KJCC Poetry Series

Curated by Lila Zemborain

Fall 2009

Thursday , September 24, 7:00 p.m.

A reading celebrating the publication of  The Oxford Book of Latin American Poetry (Oxford UP, 2009) edited by Cecilia Vicuña and Ernesto Livon-Grosman.

The reading will be introduced by Cecilia Vicuña, who will provide some context for the diverse works. The poet translators include Simon Pettet, Christopher Winks, Odi Gonzales, Molly Weigel and Gary Racz.

Renato  Gómez and Lila Zemborain will be reading in Spanish, Odi Gonzales in Quechua, and Sergio Bessa in Portuguese.

Presented in conjunction with Painted Ideas, an exhibition of the Visual Poetry in The Oxford Book of Latin American Poetry, September 15th-October 31, 2009 at Cecilia de Torres Gallery, 140 Greene St., 6 floor, New York. http://www.ceciliadetorres.com/

Co-Sponsored by the MFA in Creative Writing in Spanish, NYU.
53 Washington Square South (between Thompson and Sullivan)

Lila Zemborain
Creative Writing in Spanish
Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese
19 University Place # 415
New York, NY 10003
(212) 992-9762