A Masters of Craft Talk with Elisabet Velasquez

ABOUT THE CRAFT TALK

Led by Elisabet Velasquez, in this craft talk participants will learn how to use verse to bring the story that has been simmering inside of them to a boil. We will learn how to write our story using the emotive elements of poetry while managing the structural narrative of a novel.

ABOUT THE MASTER STORYTELLER:

Elisabet Velasquez (she/her) is a Boricua writer born in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Her work has been featured in Muzzle Magazine, Winter Tangerine, Latina Magazine, We Are Mitú, Tidal, and more. Her debut novel, WHEN WE MAKE IT was named a book to watch for by The New York Times. You can find it wherever books are sold.

Partial and full scholarships available. To inquire, email Info@RootsWoundsWords.org. Explicitly state which scholarship (partial or full) you’re interested in.

Closed captioning is provided. Like all RWW offerings, this space is for Black, Indigenous, Latinx/e, Asian, and other Storytellers of Color only. BIPOC Storytellers are centered here, exclusively.

This program was funded in part by Humanities New York with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

This Masters of Craft Talk is in partnership with Latinx in Publishing, a network of book professionals committed to supporting and increasing the number of Latino/a/x in the publishing industry, as well as promoting literature by, for, and about Latino/a/x people.