Iberian and Latin American Cultures: Ricardo Domeneck poetry event

"Poet Ricardo Domeneck will come to campus on May 1st for a public reading and conversation session. Domeneck is one of the most relevant voices in contemporary Portuguese-language poetry, a leading figure in the welcome turn towards the body and materiality in Brazilian 21st-century literature.

First Epistle to the Amphibians is his first book-length translation to English, and it draws from more than two decades of Domeneck's work. Translator Chris Daniels will also be present to read and discuss selections from the volume. Portuguese Lecturer Mônica Carvalho Gimenes and Ph.D. Candidate João G. L. Viana will moderate.

The book will be available to acquire at the event. You can find an excerpt here.

From World Poetry's presentation of First Epistle to the Amphibians:

"Writing with tenderness and anger about earthly experience, friendship, love, and nature, and reacting against the previous generation’s anti-lyrical, impersonal poesia de invenção, Domeneck introduced a dense corporeal lyricism salted with camp at its high and low limits into contemporary Brazilian experimental poetry."

I look forward to seeing you there!

Please RSVP to help with us calculate lunch needs."