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Poetry |
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Marathon |
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"La Pluma
y la Palabra"
THE PEN AND THE WORD |
In Spanish only |
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Friday, April 13, 2007 (2PM-8PM)
at the Library of Congress
Mary Pickford Theater
- 3rd Floor, James Madison
Building Independence Ave. & 1st Street, SE,
Washington, DC
(Capitol
South Metro Station – ‘Orange’
and ‘Blue’ Lines) |
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Saturday, April 14, 2007 (2PM-8PM)
at Casa de la Luna
4020 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20011
(Georgia Ave/Petworth Metro Station – ‘Green’ Line) |
In celebration of the 800 years of mester de joglaria or the encounter of oral and written tradition in the final and definitive version of the Poem of the Cid (1207).
Organized and
Moderated by
: Rei Berroa and
Mario
Marcel
In this “celebration of words,” renowned Spanish-language poets are accompanied by audience members of all ages who recite, read or interpret their own work or that of well-known authors. This is the only Spanish-language poetry marathon in the country!
The visiting poets who are bringing us and other faithful devotees of poetry the freshest in Hispanic poetry: Silvia Tandeciarz (Argentina), Manuel Cortés Castañeda (Colombia), Soledad Álvarez (Dominican Republic), Eduardo Langagne (Mexico), Renée Ferrer (Paraguay), Carmen Valle, Alfredo Villanueva Collado (Puerto Rico), Fernando Operé, Juan Manuel Rodríguez Tobal (Spain), and special guest Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Poet Laureate of Virginia (USA). |
