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SUMMARY:Trans Poetica: A Literary Pride Plática
DESCRIPTION:Change of Venue: This event will now be held at the Southwest School of Art – Coates Chapel\, located at 300 Augusta. San Antonio TX 78205. (Across the street from Gemini Ink)\nFree parking at Gemini Ink & Southwest School of Art.\nKick off Pride Month with an intimate poetry reading and discussion about the challenges and joys of sustaining Queer and Trans Latinx literary communities across Texas.  \nGemini Ink\, in partnership with Infrarrealista Review and Letras Latinas*\, presents “Trans Poetica: A Pride Month Literary Plática.” This reading and conversation between three published trans Latine poets will be moderated by the 2025 Letras Latinas Poetry Coalition Fellow\, Cloud Delfina Cardona. This event will highlight Pushcart Prize-nominated poet Keagan Wheat\, SG Huerta\, author of Burns (Sundress Publications\, 2026)\, and Stalina Villarreal\, Spanish translator and author of Watcha (Deep Vellum\, 2024). \nThese writers from across Texas will come together in San Antonio for an evening of centering trans Latine voices in a time of censorship and fear. Cardona\, Wheat\, Huerta\, and Villarreal will all read from their published books and discuss their craft\, publishing\, and roles in their literary communities in Houston and San Marcos\, TX. An audience Q&A will follow their discussion.  \nOur panel will be followed by a book signing with all four writers. \nLight refreshments will be served. Signed books will be available for purchase following the panel discussion. \n*Letras Latinas is the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies \n\nKeagan Wheat (he/him) is a trans\, Latinx\, disabled poet\, educator\, and visual artist from Houston. In 2020\, he released Viaticum. The Houston Transgender Unity Committee awarded him the Media and Arts Award for 2024. He’s a Pushcart Prize nominee with work appearing in The Acentos Review\, Anomaly\, Variant Literature and more. Check out his interviews with Brooklyn Poets and Latinx Lit. Find them on social media @kwheat09. \nSG Huerta is a queer Xicanx writer\, editor\, and organizer. They are the Poetry Editor of Abode Press and the author of two poetry chapbooks and the nonfiction chapbook GOOD GRIEF (fifth wheel press 2025). Their work has appeared in Barrelhouse\, Honey Literary\, Infrarrealista Review\, and elsewhere. Find them at sghuertawriting.com. They believe Palestine will be free from the river to the sea. \n \nStalina Emmanuelle Villarreal (she/they) sees\, hears\, feels\, and communicates across mediums and cultures. She’s a deep-watching ekphrastic poet\, a photographic eco-essayist\, a broad-stroke sketch artist\, a sonic improv performer\, a sound-sensitive literary translator\, and an assistant professor of English. Her debut collection of poetry called Watcha is out now from Deep Vellum Publishing. Their poetry can be found in the Rio Grande Review\, Texas Review\, The Acentos Review\, Defunkt Magazine\, and elsewhere. \n\nModerator\nCloud Delfina Cardona (she/they) is an artist\, writer\, and book cover designer from San Antonio\, Texas. She is the author of What Remains\, winner of the 2020 Host Publications Chapbook Prize\, and the past is a jean jacket\, winner of the Hub City Press BIPOC Poetry Series. She co-founded Infrarrealista Review\, a literary nonprofit that publishes Texan voices. She is the 2024-2025 Letras Latinas Poetry Coalition Fellow and currently works as the Marketing Coordinator at Gemini Ink. She moonlights as DJ Mexistentialism.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/trans-poetica-a-pride-month-literary-platica/
LOCATION:UTSA Southwest Campus – Coates Chapel\, 300 Augusta\, San Antonio\, Texas\, 78205
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SUMMARY:Veterans Writing Collective with Sarah Colby
DESCRIPTION:The Veteran’s Writing Collective (VWC) encourages the art of writing in a workshop environment where participants are offered honest\, positive\, and constructive peer-to-peer and mentor feedback. The workshop is open to all active-duty military\, veterans\, retirees\, and their immediate family members. Writers of all levels working in all genres are welcome. \nThe VWC meets monthly online via Zoom.\nIf you would like an invitation to this class\, send an email to veteranscollective@geminiink.org\n\nSarah Colby was born in northern New Mexico and raised in the Rocky Mountains. She is married to a retired Army Chaplain and is mother to a son in the Navy. Sarah has an MFA in Creative Writing from Sierra Nevada College and an exuberant interest in making the ordinary luminous. Her war-time experiences have motivated her to be a voice for the mostly untold stories of families and loved ones during these years of protracted conflict. She is currently working on a manuscript of poems about her experiences as a military family member.\n \n 
