THREAD re some of what #DignidadLiteraria just accomplished:
-bringing Macmillan, 1 of the most powerful publishing powers on earth to unprecedented negotiation of measurable outcomes w a long-ignored community of almost 60 million.
-bringing Macmillan, 1 of the most powerful publishing powers on earth to unprecedented negotiation of measurable outcomes w a long-ignored community of almost 60 million.
2) -expose & challenge other Publishing Powers—@Oprah, literary critics, other Big Publishers, agents, editors, bookstores—to reconsider their outdated notions of the "literary," & to do so in ways that include us
@Oprah 3) organizing 1000s online to take action on and offline
4) stage events and actions in at least 13 cities—in less than a week
5) build a broad front of different Latinx subgroups (nationality, racial, sexual orientation, migration status, geographical,) that don't always do so.
4) stage events and actions in at least 13 cities—in less than a week
5) build a broad front of different Latinx subgroups (nationality, racial, sexual orientation, migration status, geographical,) that don't always do so.
@Oprah 6) Broadly educate 1000s in our community about the contradictions, racism, classism & profiteering that inform what is and isn't "literature." YOU NO LONGER NEED TO PUT THE ONUS OF REJECTION SOLELY ON YOURSELVES, YOUNG WRITERS. It's also THE SYSTEM.
@Oprah 7) Built a forum for new leadership like that of @lesbrains & may others locally & natinoally to insert their voices where they were previously unwelcome. tropicsofmeta.com/2019/12/12/pen…
@Oprah @lesbrains 8) Prepared conditions for a continued assault on the sources of our silence, as, for example the 100s of us who will descend on @awpwriter to stage numerous small and large actions.
@Oprah @lesbrains @awpwriter 9) Sparked the political imagination of others engaging in similar struggles, many of who gave solidarity.
@Oprah @lesbrains @awpwriter & last but not least,
10) Sparking our own imaginations to act in the cause of our own Dignidad, inspiring many to smash the borders to our silence & reminding ourselves that the distinction between poetry & politics is (still) dead.
La Lucha Continua
10) Sparking our own imaginations to act in the cause of our own Dignidad, inspiring many to smash the borders to our silence & reminding ourselves that the distinction between poetry & politics is (still) dead.
La Lucha Continua
