Bilingual Reading Series/World of Poetry

Bringing together poets and translators from all over the world, the bilingual poetry reading series seeks to enhance and broaden the international conversation between poets, to increase awareness of the range of poetries being written, to offer visiting writers a venue for their work and to create a vibrant intellectual space for the dialogue of ideas across linguistic and cultural lines.

We invite readers to attend bilingual readings where they can not only learn about the poetry of another country and meet contemporary poets visiting from other places, they can understand the larger context in which the poetry they read (and, perhaps, write) is functioning. It is our hope that the series not only provides listening pleasure, it fosters meaningful and lasting international dialogue between artists. Taking advantage of New York City's diversity of cultures, we are in contact with poets around the world through cultural organizations such as embassies and cultural councils, as well as ongoing translation projects such as Words Without Borders (wordswithoutborders.com), and a range of magazines and presses dedicated to translation.