City of God @ 25
UCLA English professors, Justin Torres and Rafael Pérez-Torres participate in panel to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Gil Cuadros' City of God. City of God is rooted in the lived experience of its Angeleno author and is acknowledged to be among the first literary works to document AIDS through the eyes of a poz queer Latinx writer and artist.
Justin Torres and Rafael Pérez-Torres
Panel discussion of Gil Cuadros and his work by Kevin Martin, Rafael Pérez-Torres, Amy Scholder, and Justin Torres, moderated by Pablo Alvarez.
Vincent Price Art Museum at East Los Angeles Community College,1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park, CA.
Much of the story of AIDS has been told from the perspective of white men. So, it was monumental that in Fall 1994, Los Angeles writer and poet Gil Cuadros published his landmark collection of stories and poems, City of God, with City Lights Books. The groundbreaking collection is rooted in the lived experience of its Angeleno author and is acknowledged to be among the first literary works to document AIDS through the eyes of a poz queer Latinx writer and artist.
A consortium of organizations—the Estate of Gil Cuadros, City Lights Publishers, and Writers At Work, as well as the host venues— has come together to keep alive Cuadros’ legacy and celebrate the 25th anniversary of City of God’s publication with City of God@25