POETRY – Language, and Light w/ Juan Morales

Join Juan J. Morales for a celebratory evening of poetry for National Poetry Month. Professor Morales will read from his new book and then open up a discussion and question and answer session focused on language and the power of poetry in our culture and especially now in our current times.

Juan J. Morales is the son of an Ecuadorian mother and Puerto Rican father and grew up in Colorado. He is the author of four poetry collections, including The Handyman’s Guide to End Times and Dream of the Bird Tattoo, which was published by University of New Mexico Press in February 2025. Recent poems have appeared inCrazyhorse, The Laurel Review, Breakbeats Vol. 4 LatiNEXT, Acentos Review, terrain.org, South Dakota Review, Sugar House Review, and Poetry. Morales has received fellowships from CantoMundo, Macondo, Longleaf Writers Conference, and he has served as the editor/publisher of Pilgrimage Press. He lives in Pueblo, Colorado and is an Assistant Professor of English at Colorado College.