The Interpreting and Translation Research Group
at the University of Western Sydney
warmly invites you to

Francisco Aragon: Readings from Glow of our Sweat, a collection of poems and translations, and Puerta del Sol, a bilingual book of poetry, with commentary on his engagement with the Spanish language in his creative work

Francisco currently directs the literary program of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, and will be introduced by Australian poet John Tranter.

A native of San Francisco and a former long-term resident of Spain, Francisco Aragon is the author of Glow of our Sweat (Scapegoat Press) and Puerta del Sol (Bilingual Press) and editor of the award-winning, The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry (University of Arizona Press).

His work has appeared in a range of anthologies, including Inventions of Farewell: A Book of Elegies (W.W. Norton) and American Diaspora: Poetry of Displacement (University of Iowa Press).

His poems and translations (from the Spanish) have appeared in various print and web publications, including, Chain, Crab Orchard Review, Chelsea, The Journal, the online venues, Jacket, Electronic Poetry Review, and Poetry Daily.

Francisco Aragon's poetry can be found at: http://franciscoaragon.net/

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