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Hawks of Color Jesus “Chuy” Renteria
Sep 9, 2022
11:30 AM - 01:00 PM
University Capitol Centre, 2750
200 South Capitol Street, Iowa City, IA 52240
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Jesus “Chuy” Renteria is an artist, writer, dancer, and teacher, but above all, he is a storyteller. Born in Iowa City and raised in West Liberty Iowa, both sides of his family are from border towns in Mexico that transplanted to meatpacking towns in the Midwest. Growing up in West Liberty, he oscillated between the Mexican, Laotian, and small-town cultures that made up Iowa’s first majority-Hispanic town. Chuy tells stories celebrating the spaces between cultures, mangled Spanglish and generational clashes, and the messiness of people finding themselves. He hosted The Englert’s Writers of Color Reading Series podcast. His first full-length publication, a memoir titled “We Heard it When We Were Young,” was released in November 2021 by The University of Iowa Press. He spends his free time with his wife, Darcy, and their firstborn, Marisol Alana.
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