BY Led Black (@Led_Black)
The first ever Uptown Lit Festival, which took place on Saturday, October 19th at The United Palace of Cultural Arts and Word Up Community Bookshop was an unequivocal success. Not only did we have a great turnout but the line up was stellar and included such big names as Congressman Luis Guiterrez, Rubén Martínez, Andrew Sullivan, Richard Rodriguez and Quiara Alegría Hudes among many other notables. My good friend, Mike Diaz a.k.a. Juan Bago, did a fantastic job of hosting. A big shout out is in order to Veronica Liu of Word Up Books, Mike Fitelson, The United Palace, The Center for Fiction, The National Endowment of the Arts and all the other people and organizations that made the Uptown Lit Festival a reality. Next year will be even bigger!
The theater at 175th & Broadway where #UptownLit is being held is amazing. Let me bust out the panorama: http://t.co/dkBFXwQ75H
— Ron Hogan (@RonHogan) October 19, 2013
#uptownlit http://t.co/WXJYReiybk
— Mennen Gordon (@wegugenramyun) October 19, 2013
#uptownlit Something for everyone! pic.twitter.com/i6RKSmOV3p
— Brenda Copeland (@Brendacopeland) October 19, 2013
Meena Alexander reading. #uptownlit pic.twitter.com/VD0pgkY93T
— Eduardo C. Corral (@EduardoCCorral) October 19, 2013
Fantastic programming for kids and teens at #uptownlit @nypl and music and storytelling and bookmaking! pic.twitter.com/9O47LknQNW
— Danielle Lazarin (@d_lazarin) October 19, 2013
S/O to the champion of Latinos in Congress Luis Guiterrez #UptownLit #washhts #nyc http://t.co/I8tvksXGYi
— Led Black (@Led_Black) October 19, 2013
Showing support. #uptown #washingtonheights #washheights #uptownlit #writers #unitedpalacetheatre… http://t.co/cGBQGmHkCs
— Lorenzo Collado (@LorenzoCollado1) October 19, 2013
Andrew Sullivan & Richard Rodriguez chatting. #uptownlit pic.twitter.com/wxfJW7eHyu
— Eduardo C. Corral (@EduardoCCorral) October 19, 2013
They said the @uptownlit festival was going to be in a beautiful venue but this place blows me away! pic.twitter.com/wqPS73BAzL
— Doubleday (@doubledaypub) October 19, 2013
Bagotagrophy #uptownlit an amazing panel with Quiara Alegria Hudes, Racquel Cepeda, Victor LaSalle and… http://t.co/Twj7RrQYST
— Bago (@JuanBago) October 19, 2013
Here's the lobby ceiling in the #UptownLit theater, and its fabulous detailing: http://t.co/wWzrFbURe6
— Ron Hogan (@RonHogan) October 19, 2013
Had a great time at #UptownLit… very proud of my beloved #WashHts today! #Books #Community #SpreadLove #Uptown
— ✰Eileen Z. Fuentes✰ (@theSPEACHgal) October 20, 2013
Today was a good day… #UptownLit #rp @jshatan @UPArts_NYC juanbago @WordUpBooks @NEAarts http://t.co/4RKEcmZ6WO
— Led Black (@Led_Black) October 20, 2013
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Uptown Lit Wrap-Up | Word Up Books
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