The Latina / Latino Queer Writers Panel took place at the Rainbow Book Fair in New York City on March 24, 2012. The panel was moderated by Charles Rice-González and included Miguel Ángel Ángeles, Yoseli Castillo Fuertes, Karen Jaime and Charlie Vázquez.
CHARLIE VAZQUEZ is a radical Bronx-bred writer of Cuban and Puerto Rican descent; his writing has appeared in various anthologies, magazines and newspapers. His second novel Contraband, was published in 2010, and his first, Buzz and Israel, is being reedited for future publication. He recently published a bilingual poetry collection calledMediations/Meditaciones -- Bronx/Salsa, and co-edited From Macho to Mariposa: New Gay Latino Fiction with Charles Rice-González. Charlie has lectured and participated on panels relating to gay and/or Latino literature and culture at Columbia University, Fordham University, New York University, Hunter College, the CUNY Graduate Center, Portland State University, Barnes and Noble, and other cultural institutions. He was the host of the groundbreaking reading series HISPANIC PANIC!, and is currently working as a freelance editor and real estate agent hustler specializing in New York City apartment and commercial space rentals.
