The NYC online launching of Gleyvis Coro Montanet‘s Concierto mambí, a book of poems written in commemoration of the spontaneous freedom marches held throughout Cuba on July 11, 2021, with shouts of ¡Patria y Vida!, ¡Libertad!, and ¡Abajo la dictadura! The book’s protagonists are the humble, the grandmother with an empty kitchen pot, the many youths who joined the marches, were later arrested and are still imprisoned, the exiles, the suffering mothers, impotence, hunger, and even humor, all expressed as a coral chant in energetic rhymed and free verse.
With footnote commentary, illustrations by Omar Santana, a prologue by Enrique del Risco, and an analytical essay by Mónica Simal, this poetic concert is a historical, graphic, and literary testimonial of an unprecedented event in recent Cuban history. The presentation will be followed by an interview by Fernando Fragueta Fosado with the author, and will be capped by a Q&A with the audience via Zoom.
This event is part of our CreateNYC Language Access Series on Cuban History, Art, and Literature. It will be held in Spanish on our YouTube channel.
To attend, click on this link on the designated date and time:
https://youtu.be/DU9-8uvyqh0
Gleyvis Coro Montanet (Pinar del Río, 1974) is a poet, writer, and college profesor. She has a PhDs in education as well as in odontology. Her literary output has been widely recognized, and she is the recipient of many awards, including: Premio UNEAC de novela “Cirilo Villaverde”; Premio Anual de La Crítica Literaria 2007 (Instituto Cubano del Libro, 2008; Beca Creación Onelio Jorge Cardoso for “La voz que no es de Björk”, 2007, among many others. She has published Con los pies en las nubes (Gran Premio Vitral de Narrativa, Ediciones Vitral, 1998), Cantares de Novo-hem (Décima, Ediciones Loynaz, 1999), Escribir en la piedra (Premio Alcorta de Poesía, Ediciones Loynaz, 2000), Poemas Briosos (Ediciones Aristas de Cobre, Córdoba, España, 2003), Aguardando al guardabosque (Poesía, Ediciones Loynaz, 2006), La burbuja (Premio UNEAC “Cirilo Villaverde” de Novela, Ediciones UNIÓN, 2007. Premio de la Crítica Literaria, 2007), Jaulas, (Poesía). Editorial Letras Cubanas, 2009 y Mujer de letras / Woman of letters. (Poesía) The Spanish text and facing English translations of the poems of Gleyvis Coro Montanet. The Edwin Mellen Press, 2010. She resides in Madrid since 2009, where she has published Lejos de casa (Poesía, Cristal de Agua, 2018) Mujer, aparta de mí ese smartphone (Gata Encerrada, 2020) and Cien días en cuarentena (Gata Encerrada, 2021). She is the autor and producer of the videotheater Troya Tropical (2021).
For a sneak peek of Concierto mambí, click here:
To purchase the book in Amazon, click on these links:
AMAZON (U.S.): https://tinyurl.com/27mb2dhv
AMAZON (Euro): https://tinyurl.com/48hz82yt
This event is co-sponsored by Revista Feminista Cubana Alas Tensas and Revista Cultural Árbol Invertido, and is made possible, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
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