ECOS: A Chicago Latine Poetry Festival

ECOS: A Chicago Latine Poetry Festival celebrates Chicago’s relationship with and influence on Latine poetry. It echoes (“ecos’ in Spanish) the Nezahualcóyotl Poetry Festival, organized in 1991 by the National Museum of Mexican Art (then the Mexican Fine Arts Center) and Chicago poet Carlos Cumpián, and aligns with the September release of Latino Poetry: the Library of America Anthology.

The Poetry Foundation has partnered with local cultural organizations to present programming activations in three Chicago neighborhoods: the North River Commission in Albany Park, the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture in Humboldt Park, and the National Museum of Mexican Art in Pilsen. The festival will feature free, bilingual Spanish and English programming, including poetry readings and performances, writing workshops, live music, storytime for kids, and more! 

An outline of the full schedule is below; visit each event page for more details and to register for events! Keep an eye on this page for updates as more information becomes available.