U.S. Poets in Mexico
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                                                           Ron Silliman lecture 2013 (Merida)                                       Ambar Past and Maruch Mendes Perez (Kabah)

News


  • U.S. Poets in Mexico is on a temporary hiatus. We are restructuring our programing and will return with new offerings in the not too distant future.
  • New testimonials from our 2013 Merida participants can be found here
  • Coming soon: Merida 2013 event photos!
  • Diario de Yucatan interview with our Director, Sheila Lanham can be found here and an interview in Merida's literary e-zine, In Other Words, Merida here


Previous Faculty & Featured Readings


2013 - Merida: Ron Silliman, Nicole Cooley, Tom Sleigh, Lynn Emanuel, Mark Weiss, Suzanne Jill Levine, Mario Bojórquez, Rubén Márquez and Álvaro Solís, Ámbar Past, Maruch Mendes Peres  (Tzotzil Mayan language), Gabriel Magaña Merlo

2011 - Tulum: Diane Wakoski, Paul Hoover, Jerome Rothenberg, Jen Hofer, Mark Weiss, Luis Cortés Bargalló, Rocío Cerón,  Carla Faesler, Feliciano Sánchez Chan (Mayan language)

2010  -  Merida: Anne Waldman, Mark Doty, Pedro Serrano, Martin Espada, Pura López Colomé, José Vicente Anaya, Briceida Cuevas Cob (Mayan language)

2009  -  Merida: C.D. Wright, Bob Holman, Forrest Gander, Mónica de la Torre, Jack Collom, Coral Bracho, Valerie Mejer, Briceida Cuevas Cob (Mayan language)


About our logo:  The Maya hieroglyph AJ tz'i-b'a (aj tz'iib') (pronounced tz' éeeb) meaning "he of the writing," or "scribe"; designates the occupation of scribe. 

* Masthead photo: Uxmal, Susie DeFord

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