PART II

THE WORLD BEYOND THE VILLAGE: Korean-American poet and translator, Stine An, will read from Today’s Morning Vocabulary, her translation of Yoo heekyung’s forthcoming poetry collection (Zephyr Press, 2025). This debut collection in English chronicles the poet’s deep fascination with language. 

WE CONTAIN MULTITUDES: BORDER-CROSSING, LANGUAGE-SHIFTING: Jennifer Shyue’s reading marks a transition to another important theme of Sant Jordi NYC: how literature, music and art reflect the ever-less-homogeneous nature of the world. Shyue will read from A Blind Salmon, her translation of a poetry collection by tusán / Chinese Peruvian writer Julia Wong Kcomt, published by Deep Vellum in 2024. 

OTHELLO LIVES! AN AFRO-SWEDISH READING: Kira Josefsson will read from her translation of Afro-Swedish poet Judith Kiros’ O (World Poetry, 2024), a rereading of Othello, that “sidesteps black death for a multitude of futures.”

AFRICAN, SPANISH, BASQUE, AND CATALAN: Silvia Albert Sopale, the brilliant, groundbreaking Afro-Spanish actress and playwright is this year’s Chair at NYU’s Espacio de Culturas, the founder of Hibiscus, the Assoc. of AfroSpanish and Afrodescendents and director of the Black Barcelona Festival. She  will do a dramatic reading from Tierra de la luz, Lucía Mbomío’s novel-in-progress and from her own work.

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Acclaimed Basque poet Kirmen Uribe will read “Maiatza,” the poem the New Yorker chose to include in their centenary edition, and Elizabeth Macklin will read her translation, “May.”

HOME TO CATALONIA: And as only befits Sant Jordi, for the grand finale, poet and performer extraordinaire, Martí Sales, will perform his own poetry in Catalan, and​​​​ Marialena Carr and Mary Ann Newman will read from their translations of two Catalan women poets—Felicia Fuster and Dolors Miquel.​​​​​

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8-10 p.m. FAREWELL TO SANT JORDI: Architectural Projection Mapping
"Books, Roses & Dragons: From the West Village to Catalonia"
Mulry Square - West Village, NYC (7th Av and Greenwich) 

Laia Cabrera & Isabelle Duverger (Laia Cabrera & Co.) present an immersive video mapping projection on the façade of a historic building in the West Village as part of the Sant Jordi Festival, a celebration of literature, culture, and tradition. It will intertwine the rich literary history of the West Village with the iconic Catalan tradition of books and roses, creating a dynamic visual narrative that bridges cultures through storytelling and digital art.

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