Translating Cuban Poetry: Reading & Collaborative Workshop

Poets, translators, and the community at large are invited to the Woodberry Poetry Room to take part in this one-time collaborative translative intensive focused on the work of Cuban poet, dissident journalist & Guantanamo survivor JORGE OLIVERA, who is currently a visiting writer with Harvard Scholars at Risk.

The two-hour event will feature a brief overview of 20th and 21st century Cuban poetry by the renowned poet Pablo Medina, a short reading by Olivera, followed by a workshop (facilitated by New Directions translator and poet Chloe Garcia Roberts) in which one of Olivera’s poems will be collaboratively translated by all attendees.

Vocabulary and assistance will be provided for non-Spanish speakers, and all translation and poetry experience levels are welcome.