November 7, 2012, Wednesday - Alexis Levitin & Salgado Maranhao at Milkweed Editions

Time: 7:00pm

Location:  Milkweek Editions, 1011 Washington Avenue South, Open Book Building, Suite 300

Alexis Levitin & Salgado Maranhao

Levitin translated the poetry book BLOOD OF THE SUN by Salgado Maranhao from the Portuguese. Levitin has published more than twenty-five books of translation and his work has appeared in many anthologies and hundreds of literary journals. Levitin teaches in the English program at the State University of New York, Plattsburgh. The poet Salgado Maranhao won Brazil's prestigious Premio Jabuti in 1999. In addition to nine books of poetry, he has written song lyrics and made recordings with some of Brazil's leading jazz and pop musicians. Levitin's translations of Maranhao's poems have appeared in BOMB Magazine, Words Without Borders, and Brasil/Brazil, among others.