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Reading with Rocío Cerón at the Irish Writers' Centre

Next Monday, 20 May, I'll be reading with Rocío Cerón at the Irish Writers' Centre.

Rocío Cerón is one of the major Mexican poets and multimedia artists of her generation. Her work engages multiple disciplines, incorporating language, action, video and music to create new spaces for poetry. Here's her June 2011 performance of América at the Pompidou Centre:


Over the coming weeks Rocío & I will be performing - separately - at various Poetry Parnassus postscript events around the UK produced by Speaking Volumes Live Literature Productions, our paths converging for an evening at the Southbank Centre (details soon). After she expressed an interest in reading with me in Dublin too, we managed to secure the additional support of the Irish Writers' Centre and Tabasco 189 Ediciones to schedule this event at relatively short notice. Many thanks to all.

Come along if you can! Admission is free, and we start at 7.30pm.

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