05/07/2023
A message from our advisor :
Obscura will hold its annual launch party for the publication of its 14th Volume on Thursday, May 11, MU-330, from 6-9 p.m. In addition to the usual food and celebration, we will be inviting those published to share their work (many as newly published authors!). Additionally, we will have a special performance from Award winning poet & performer, Noel Quiñones (more about him below). Guests are encouraged to dress up as a favorite author or literary hero, comic book heroes included!
You can also zoom into the reading/ performance from 7-8 p.m. on Zoom.
Please RSVP for either in-person or zoom - [email protected]
Family, friends and guests are WELCOME (please indicate them on the RSVP email).
Noel Quiñones is an Emmy award winning Puerto Rican writer, actor, educator, and community organizer from the Bronx. He has performed on stages across the country including Lincoln Center, Harvard University, BAM, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Stanford University, the Museum of Fine Arts - Houston, American University, and the Honolulu Museum of Art. His work has been showcased on Huffington Post, Vibe, Tidal Music, Latina Magazine, Medium, Univision, Remezcla, Mitú & elsewhere. He is the founder of Project X, a Bronx-based arts organization, a 40 Under 40 Rising Latino Stars Recipient, and a member of the 2019 Intercultural Leadership Institute cohort. He is a recent graduate of the University of Mississippi M.F.A. program, where he was the 2019 John and Renée Grisham Poetry Fellow, winning the D.C. Berry Prize in Creative Writing and the Bondurant Poetry Prize. Follow him online at www.noel quinones.com or .
