CavanKerry Press Presents—Notable Voices

Publication party for Regie Cabico's Elmhurst and Flushing Branch Library Young Adult Writing Workshops

Willie Perdomo reads his favorite poems for ages 8 and up

Willie Perdomo reads from his children's book Visiting Langston for ages 4 to 8

Readings from Poetry After 9-11: An Anthology of New York Poets

Three teams, each composed of masters of traditional poetic forms and teenage poets, perform and discuss issues of culture and identity.

1:00pm – Young Filipino poets investigate the Balagtasan poetry debate tradition with Frances Dominguez and Filipino-American poet Regie Cabico

3:00pm – Muslim-American teenage poets join Ishmaili Raishida, musician Amir Vahab, and Palestinian-American poet Suheir Hammad