Come talk with Irene Vázquez about building a life in writing, editing, and/or publishing! All are welcome. There will be vegetarian snacks. [A person in a yellow shirt Description automatically generated] Born in New Orleans, raised in Houston, now living in Manhattan, Irene Vázquez is a queer Black Mexican American poet, editor, translator, and journalist. Their writing sits at the intersection of Black cultural work, placemaking and the environment. Irene's debut chapbook Take Me To the Water was released by Bloof Books in October 2022. They are a Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominated writer, whose work can be found in Muzzle, the Oxford American, and the Brooklyn Rail, among others. By day, Irene works at Levine Querido, editing books about feisty twelve-year-olds. Briallen Hopper Assistant Director MFA Program in Creative Writing & Literary Translation Department of English Queens College, CUNY my website<https://www.briallenhopper.com/> my Zoom room<https://us02web.zoom.us/my/briallenhopper>