #creativewriting #visualart #cinema #logancenter #mexico #internationalcollaboration #varietyshow #chicagoevents #JazminaBarrera #JuliettaCheung #RocíoCerón #KristaFranklin #PergentinoJosé #SantiagoX #DanielMonroyCuevas #AmandaGoldblatt #JordanHicks #ChantalPeñalosa #JoseLuisMoctezuma

#TBT to last month's How Things Do Things with Other Things (and People). Four Sculptors Discuss the Agency of Matter Presented in partnership with @chicagoartdept With support from @delmagueymezcal, @revbrewchicago, and @topochicousa 📸: Beth Rooney This Lit & Luz Fest program is now available for viewing on our YouTube channel! #linkinbio Participating artists: Alberto Aguilar, Sebastián Bruno-Harris, Paola Cabal Moderators: Esteban King, Independent Curator, Georgina Valverde (also participating as a visual artist) A conversation centered on sculpture and ideas related to emerging paradigms of new materialisms (NM)—an umbrella term that organizes radical epistemological shifts taking place across domains as wildly divergent as feminism, material culture, philosophy, and environmental science. Borrowing ideas from NM, we investigate sculpture from the perspective of the agency of matter—”vibrant matter” and “thing power,” to use Jane Bennett’s terms. Is structure the result of agency, and if so, whose agency? Is agency exclusive to humans? By shifting our focus from makers to the ecology of making and the agency of matter, we will consider the implications for art practices and for art’s role within currently strained ecologies and economies. #litluz #AlbertoAguilar #SebastiánBrunoHarris #PaolaCabal #EstebanKing #GeorginaValverde #DelMaguelSingleVillageMezcal #ChicagoArtDepartment #RevBrew #TopoChico #ChicagoArtists #ChicagoSculptors #visualart

The in-person Lit & Luz Festival in Chicago might have just ended, but Lit & Luz continues! If you haven't checked out the virtual programs on our YouTube page (#linkinbio), do yourself a favor and listen in. (Did you miss the keynote with the one-and-only Juan Felipe Herrera??) We'll also be posting videos of many of the in-person programs in the coming weeks. The second half of the 2021-22 Lit & Luz cycle takes place in Mexico City, March 7-12, 2022, and we'd love to see you there! Meanwhile, show your support for Lit & Luz with a @threadless gear designed by local Chicago designers @makeandco! Sweatshirts, T-shirts, mugs, and more. #linkinbio A portion of each sale goes toward making free programming and international exchange possible. Or consider a donation. Every amount is greatly appreciated! #linkinbio Thanks to Artistic Associate @estebanking and Collaboration Cohort participant and artist @danielmonroycuevas for modeling the wares. #threadless #litluz #nonprofitarts #donate #mexico #chicagoarts #internationalexchange #collaboration #festivals

This Saturday! Did you miss the Lit & Luz Live Magazine Show at @loganuchicago? Watch @ontherealfilm’s recording this Saturday on @museodelchopo’s Facebook and YouTube channel! ⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️📺⚡️⚡️⚡️⚡️ Repost from @museodelchopo • 𝑳𝒊𝒕 & 𝑳𝒖𝒛 𝑭𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒂𝒍, en su octava edición, continúa con el apoyo a la creación artística a través de la colaboración internacional y la creación de espacios para diálogos esenciales entre habitantes de #México y #EstadosUnidos. Una vez más, reúne a reconocidos escritores mexicanos y artistas de Chicago, quienes durante una semana participan en charlas y eventos culturales en diversos foros de esta ciudad estadounidense. El 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑴𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘 es el evento más representativo de esta celebración, pues en los meses previos, equipos de artistas participantes de la #CDMX y #Chicago trabajan a distancia para co-crear un performance incorporando sus respectivos medios. Las piezas se presentan durante el espectáculo tanto en español como en inglés, y a menudo exploran la relación entre ambos idiomas, las formas de arte y las culturas propias de cada nación. 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 es el concepto de 2021, donde se abordarán desde la creación las estructuras físicas, políticas y sociales que habitan y rodean al individuo. El Museo Universitario del Chopo estrenará el material resultante de esta jornada el sábado 13 de noviembre de 2021 a las 19:00 horas, a través de sus plataformas de #FacebookLive y #YouTube. Más información en www.chopo.unam.mx

It's been one week since the Lit & Luz Live Magazine Show at @loganuchicago. We're so grateful to all the participants throughout this year's Lit & Luz Festival and to the everyone who ventured out to in-person events! If you enjoyed this year's free programming, consider a donation to the Lit & Luz Festival. #linkinbio Here is a re-cap of our in-person programs with the exception of José's workshop. Many of these programs will soon be on YouTube, so subscribe to our channel for the latest and to check out this year's virtual programs! #linkinbio Thank you also to all of our presenting partners! More pictures and videos to come... 1. 11-6, AlgoRitmo carried us out at the @hungrybrainchicago. 2. 11-5, "Lit & Luz Book Club Presents" w/Pergentino José, Jazmina Barrera, moderator Ignacio Sanchez Prado (and not pictured, translator Gerónimo Sarmiento Cruz) at Instituto Cervantes. 📸 Beth Rooney 3. 11-4, "The Live Magazine Show" at the Logan Center! 📸 Beth Rooney 4. 11-3, The captive audience for "How Things Do Things with Other Things (and People). Four Sculptors Discuss the Agency of Matter" at Chicago Art Department. 📸 Beth Rooney 5. 11-3, "Narración en vivo: Estructura" w/ Paola Aguirre, Chantal Peñalosa, Carlos Robles-Shanahan, + pinch hitter, Pergentino José at the Hideout. Hosted by Rafael Robles. 📸 Mario Gastelum 6. 11-3, "A Reading and Conversation with Author Jazmina Barrera" at the Logan Center. Jazmina was joined in conversation by Lina Ferreira Cabeza-Vanega. 7. 11-2, "A Conversation with Author Pergentino José" at Instituto Cervantes, pictured here before the event with host and @loyolachicago prof, Héctor García Chavez. 8. 11-2, "A Screening and Conversation with Daniel Monroy Cuevas" at @unamchicago. He was later joined in conversation by ACRE's Kate Bowen. 📸Mario Gastelum 9. 11-1, "Favorite Poems/Poemas favoritos" at the Comfort Station. This event took place both in the building and on the lawn, as pictured here. 10. 11-1, An Artist Talk with Chantal Peñalosa at the Logan Center.

Tonight! Join us at the Hungry Brain, 2319 W Belmont Ave, for the Lit & Luz closing event with music from AlgoRitmo, the jazz project of Dos Santos @dossantoschi percussionist Peter “Maestro” Vale @congabanger—with Alex Santilli, drums/percussion; Natalie Lande, saxophone; and Brenden Cabrera piano/effects. DJ Roxyo Sounds @roxyosounds caps the night! Presented in partnership with Vocalo @vocalo and the Hungry Brain @hungrybrainchicago 21+ and must present proof of vax. Mask required. Donations at the door appreciated. #litluz #vocalo #domingosenespanol #algoritmo #petemaestrovale #hungrybrain #jazz #jazzinchicago #chicagoevents #djroxyosounds

What should the audience expect tonight at the Lit & Luz Live Magazine Show? New work born from two (and three) minds that pulls in poetry, prose, video, music, sculpture, and draws on cultural references from across countries and generations. Join us tonight as we all see these long-anticipated collaborations fir the first time! Pictured: X and Pergentino José #collaboration #litluz