This multimedia display in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month is a collaborative effort by
Cherry Creek School District High School Libraries.
For more information about this display, please contact the librarian at your high school.
If you are not part of the Cherry Creek School District, please email us.
Cherry Creek School District High School Libraries.
For more information about this display, please contact the librarian at your high school.
If you are not part of the Cherry Creek School District, please email us.
Week 1: Literary Arts
YA AUTHORS
YOU SHOULD KNOW
YOU SHOULD KNOW
Elizabeth Acevedo:
See her at Cherry Creek, Eaglecrest and Grandview High School in April of 2020.
See her at Cherry Creek, Eaglecrest and Grandview High School in April of 2020.
Domincan born Elizabeth Acevedo reads excerpts from her novel in verse, The Poet X and discusses her process for writing the book.
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Elizabeth Acevedo performs her poem, “Afro-Latina”
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Listen to Elizabeth Acevedo talk about brown girls being worthy of being the hero and the author.
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PERFORMANCE POETRY
High School poet Leticia performs “Chingona” at the 2017 Annual Youth Speaks Teen Poetry Slam.
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Brookyln-Raised Puerto Rican Poet Lemon performs “Please Don’t Take my Air Jordans,” a poem written by Reg E. Gaines.
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Jimmy Santiago Baca reads his short piece entitled, “I Am Offering This Poem”
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CLASSICS
Julia Alvarez
Listen to Julia Alvarez, author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, talk about her experience as an immigrant and her process as a writer.
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Isabel Allende
Chilean Author Isabel Allende Talks about her Writing Process
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Pablo Neruda
Spanish reading and subtitles of Pablo Neruda’s Poem 20.
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