Poetic Migrations: Gloria Gervitz in Conversation with Mónica de la Torre
Friday, October 28, 7pm
Poets House, 72 Spring Street, 2nd Floor
$7, Free for Members
Join Gloria Gervitz, one of the most important Mexican poets of the
post-Paz generation, and Monica de la Torre, co-editor of a landmark
collection of contemporary Mexican poetry, in a conversation about long
poems, translation, Mexican politics and culture, feminism, and personal
memory.
Gloria Gervitz, a lifelong resident of Mexico City, has been publishing her
poetry since 1979, when the first part of Migraciones/Migrations appeared.
A definitive bilingual edition was published in 2004.
Mónica de la Torre is co-author of Appendices, Illustrations and Notes, and
with Michael Wiegers, editor of Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican
Poetry.
Co-Sponsored by The Instituto Cervantes and the Mexican Cultural Institute
in New York as well as the Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México
and the Consulate General of Mexico in Boston.
For info: please visit <http://www.poetshouse.org/>www.poetshouse.org or
call 212-431-7920.
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