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/veterans-writing-collective-2020-07-15-2021-11-17-2023-08-16-2023-12-20/2025-06-18/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Event,Online Workshop,Workshop
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SUMMARY:The Big Texas Author Talk featuring Amanda Churchill
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, June 18th\, 2025\, via Zoom for a conversation with Amanda Churchill\, to discuss her new book\, The Turtle House\, A Novel (Harper Collins). Moderated by Kim Garza\, author of the critically acclaimed novel The Last Karankawas.\n\n\n\n\n(Virtual Readings Quarterly @ 7pm CST) \n\n\nRSVP \n“A heartbreakingly resonant debut\, The Turtle House is a tender\, big-hearted story about women\, family\, and the complicated history of Texas. These characters\, and their tentative\, flawed stumblings toward grace\, will stay with me.”—Elizabeth Wetmore\, author of Valentine \n“Sweeping yet intimate\, Amanda Churchill’s Turtle House spans cultures and continents. Minnie and her granddaughter Lia are unforgettable protagonists\, whose grit and grace will inspire you. Together\, they find a way through in this gripping debut.”—Vanessa Hua\, author of Forbidden City \nSpanning from late 1990s small-town Texas to pre-World War II Japan and occupied Tokyo\, this emotionally engaging literary debut follows a grandmother and granddaughter who bond over a beloved lost place and the secrets they share. \nIn spring 1999\, 25-year-old Lia Cope and her 73-year-old grandmother\, Mineko\, find themselves sharing a bedroom in Curtain\, Texas. Both at turning points—Mineko\, a Japanese war bride\, displaced after a fire; Lia\, an architect who’s returned home under mysterious circumstances—the two grow close through late-night conversations. Mineko recounts her early life in Japan\, her love for Akio Sato\, and the Turtle House\, an abandoned estate where their relationship blossomed. As Mineko reveals her past\, Lia begins to understand her grandmother’s sacrifices and sees her family anew\, while confronting her own secrets. \nWhen Mineko’s children plan to move her into assisted living\, she and Lia hatch a plan to revive a cherished lost place\, seeking safety and belonging together.\nThe Turtle House is a story of intergenerational friendship\, family\, identity\, and love—illuminating the hidden lives we lead and what it means to find home again when it feels lost forever. \n\nAbout the Author\nAmanda Churchill is a writer living in Texas. Her novel\, The Turtle House\, was inspired by the life of her beloved grandmother\, a Japanese war bride. Her work has been featured in Hobart Pulp\, Witness\, River Styx\, and other publications. Amanda is a Writers’ League of Texas 2021 Fellow. She attended the 2021 Community of Writers workshop in fiction as a James D. Houston Memorial Scholarship recipient. She has also attended the Tin House Summer and Winter Conferences\, the One Story Summer Workshop\, and StoryBoard Chicago. She was a Fall 2020 mentee in AWP’s Writer to Writer program. \n\nAbout the Moderator\n \nKimberly Garza is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Last Karankawas\, a New York Times Editors’ Choice and an Indie Next pick. Her stories and essays have appeared in Electric Literature\, Texas Highways\, Copper Nickel\, and elsewhere\, and she is a 2024 National Endowment of the Artscreative writing fellow. She teaches creative writing and literature at the University of Texas at San Antonio\, where she directs the Creative Writing Program.
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/tbtat-featuring-amanda-churchill/
LOCATION:Online via Zoom
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SUMMARY:Walk Out and Speak Up: Final Celebration & Performance
DESCRIPTION:Date: Friday\, June 27\, 2025\nTime: 6:30–8:30 PM\, FREE and Open to the Public\nLocation: Esperanza Peace and Justice Center\, 922 San Pedro Ave\, San Antonio\, TX 78212 \nJoin us to celebrate San Antonio teens sharing powerful stories inspired by the historic 1968 Edgewood Walkout! Hear original performances from workshop participants and community members\, highlighting youth voices for justice and change. \nEveryone is welcome—bring your friends and family for an inspiring evening of storytelling and community! \nQuestions?\nContact Catherine Burianek at cburianek@geminiink.org \nLet’s celebrate the next generation of changemakers!
URL:https://geminiink.org/events/walk-out-and-speak-up-final-celebration-performance/
LOCATION:Esperanza Peace & Justice Center\, 922 San Pedro Ave\, San Antonio\, Texas\, 78212
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ORGANIZER;CN="Catherine Burianek":MAILTO:cburianek@geminiink.org
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