PAST: POETRY PANEL: Panel Discussion on Poetry Traditions of Mexico and the US at the Library of Congress TUES, Oct 4th at 7:00pm, Free

Panel Discussion on the Poetry Traditions of Mexico and the United States at the Library of Congress

Tonight! Tuesday, October 4th

7:00pm
Free, no RSVP needed

A panel of experts will discuss the poetry traditions of the United States and Mexico and the literary exchanges between the two countries, shedding light on the historical, political and cultural heritages of both nations in a discussion entitled “Frontera Sin Frontera." The panelists will also address the particular challenge Chicano poets face, with the influence of both traditions.

Book sales and a signing will follow the discussion. The event is sponsored by the Library’s Poetry and Literature Center and co-sponsored by the Library’s Hispanic Division. The panel will be moderated by Luis Alberto Ambroggio, poet and member of the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (North American Academy of the Spanish Language).

Panelists include:

• Jeannette Clairon, co-editor (with Harold Bloom) of a forthcoming anthology of American poets
• Mónica de la Torre, co-editor of “Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry”
• Rafael Pérez-Torres, author of “Movements in Chicano Poetry: Against Myths, Against Margins” and co-editor of “The Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlán 1970-2000”
• Mexican poet Pedro Serrano

The Library of Congress

Thomas Jefferson Building

Mumford Room on the sixth floor

101 Independence Avenue, SE

Metro: Capitol South