May 5 (6:30 pm) Mike Geffner presents The Inspired Word. Every Thursday night, Mike Geffner presents this poetry/spoken word event showcasing well-known artists and new talent from around the country. This week three-time Def Poet Gemineye hosts the NYC Slam Master Jam for Spoken Word Artists and Storytellers. At One and One, 76 East First Street. For registration and more information, click here.
May 5 (7:00 pm - 9:00 pm) Graduate Student Farewell Reading. Graduating students from NYU's MFA Creative Writing in Spanish Program present their work. Presented by Mariela Dreyfus and Linda Zemborain. At King Juan Carlos Center, 53 Washington Square South. For more information click here.
May 6 (5:00 pm) From Literature to Film: Visiones of Rural Spain in the Second Decade of the 20th Century. A colloquium hosted by CUNY's Hispanic Program and featuring Isolina Ballesteros (Baruch College), Javier Herrera (Filmoteca Españla), Paul Julian Smith (Graduate Center). At CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue. For more information click here.
May 6 (7:00 pm) Book Presentation: Ernesto Semán. Argentine novelist Ernesto Semán reads from his new novel, Soy un bravo pilota de la nueva China (Mondadori, 2011). Presented by critic and novelist Sylvia Molloy, who will also discuss Seman's first novel, La ultima cena de Josef Stalin (Joseph Stalin's Last Meal). At McNally Jackson Books, 52 Prince Street. For more information click here or call (212) 274-1160.
May 6 (7: 00 pm) Capicu Poetry Open Mic. Capicu Poetry and Cultural Showcase celebrates Georges "Urban Jíbaro" Torres' 40th birthday! Hosted by Papo "Swiggity" Santiago. Featuring Advocate of Wordz. At Notice Lounge & Cafe, 198 Union Avenue, Brooklyn. For more information click here.
May 8 (12:00 pm – 2:00 pm) Acentos Writers Workshop. This acclaimed hands-on writing series welcomes a new guest facilitator every Sunday. RSVP is required; please send an email to AcentosWriters@gmail.com and bring photo ID to the event. At Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, Room A-329, 475 Grand Concourse. For more information call (917) 209-4211.
May 8 (12:00 pm – 2:00 pm) Acentos Writers Workshop. This acclaimed hands-on writing series welcomes a new guest facilitator every Sunday. RSVP is required; please send an email to AcentosWriters@gmail.com and bring photo ID to the event. At Eugenio María de Hostos Community College, Room A-329, 475 Grand Concourse. For more information call (917) 209-4211.
May 9 (7:30 pm - 11:00 pm) louderARTS presents Slam Team Finals. The nine semifinalists compete for four slots at the National Poetry slam representing NYC. And to make things even more exciting, Blair, a former National Poetry Slam champion from Detroit, will be performing. At Bar 13, 35 East 13th Street. For more information click here.
May 10 (2:00 pm) Festival de la Palabra: Meeting Latin America's New Voices. Featuring writers Tere Dávila, Karla Suárez, João Paulo Cuenca, and Andrés Neuman. At Muhlenberg Public Library, 209 West 23rd Street. For more information click here.
May 10 (7:00 pm) Inauguration of Puerto Rico's Festival of the Word in New York. With a welcome address by Mayra Santos Febres, José Manuel Fajardo, and Charlie Vázquez, a debate, "Islands Adrift: Carrying Identity on Our Shoulders"; and "Words in the Night," a poetry and short story reading. At Clemente Soto Vélez Center, 107 Suffolk Street. For more information click here.
May 10 (7:00 pm) Urbana Poetry Slam. The Bowery Poetry Club's resident slam series features out-of-town-poets and an eight-person open slam. At the Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery. For more information click here or call (212) 614-0505.
May 11 (3:30 pm) Festival de las Palabra: The Ulysses Paradox: Citizens Abroad, Strangers at Home. Claudio Iván Remseira moderates a panel discussion featuring Santiago Gamboa, Magali García Ramis, Elvira Lindo, and Jessica Hagedorn. At Muhlenberg Public Library, 209 West 23rd Street. For more information click here.
