Book Release for Bitter Coffee by Frank Varela and House of Women by Gwendolyn Mitchell
Guild Complex
Brooklyn-born poet Frank Varela is the author of Serpent Underfoot, which was published by MARCH Abrazo Press in 1993. His children?s stories have appeared in Front Row, the Riverside Publishing Company, and in Tun-Ta-Ca-Tun and Kikiriki, both by Arte Publico Press.
Brooklyn-born poet Frank Varela is the author of Serpent Underfoot, which was published by MARCH Abrazo Press in 1993. His children?s stories have appeared in Front Row, the Riverside Publishing Company, and in Tun-Ta-Ca-Tun and Kikiriki, both by Arte Publico Press. Varela?s work has been featured in such journals and anthologies as Revista Chicano-Rique¤a, Another Chicago Magazine, The Floating Borderlands, Apocalypse 6 & 7, Fuel, Halogen, Hammers, Latino Stuff Review, and Centro Journal, among others.
In 1997, Varela was named Hispanic Librarian of the Year by the Illinois Secretary of State and has received grants and awards from the Illinois Arts Council. He is currently the Library Director at the Elmwood Park Public Library.Performers
Frank Varela, Gwendolyn Mitchell