Saturday, September 6th
12pm CT – North Stage

Carlos Cumpián is a poet, editor and teacher. His latest book Human Cicada (Prickly Pear Publishing) marks his fifth poetry collection. He has been recognized for his contributions to literacy and literature most recently in April 2025, by the Spanish-language literary consortium Poesia en Abril, the Illinois Library Association and Read Illinois, as well as with a Gwendolyn Brooks Significant Illinois Poet Award. He is a member of Macondo literary organization, and a new board member of the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame. Cumpián is the co-founder of March/Abrazo Press, the first Chicana, Indigenous and Latino/a/x small press in Illinois.