The State of Iberoamerican Literature in the United States

Introducing a new series of light conversations about Iberoamerican culture for the Escribe Aquí 2016 Festival. The Betsy hosts a panel discussion with visiting artist, writer Pablo Brescia with local writers Lourdes Vásquez and Glenda Gálan.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Pablo Brescia was born in Buenos Aires and has lived in the United States since 1986. He has published two books of short stories Fuera de Lugar/Out of Place (Peru, 2012/Mexico, 2013) and La apariencia de las cosas/The Appearance of Things (México, 1997), and a book of hybrid texts No hay tiempo para la poesía/NoTime for Poetry (Buenos Aires, 2011), with the pen name Harry Bimer. Some of his stories are collected in ESC (Miami, 2013) and Gente ordinaria/Ordinary People (Mexico, 2014). His blog is Preferiría (no) hacerlo/I Would Prefer (Not) To http://pablobrescia.blogspot.com. He teaches Latin American Literature at the University of South Florida and likes philosophy, movies, soccer, tennis and music, not necessarily in that order.

The Betsy Escribe Aquí is funded in part by The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Festival partners include Suburbano, Miami Book Fair, Koubek Center, Sudaqui, Books & Books, PG Family Foundation, Miami Dade College, Florida International University, University of Miami, and The Betsy Community Fund.

Learn more about this program at www.betsywritersroom.com/programs/escribe-aqui