Upcoming Abril para la palabra
Abril para la palabra is a cultural event committed to promote the magic of Spanish and English words among our students since 2016. It can be held in-person or virtually.
Abril para la palabra has hosted very influential writers reading their poetic work, translated by students from our Department of Spanish and Portuguese at UNM. Several of these activities have taken place thanks to the Ricardo Aguilar Melantzón translation workshop. This workshop is led by independent scholar and poet, Héctor Contreras López, who collaborates with the Department as a volunteer.
We have had exemplary readings by writers outside and inside our Department, including Renny Golden, Demetria Martínez, David Wilde (†), Eleuterio Santiago Díaz, Michelle Otero, Paulo Dutra, Ana Gabriela Hernández and many others.
Abril para la palabra 2026: 11th Edition
Cuarto Encuentro de Ángeles en La Tierra del Encanto
April 8-10, 2026
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Abril para la palabra 2026 and Cuarto Encuentro de Ángeles en La Tierra del Encanto includes plenty of great poetry and narrative readings, literary talks, book presentations, and much more by our special guests, students from the Spanish and Portuguese Department, and poets from México and United States mainly: Carmen Amato, Alonso Arana, Luz Elena Becerril, Lilly Blake, Adriana Candia, Maricela Duarte-Stern, Iram Evangelista Ávila, Rodrigo Figueroa, Jorge Alan Flores Flores, José Manuel García, Dinorah Gutiérrez, Ana Gabriela Hernández, Erbey Mendoza Negrete, Virginia Ordoñez, Norma Varela, Nancy Varelas, and Sylvia Ernestina Vergara.
Our special guest this year for the bilingual reading of his poems is the New Mexican poet Levi Romero.
Special thanks for supporting this event, aside the hosted Department, to:
The Latin American and Iberian Institute
The Creative Writing Area of English Department
The Mellon Initiative
8 de abril
Recital poético: Poetas de México y Estados Unidos
Ortega Hall 335 2:30-3:30 p.m.
9 de abril
Presentación del libro de poemas Milety tiene seis alas
de la Dra. Carmen Amato
Ortega Hall 335 9:35 am-10:20 pm
Presentación del libro de poemas A la hora del desamparo
de la escritora Adriana Candia
Ortega Hall 335 2:00-2:45 pm
Lectura dramatizada de poesía nativoamericana
con Sandra Marroquín, estudiante del doctorado en el Dept. de Español y Portugués de UNM
Ortega Hall 335 3:00-3:45 pm
Lectura dramatizada de la pieza teatral “De cuyo nombre no puedo olvidarme” de María Bonilla
con la Dra. Virginia Ordoñez
Profesora de la Universidad de Monterrey Campus Cd. Juárez
Ortega Hall 335 4:00-4:45 pm
Lectura bilingüe Cuentos of What Happened con el poeta nuevomexicano Levi Romero
Profesor en el Departamento de Estudios Chicanos de UNM
Ortega Hall 335 5:00-6:30 pm
10 de abril
Presentación del proyecto “Las insurrectas” de la Dra. Patricia Rosas Lopátegui
Profesora en el Departamento de Estudios Chicanos
Ortega Hall 335 1:00-2:00 pm
Presentación del libro El mar mismo del Dr. Jorge Alan Flores Flores
Profesor de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UACH
Ortega Hall 335 2:30-3:15 pm
Presentación del libro Etérea del Dr. Iram Esaí Evangelista Ávila
Profesor de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UACH
Ortega Hall 335 3:20-4:05 pm
Presentación del libro A destiempo: Prosa dispersa del Dr. Erbey Mendoza Negrete
Profesor de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la UACH
Ortega Hall 335 4:10-4:55 pm
Please email any questions to Prof. Carmen Julia Holguín Chaparro cjhch@unm.edu.
