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WW Agave

TUESDAY 05.05.2026

Caro de Robertis
Caro de Robertis

FICTION READING

Palace of Eros
The President and the Frog
Cantoras
Radical Hope
The Gods of Tango
Perla
The Invisible Mountain

11 a.m.

Anel Flores
Anel Flores

FICTION READING

Curtains of Rain
Empanada: A Lesbiana Story en Probaditas
Jota: A Queer Latina and Latinx Anthology 
I Love Us: Queer on the Borderlands

1 p.m.

Photo by Sofia Zuani

A.M. Sosa
A.M. Sosa

FICTION READING

And I'll Take Out Your Eyes

1 p.m.

Photo by C. C.

Panel Discussion
Panel Discussion: Queer Latinx Literature

with Caro de Robertis, Anel Flores, and A.M. Sosa

4:30-5:30 p.m.

WW Agave

WEDNESDAY 05.06.2026

Emily Weinstein
Emily Weinstein

MEMOIR READING

Turn to Stone

11 a.m.

José Vadi
José Vadi

NONFICTION READING

Published in The Paris Review, The Atlantic, the PBS NewsHour, KQED, Free Skate Magazine, Alta Journal, and the Yale Review

1 p.m.

Photo by Bobby Gordon

Prageeta Sharma
Prageeta Sharma

POETRY READING

Onement Won
Grief Sequence

3 p.m.

Photo by Mike Stussy

WW Agave

THURSDAY 05.07.2026

Mosaic Showcase
Mosaic Showcase

MULTI-GENRE READING

11 a.m.

Photo by Sergio de la Torre

Emily Doyle
Emily Doyle

FICTION READING

Please Don't Touch the Body

1 p.m.

Photo by Sean Kara

Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem

FICTION READING

Motherless Brooklyn
Brooklyn Crime Novel
The Fortress of Solitude
Chronic City

and others

3 p.m.

Photo by Torkil Stavdal

WW Agave

FRIDAY 05.08.2026

Ilya Kaminsky
Ilya Kaminsky

POETRY READING

Deaf Republic
Dancing In Odessa

11 a.m.

Photo by Cybele Knowles

D.A. Powell
D.A. Powell

POETRY READING

Useless Landscape, or A Guide for Boys
Tea
Lunch
Cocktails
Chronic

1 p.m.

Photo by Matt Valentine

Viet Thanh Nguyen
Viet Thanh Nguyen

FICTION READING

The Sympathizer
The Committed
Nothing Ever Dies: Vietnam and the Memory of War
A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, A History
A Memorial
To Save and to Destroy: Writing as an Other

3 p.m.

Photo by Hopper Stone SMPSP

MFA Showcase
MFA Showcase

MULTI-GENRE READING

4:45-6 p.m.

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