Join a reading by Macondistas at Trinity University!

Readings by Macondo Writers Workshop Macondistas 

Join us for Corazones on Fire - Readings by award winning author, Désiree Zamorano and 2023 Texas State Poet Laureate, ire'ne lara silva on Tuesday, October 20 from 6-8 p.m. in the Fiesta Room. Light refreshments will be served. Hosted by Dr. Norma Cantú.

Biographies:
Désirée Zamorano is the author of the groundbreaking family saga, Dispossessed, The Amado Women and Amarisa’s Cooking Pot. She is also a short story writer and nominee of the Pushcart prize. Her work is an exploration of where cultures collide and connect and a RE presentation of her Mexican-American demographic.

Ire’ne lara silva is the author of five poetry collections: furia, Blood Sugar Canto, CUICACALLI/House of Song, FirstPoems, and the eaters of flowers, which won Gold for the 2025 Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book (ILBA), a comic book--VENDAVAL, and two short story collections - flesh to bone winner of the Premio Aztlán, and the light of your body.