May 11 (4:30 pm) Festival de la Palabra: What Do the Manhattan Poets Sing? Part I. Charlie Vázquez, Bonafide Rojas, and Karen Jaime discuss. At Muhlenberg Public Library, 209 West 23rd Street. For more information click here.
May 11 (6:00 pm) Festival de la Palabra: Spanish-Portuguese Iberian Talks Beyond Borders. Four authors, representing the two languages with a common past which have coexisted both on the Iberian peninsula and in South America, discuss the influences and paradoxes of Spanish and Portuguese literature. At Instituto Cervantes, 211-215 East 49th Street. For more information click here or call (212) 308-7720.
May 11 (7:30 pm) Festival de la Palabra: A Conversation with Ana María Matute. One of the foremost contemporary Spanish writers discusses her novel Olvidado rey Gudú (Forgotten King Gudú), and the role of imagination as a convergence point for cultures, with novelist and director of Instituto Cervantes, Eduardo Lago. At Instituto Cervantes, 211-215 East 49th Street. For more information click here or call (212) 308-7720.
May 11 (9:00 pm) Festival de la Palabra: Nocturnal Themes. Novelist David Unger moderates a reading with poet Martín Espada and novelist and short-story writer Andrés Neuman. At Clemente Soto Vélez Center, 107 Suffolk Street. For more information click here.
May 12 (3:30 pm) Festival de la Palabra: What Do Manhattan Poets Sing? Guillermo Irizarry moderates a discussion between Josefina Baez, Vanessa Martir, and Emanuel Xavier. At Grand Central Public Library, 135 East 46th Street. For more information click here.
May 12 (4:30 pm) Festival de la Palabra: Words in Spanish, Weapons Loaded with the Future. Charlie Vázquez moderates a discussion between Spanish-language writers Ana María Matute, Mayra Santos Febres, Alfredo Villanueva, and José Manuel Fajardo. At Grand Central Public Library, 135 East 46th Street. For more information click here.
May 12 (6:30 pm) Book Launch: Martín Espada. Cave Canem and Acentos co-sponsor a celebration for the release of The Trouble Ball, Martín Espada's mewest book of poetry. At Cave Canem, 20 Jay Street, Brooklyn. For more information click here or call (718) 858-0000.
May 12 (7:00 pm) Festival de la Palabra: Sueños literarios de la nueva América Latina. Panel discussion featuring writers Francisco Font Acevedo (Puerto Rico), Santiago Gamboa (Colombia), Andrés Neuman (Argentina), and Karla Suárez (Cuba). Discussing the new Latin American literature that has been defining itself since the 1996 “McOndo” anthology to the “39 de Bogotá” and the 2207 Hay Festival. At Americas Society, 680 Park Avenue. For more information click here.
May 12 (8:00 pm) Festival de la Palabra: Music and Identity. Juan Antonio Moreno Velázquez, Valter Hugo Mãe, and Raquel Z. Rivera discuss. At Clemente Soto Vélez Center, 107 Suffolk Street. For more information click here.
May 12 (9:00 pm) Festival de la Palabra: Last Words: Readings on Nocturnal Themes and Premeditation part II. With readings from Lina Meruane (Chile) José Manuel Prieto (Cuba) Jessica Hagedorn (USA), Moisés Agosto (Puerto Rico), and Charlie Vázquez (USA). Followed by a closing ceremony celebrating the many writers who participated in the festival. At At Clemente Soto Vélez Center, 107 Suffolk Street. For more information click here.
May 13 (9:00 am - 6:00 pm) Children's Literature Symposium. Educators, publishers, and writers, including author Eliacer Cansino, winner of the Spanish National Award for Children's Literature, will meet to discuss developments and problems in contemporary children's and young adult literature. At Instituto Cervantes, 211-215 East 49th Street. For more information click here or call (212) 308-7720.
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