Saturday, February 8, 2003 • 2 - 4 PM,
El Museo del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street
Free with Museum Admission
(212) 741-9110 / www.clmp.org (for additional information)

New York, 2003 -"Speaking Volumes: Emerging Voices from the World of Latin American Independent Literary Publishing." CLMP (Council of Literary Magazines and Presses) and EL MUSEO DEL BARRIO co-present writers and their editors in reading and discussion. Three leading indie lit editors will introduce one of their writers reading a selection from a work being published, speaking about their collaborative work with the writer. The audience will then be invited to participate in a discussion amongst the editors and writers about the state of literature and publishing within the Latin American community. Writers and panelists include:

· GRACIELA LIMÓN is the Mexican American critically-acclaimed and award-winning author of five novels: Erased Faces, The Day of the Moon, Song of the Hummingbird, The Memories of Ana Calderón, and In Search of Bernabé which was awarded the 1994 American Book Award, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times' Art Sydenburg First Novel Award and was named a "Notable Book of the Year" in 1993 by The New York Times Book Review. Introduced by Nicolas Kánellos of ARTE PÚBLICO PRESS, the largest and most accomplished publisher of U.S. Hispanic Literature.

· PABLO MEDINA is a celebrated Cuban-born American poet, novelist and essayist whose works include the novels The Return of Felix Nogara and The Marks of Birth, the poetry collections The Floating Island and Arching into the Afterlife and the essay collection Exiled Memories: A Cuban Childhood. Introduced by Dennis Maloney of WHITE PINE PRESS, at the forefront of bringing the rich diversity of world literature to English speaking readers.

· MARTA LÓPEZ-LUACES is a Spanish-American author, translator, editor and scholar of remarkable range, publishing the books of poetry El exilio y odio: Hate and Exile, and Distancias y Destierros, a book of short stories entitled La Virgen de la Noche: The Virgin of the Night, and criticism appearing in international journals. Introduced by Alexandra VanDerKamp, of the bilingual journal, TERRA INCOGNITA, a vessel for exploring and celebrating the variety of cultures in which English and/or Spanish are spoken.

Moderated by Jeffrey Lependorf, Executive Director of the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses, the country's only organization devoted to serving independent literary publishers through technical assistance and advocacy programs.

The Speaking Volumes series is made possible through a generous grant from the New York Community Trust and with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.