| October 29, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
Literature at Americas Society
Americas Society ¦ 680 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065 ¦ www.americas-society.org
Roundtable discussion (in Spanish)
América Latina: Nueva Literatura de Extremo Occidente, II
Thursday, October 29
7:00 pm
Free admission
Novelist and poet Mayra Santos-Febres (Puerto Rico) will lead a discussion with fellow writers Fernando Iwasaki (Peru), Edmundo Paz Soldán (Bolivia), Cristina Rivera-Garza (Mexico/USA), and Jorge Volpi (Mexico) on the state of Latin American literature today. This program also celebrates the publication of Jorge Volpi’s Season of Ash, translated by Alfred Mac Adam (Open Letter, 2009).
Presented in collaboration with the Salón Literario Libroamérica, a non-profit organization whose mission is the internationalization of Puerto Rican literature. We thank the Consulate General of Peru in New York for helping to promote this event.
Reservations:
Americas Society Members: Reserve today at membersres@americas-society.org .
Non-Members: Reserve online now.
Americas Society gratefully acknowledges the generous support of our Literature Program donors: Honorary Benefactor Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat, The Reed Foundation, and the Program for Cultural Cooperation between Spain’s Ministry of Culture and U.S. Universities. The Literature Program is also made possible, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs. In-kind support is provided by the Salón Literario Libroamérica.
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