Join us for the Peoples Poetry Fest!!

Schedule of Events:

10:00 am: Remarks - Opening Remarks - J.D. Leza, Charles Etheridge, Stefan Sencerz

Welcoming remarks from People's Literary Festival committee members to kick off Day 2.

10:15 am: Session 11 - Flowing: Intergenerational Stories through Coastal Bend Waters

Join authors Andrea "Vocab" Sanderson and Anel I. Flores for a transformative writing workshop celebrating intergenerational storytelling inspired by the waters of the Gulf Coast. Through guided prompts and creative exercises, participants will dive into themes of limitless love, activism, and the powerful voices carried by the tides.  This workshop will explore the interconnectedness of water, memory, and resilience, culminating in an afternoon reading where participants can share their creations. Together, we'll honor the Gulf Coast as a source of life, storytelling, and collective empowerment as it lives across families and flows into our connected rivers.

1:30 pm: Session 12 - Reading and Discussion - Robin Carstensen, Anel Flores y Andrea Vocab Sanderson
3:00 pm: Session 13 - Performance Workshop - Breakers Improv - Meredith Melville, Associate Professor of Theatre, TAMUCC

The Breakers Improvisation Ensemble is comprised of up to 6 current undergraduate students majoring in Theatre.  It is a scholarship performance ensemble and is the only ensemble like it in the nation. In addition to performing in the Department of Theatre and Dance, they engage in community outreach, campus collaborations, perform and teach improvisation.

06:00 pm: Session 14 - Rotating Readers
07:00 pm: Session 15 - Poet Night  -Kiya Vance, Word of Mouth
09:00 pm: Session 16 - Rotating Readers - Adolescents, Children's Picture Book, Science (Other/Multiple Genres)
10:00 pm: Session 17 - Moon Jazz - Kiya Vance
06:00 pm: Session 19 - Poets Writing - Forthcoming