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Reading
Jen Bervin discusses Emily Dickinson's manuscripts and compositional processes, with special attention to the poet's manipulations of the physical page.
Reading
Edgar Garcia reads from his manuscript Cantares Mexicanos, a series of translations, adaptations, and re-imaginings of the 16th century book of the same name, which collects Nahuatl-language songs. This reading was given as part of the Letras Latinas 20th Anniversary Reading with Gina Franco and Sheila Maldonado.