Señal Series US Tour
October 9th to 14th, 2016
Señal is a chapbook series for contemporary poetry from Latin America in translation, published collaboratively by BOMB Magazine, Libros Antena Books, and Ugly Duckling Presse. Señal publishes two chapbooks a year, linked thematically, conceptually, or trans-historically, troubling received ideas around what the terms “contemporary” and “Latin America” might represent. (Founding Editorial Board: Monica de la Torre, Jen Hofer, Brenda Lozano, John Pluecker, Rebekah Smith, Matvei Yankelevich)
Florencia Castellano (Argentina), Luis Felipe Fabre (Mexico), & Pablo Katchadjian (Argentina), with translators Alexis Almeida, Victoria Cóccaro, John Pluecker, Rebekah Smith, & Stalina Villarreal, take to the States for a series of bilingual readings and conversations in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York:
October 8th, Oakland, CA: UDP Curated Reading at the ALTA Conference.
October 9th, San Francisco, CA: Señal at Artists' Television Access; co-sponsored by Small Press Traffic and SFSU's Poetry Center.
October 11th, Chicago, IL: Señal at The Poetry Foundation; co-sponsored by the Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art, hosted by Brenda Lozano.
October 12th, Chicago, IL: Señal Translation Discussion at Sector 2337; co-sponsored by The Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art, hosted by Daniel Borzutzky.
October 13th, New York, NY: Señal at NYU's King Juan Carlos I Center; supported by Poets & Writers.
October 14th, New York, NY: Señal at The Poetry Project; supported by Poets & Writers, the Mexican Cultural Institute of NY, & the Consulate General of Argentine Republic, NY.
October 9th to 14th, 2016
Señal is a chapbook series for contemporary poetry from Latin America in translation, published collaboratively by BOMB Magazine, Libros Antena Books, and Ugly Duckling Presse. Señal publishes two chapbooks a year, linked thematically, conceptually, or trans-historically, troubling received ideas around what the terms “contemporary” and “Latin America” might represent. (Founding Editorial Board: Monica de la Torre, Jen Hofer, Brenda Lozano, John Pluecker, Rebekah Smith, Matvei Yankelevich)
Florencia Castellano (Argentina), Luis Felipe Fabre (Mexico), & Pablo Katchadjian (Argentina), with translators Alexis Almeida, Victoria Cóccaro, John Pluecker, Rebekah Smith, & Stalina Villarreal, take to the States for a series of bilingual readings and conversations in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York:
October 8th, Oakland, CA: UDP Curated Reading at the ALTA Conference.
October 9th, San Francisco, CA: Señal at Artists' Television Access; co-sponsored by Small Press Traffic and SFSU's Poetry Center.
October 11th, Chicago, IL: Señal at The Poetry Foundation; co-sponsored by the Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art, hosted by Brenda Lozano.
October 12th, Chicago, IL: Señal Translation Discussion at Sector 2337; co-sponsored by The Lit & Luz Festival of Language, Literature, and Art, hosted by Daniel Borzutzky.
October 13th, New York, NY: Señal at NYU's King Juan Carlos I Center; supported by Poets & Writers.
October 14th, New York, NY: Señal at The Poetry Project; supported by Poets & Writers, the Mexican Cultural Institute of NY, & the Consulate General of Argentine Republic, NY.