Poetics and Politics of Translation. The prestigious translator of essential works by Latin American and Spanish authors will discuss her professional career and the situation of literary translation nowadays. 

In this festive presentation, David Unger, author of the critically acclaimed Life in the Damn Tropics, will be joined by translators Andrea Montejo and Alexis Romay. Walter Krochmal, an actor and translator, will perform a dramatic reading of “Shabbat Shalom,” accompanied by guitarist Gerard Edery. Raúl Figueroa, publisher of F & G Editores, will introduce.

The Society and Open Letter are pleased to celebrate the publication of “the best novel since both it and the world began,” as Macedonio Fernández (1874-1956) himself described his masterwork, which was first published posthumously in 1967 and, with this 2009 edition, appears for the first time in English translation.

Doris Salcedo was born in 1958 in Bogota, Colombia; where she continues to live and work. Salcedo is one of the most internationally reputed contemporary artists. Javier Téllez was born in Valencia, Venezuela, in 1969, and currently lives and works in New York. A key and respected figure in the contemporary art world, Téllez’s work has been shown in many solo and group exhibitions.

Mexican scholar Araceli Tinajero will read from her important new work (University of Texas Press), which traces the evolution of the cigar factory reader from nineteenth-century Cuba to the present as well as its manifestation in Tampa, Key West, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico.

A lyrical, powerful debut novel about a family of Afro-Puerto Rican women, spanning five generations, detailing with great skill and warmth their physical and spiritual journey from the Old World to the New.

Caridad de la Luz "La Bruja" hosts an evening of Rainbow Racionality, poetry about race, hybridization, and the American Dream with poets Simply Rob, PattyDukes, and Aja Monet.

Lecture by Jordi Pujol i Soley, President de la Generalitat de Catalunya from 1980 to 2003, Mr. Jordi Pujol will offer his perspectives on the past and future of European policy. Co-sponsored by the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies and the King Juan Carlos Center.

Creative Writing in Spanish Series (CWS), organized by Mariela Dreyfus. Quimera writers. Round table presentation of authors published by Mexican press, Quimera. Organized by Nayar Rivera. Co-Sponsored by Mexican Cultural Institute.

New York University’s King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center Foundation (Madrid) and the Euroamerica Foundation (Madrid) have invited international personalities of recognized prestige (Statesmen, Scientists, Economists, Businessmen, Members of Congress, Academics and New York City government officials) to discuss issues of mutual interest.