# Event Details - **Event Name**: Lit & Luz: Escritura geológica con Gabriela Damián Miravete - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 10 Nov, 2025 at 02:00 pm – Mon, 10 Nov, 2025 at 03:30 pm - **Event Description**: Una conversación y taller de escritura con la galardonada autora mexicana Gabriela Damián Miravete.About this EventEscritura geológica y construcción de mundos: conversación y taller con Gabriela Damián MiraveteAcompañe al Departamento de Español y Portugués de la Universidad Northwestern en una conversación y taller de escritura con la galardonada autora mexicana Gabriela Damián Miravete.Este evento -en español- girará en torno al interés de la autora por temas como la ciencia ficción, la literatura especulativa y la construcción de mundos. Se establecerán conexiones entre escritores latinxs históricos y contemporáneos, a través de la relación entre temas recurrentes como la magia, la fantasía y los viajes en el tiempo en el boom literario de los años 60 y la obra de escritores contemporáneos como Damián. La primera mitad de la sesión consistirá en un conversatorio sobre dos cuentos de Damián titulados "Espanto del mundo nuevo" y "El taller de enmiendas y reparaciones", moderado por el profesor adjunto de Literatura Mexicana y Latinoamericana, Alfonso Fierro.La conversación seguirá con un ejercicio de escritura creativa de construcción de mundos la cual guiará a los participantes a través de algunos métodos y temas presentes en la obra de la autora.Este evento es presentado en colaboración con el Lit & Luz Festival y el Departamento de Español y Portugués de la Universidad Northwestern.//Geological Writing and World-Building: Conversation and Workshop with Gabriela Damián MiraveteJoin Northwestern University’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese for a conversation and writing workshop with Mexico-based award winning author, Gabriela Damián Miravete.This Spanish-language event will focus on the author’s interest in science-fiction, speculative literature, and world-building. Connections will be made between Latinx writers of the past and present through recurrent topics like magic, fantasy and time travel in the Boom literature of the 1960s and the work of contemporary writers like Damián. The first half of the session will be a discussion of two of Damián’s short stories "Espanto del mundo nuevo" and "El taller de enmiendas y reparaciones" moderated by Assistant Professor of Mexican and Latin American Literature, Alfonso Fierro.The conversation will be followed by a creative writing exercise in collective world-building introducing participants to some of the methods and themes in the author’s work through a hands-on activity.Presented in partnership with the Lit & Luz Festival and Northwestern University’s Department of Spanish and Portuguese---The 12th annual Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art—as featured in, WBEZ’s Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons, Chicago Review of Books, Block Club Chicago, and more—takes place November 9 to November 14, 2025. This one-of-a-kind cross-cultural, bilingual festival brings together writers, poets, and visual artists from Mexico and Chicago for a week-long series of public programming at venues throughout Chicago.This year’s festival––under the theme of “Repair/Reparar”–– explores how writers, poets, and artists from Chicago and Mexico critically examine the artist’s role in impacting and offering new perspectives on what it takes to face and reimagine our shared realities.To learn more, visit litluz.org - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/evanston/lit-and-luz-escritura-geológica-con-gabriela-damián-miravete/100001772402065289 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, festivals, workshops, it - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Evanston - **state**: IL - **country**: United States - **location**: Kresge Centennial Hall - **lat**: 42.0515771 - **long**: -87.67491000000001 - **full address**: Kresge Centennial Hall, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Lit & Luz: Escritura geológica con Gabriela Damián Miravete - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events7/banners/dd245e0b80a2f0791cf67c7926ac180a4c1c940e6f81c3b164b2753e8c746928-rimg-w1200-h676-dcf3f5e7-gmir.jpg?v=1760014540 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Lit & Luz: Escritura geológica con Gabriela Damián Miravete being held? - **A:** Lit & Luz: Escritura geológica con Gabriela Damián Miravete takes place on Mon, 10 Nov, 2025 at 02:00 pm to Mon, 10 Nov, 2025 at 03:30 pm at Kresge Centennial Hall, 1880 Campus Drive, Evanston, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Lit & Luz: Escritura geológica con Gabriela Damián Miravete? - **A:** Lit & Luz: Escritura geológica con Gabriela Damián Miravete is organized by MAKE Literary Productions. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Lit & Luz: Escritura geológica con Gabriela Damián Miravete is ideal for learners, working professionals, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Evanston, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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The week-long festival takes place at over a dozen arts venues and universities throughout Chicago, October 12th-19th. It concludes at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago with our signature event, the “Live Magazine Show.\" The following February, a similar series of events are held in Mexico City.\r\n   \r\nWe are honored to welcome inspiring authors, artists, and arts professionals from Mexico to Chicago. Art and language are key to understanding culture and community, and the cultural exchange between the United States and Mexico. With events such as Lit & Luz, we hope to strengthen the relationship between the two countries, and in particular, to increase the distribution of literature and art from Mexico for Chicago audiences and beyond." } ] } ] ```