3 p.m. – Readings: PART II

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3 p.m. THE WORLD BEYOND THE VILLAGE: We Contain Multitudes
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 translated from the Korean chronicles the poet’s deep fascination with language. 

3:15 p.m. 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. 

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3:30 p.m. AFRICAN, SPANISH, BASQUE, AND CATALAN:

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.”​

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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4 p.m. HOME TO CATALONIA: And as only befits Sant Jordi, for the grand finale, poet and performer extraordinaire, and​​​​ Marialena Carr and Mary Ann Newman will read from their translations of three Catalan women poets—Felicia Fuster, Greta Sibling and Dolors Miquel.​​​​​

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4:30 p.m. – Live Music: ​

NOIA summons up the extraterrestrial dynamics of Björk, layering airly falsettos and distorted vocals as she weaves in and out of Catalan with stuttering circuitry and a gentle but rapturous house-like beat.​​​​​​

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