EVENT | READING

KJCC Poetry Series: Latin American Poetry from Ugly Duckling Presse

Venue: KJCC Auditorium // 53 Washington Square South, New York

Please join Ugly Duckling Presse for a reading and book launch of Latin American authors and their translators.

They will feature Chilean poet Soledad Marambio, Hilary Kaplan reading from her translations of Brazilian poet Marília Garcia, Elizabeth Zuba reading from her forthcoming translation of the Argentine writer Arnaldo Calveyra, and Jeannine Pitas reading from her recently published translations of Uruguayan poet Marosa di Giorgio.

Curated by Lila Zemborain.

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Ugly Duckling Presse publishes several titles of Latin American poetry in translation and bilingual editions each year, through the Señal chapbook series for contemporary Latin American poetry and the Lost Literature series for important avant-garde works long out of print or unavailable to English readers.

Bilingual reading and Q&A.

This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers through public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.

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