More than 30 published authors from all over the country, including U.S. Poet Laureate Emeritus Juan Felipe Herrera, will gather in Fresno on April 13 and 14 for a national poetry symposium, “Together We’ll Be a Song: A Celebration of Andrés Montoya.”

The symposium — co-hosted by the Fresno State Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing, in collaboration with Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame’s Institute for Latino Studies — will honor the life and work of Montoya, the late poet, educator and Fresno State alumnus.

The event will begin at 6 p.m. April 13 with an opening celebration at Arte Américas (1630 Van Ness Ave.) in downtown Fresno. It will continue with a full day of panel discussions, starting at 9 a.m. on April 14, and an evening closing celebration inside Fresno State’s Henry Madden Library. Campus parking on Saturday will be free in recommended lots P30 and P31.

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