Gwendolyn Cepeda

Houston's first poet laureate read at HCC Central, September 24th. She has published three critically acclaimed novels, four award-winning children's books, a short-story collection and a book of poems. Zepeda is Houston's very first poet laureate. Her first poetry collection, Falling in Love with Fellow Prisoners, was published by Arte Publico Press in 2013. Her second poetry collection is forthcoming. Zepeda is the first person to appear at what will be an annual event at HCC Central: The Gloria Anzaldúa Borderlands Lecture, named for Gloria Evangeline Anzaldúa, the late author and scholar of Chicana cultural and feminist theory.