AN EVENING AT THE GROLIER, FEATURING: "SO SPOKE PENELOPE," by Tino Villanueva, with Spanish and Italian translations, and a reception including music & refreshments

THE GROLIER POETRY FOUNDATION AND FORUMS TRUST

PRESENTS

An Evening at the Grolier

JOIN US AT THE HISTORIC GROLIER POETRY BOOK SHOP

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2018 AT 7PM

We will feature a reading, a discussion, and a book signing for

So Spoke Penelope

written by TINO VILLANUEVA

published by the GROLIER POETRY PRESS

A RECEPTION WILL FOLLOW

Our reception will include music, Italian and Spanish food, Prosecco and fine wine, and dessert.

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

Tickets are limited, and available at Eventbrite.

Copies of So Spoke Penelope are available and may be purchased with your ticket or at the event.

Books will be signed by the poet.

JOIN US FOR AN EVENING OF CELEBRATION AND SUPPORT

Your generosity will help us continue and further the important cultural work of the Grolier.

If you are unable to attend but would like to support us, please consider making a donation .

As longtime poet friend David Ferry has said,

"The legend of the Grolier must continue so that poets, readers,

and any who stop by can continue to experience the center of its

magic world, that world inside the walls of the Grolier."

About So Spoke Penelope

"...For what we have in So Spoke Penelope is a work many years in the making, a work indicative of a hard-won recognition on the poet's part, (as Werner Sollors has put it) that 'the whole range of human experience is contained in Penelope at Ithaca' ...With wisdom and an adept style, Villanueva has managed in this work to negotiate his way through the many polarities that bedevil us–– male vs. female, West vs. non-West, old times vs. new times."

-Ifeanyi Menkiti, Editor, Grolier Poetry Series &

Director, The Grolier Poetry Foundation and Forums Trust

About the Author, Tino Villanueva

Tino Villanueva is the author of seven books of poetry, including Scene from the Movie GIANT (1993), which won a 1994 American Book Award. Six of his poems appear in The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature (2011). His latest, So Spoke Penelope (2013), has been translated into Italian and Spanish. One of his ekphrastic poems appears in the March 2016 issue of Poetry magazine. He recently retired from Boston University.

An Evening to Honor the History and the Legacy of the Grolier

Take a step off Plympton Street, walk through the doors of our Book Shop, and

into the rich cultural world of the Grolier. The Grolier has been a home to poets and those who love poetry for almost a century. The walls of the Grolier are lined with photographs of our friends, and of poets who have read with us when we first opened in 1927, through the present. The legacy of all the poets who have read here is palpable–the Grolier is a magical place, a place where poets past and present meet.

Our gathering will feature poet Tino Villanueva, reading from his Grolier Poetry Press book So Spoke Penelope . We have an exciting night planned, a night that honors our legacy of bringing poets and those who love poetry together so as to explore ideas and experience the power of poetry's unifying voice to connect us ever more deeply. The evening will include Spanish and Italian translations, a lively discussion, music, delicious Italian and Spanish food, Prosecco and fine wines, and dessert.

PURCHASE TICKETS

This evening was planned to both celebrate of our legacy and provide support for our 90th year and beyond. We are very grateful to our friends and supporters.

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So Spoke Penelope has been translated into Spanish and Italian, with Greek and French translations underway.

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE .

Tickets are limited. If you plan to attend, purchase your tickets soon to reserve your space.

A copy of So Spoke Penelope may be purchased with your ticket, and will be signed at the event.

Our Translators

Maria Azucena Lopez Cobo

will read excerpts from the

Spanish translation.

Livia Meneghin

will read excerpts from the

Italian translation.

So Spoke Penelope is available for purchase

with your ticket, on our website, and at the Book Shop.

Grolier Poetry Book Shop, 6 Plympton Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Grolier Poetry Foundation and Forums Trust is a 501(c)(3) organization. The Foundation, which serves as the anchor for the work of the Grolier, is the tax entity established to preserve our impressive legacy of cultural work. Originally formed as a private operating foundation, we are now transitioning to a public charity, and rely on fundraising activities like support from friends, donors, grants, and events to continue our mission. The Grolier Poetry Book Shop and the Grolier Poetry Press both support the Foundation's mission which is to keep poetry alive and to celebrate the unifying voice of poetry.

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