Poet and translator Yvette Neisser Moreno will be leading a discussion on Nancy Morejón, one of the foremost Cuban writers and a featured poet at the 2010 Split This Rock Poetry Festival. With Eyes and Soul features poems by Morejón (Spanish with English translations) and photos by renowned photographer Milton Rogovin, offering a multi-dimensional portrait of the landscape and people of Cuba.

This event is cosponsored by The Writer’s Center and Split This Rock. For more information, contact yvettenm [at] verizon [dot] net or call 240-462-6458.

The Writer’s Center cultivates the creation, publication, presentation, and dissemination of literary work. We are an independent literary organization with a global reach, rooted in a dynamic community of writers. www.writer.org

Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness invites poets, writers, artists, activists, dreamers, and all concerned world citizens to Washington, DC, for four days of poetry, community building, and creative transformation, March 10-13, 2010. Featuring Sinan Antoon, Jan Beatty, Cornelius Eady, Martín Espada, Andrea Gibson, Fady Joudah, Nancy Morejón,Wang Ping, Patricia Smith, Arthur Sze, Quincy Troupe, Bruce Weigl, and many more. Readings, workshops, panel discussions, film, a book fair, and public action. www.SplitThisRock.org.

Patricia Pego Guerra, Representative of the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, will provide a brief introduction about Nancy Morejón, her poetry, and the Cuban context.