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Readings and presentations for 2018:

April 10-12 The London Book Fair, Olympia London, Hammersmith Road, Kensington, London, W14  8UX
UK.
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April 13, 2018
High Table at Pembroke College, Cambridge. UK.


Readings for 2017:
Paris, France; London, UK; Stockholm, Sweden.

Readings for 2015-2016:
Canto General: Song of the Americas
Miami Festival of Books Invited Reading by translator Mariela Griffor 

Pablo Neruda is considered one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century in any language. Now his work can be enjoyed afresh with remarkable new translations for the twenty-first century. Mariela Griffor captures Neruda’s most audacious and ambitious epic poem, Canto General, which chronicles an episodic journey through the history of the Americas. 

December 13-20, 2016: I will be signing books at the Miami Book Fair 2016 

November 13-20, 2016 
Miami Dade College 


Date: December 11, 2014 - 07:00 pm

Thursday December 11th a poetry and fiction reading featuring Mariela Griffor, Glen Armstrong, Brian Smith, Michael Lauchlan, John Freeman, and Kelly Fordon.

2014 -April     

I will be reading with F. Daniel Rzicznek and Brian Smith 
 at The Cruel Garters Reading Series at the Gaelic League  on  April 13th at 4pm. The Gaelic League is located on 2068 Michigan Ave, Detroit, MI 48216 



2013
        2013-April
  • Readings in California with Kjell Espmark and Monica Lauritzen.
  • January 4, 2013: Thanks to the following journals where poems from my 
  • third collection of poetry have appeared or are forthcoming:
    Cerise
    Press
    : "Curls"
    Passages North: "The Psychiatrist,"  "Death in
    Argentina";

    Éditions
      d'art Le Sabord
    : "Cattys,
    "
    Poetry International: "Death in  Argentina,"

    Tygerburning  Literary Journal: "Sisters,"
    Aldebaran
    Review
    : "Exiles," "A Mother  Thing";
    The Bacon Review :  "Daphne and the Non-Profits
    in the Western Hemisphere," "Andres the Barbarian,"  "Chiloe Island,"

    The Adroit 
    Journal
    : "The Middle of this Goodbye",
    2River : "Number 7," "The Friends I Loved and 
    Left Behind" ;

    The Cartier Review :  "The Tale Of Two Uncles";

    The  Café Review : "The Friends I Loved and Left
    Behind";

    Crack
    the Spine
    : "On Earth", "Vision"
    Parthenon West Review  ; Badlands; Extracts:
    "Wings";

    The
    Acentos Review
    : "Edge", "Chiloe  Island" ;

    The
    Hollins  Critic
    : "The Breeze";

    Blue Collar Review : "Daphne"  "Chiloe Island"
    and "Green Bills";


    Amoskeag: the
    Journal of Southern New  Hampshire University
    : "Crisis." 

  • January 5, 2013: Also many heartfelt thanks to the editors of
    Absinthe:  New European Writing for accepting two poems, by Kristina Lugn, I
    translated  from the Swedish into English. The 18th issue of
    Absinthe is out already. Many thanks to  New
    Issues Press for including one of my poems, "In Manistee," in their  forthcoming
    Michigan Anthology. To the editors of the Aldus Journal of  Translation thanks
    for accepting two poems of Kristina Lugn. Thanks to Eyewear  Publishing for
    accepting a manuscript to be publish in the Fall 2013 in London.  Sincere thanks
    to Tupelo Press and its publisher Jeffrey Levine and its editor  Jim Schley for
    accepting for publication my translation of Canto General by  Pablo Neruda into
    English, to appear in late Fall of 2013. 2012 was a tough year  but not even the
    storms of the Midwest could stop the writing! I'm looking  forward to sharing
    more publications and reading more of the works of fellow  writers and to
    continuing to write every day and everywhere! 
  • I am pleased to announce that my new translation of the poetry

  • collection  Canto General by Pablo Neruda will appear April 2013 with
    Tupelo Press

2009

I am pleased to announce that my poetry collection Exiliana
is  among
"Popular  and Recommended Books for Classes" for 2009 on
SPDBooks website

Release of my collection of poetry House  in October 2007 followed the January
release of Exiliana -  Right now I share my time between finishing a
third book of poetry and looking  for a agent and a publisher for a substantial
memoir on politics and love. 
  • Appointed as of September 23, 2007 the Consul General of Chile in
    Michigan. 
    Come see what's happening  ... Michigan Consular
    Corps
    . 
  • Recipient of the Wayne County 
    Council for the Arts, History and Humanties
    , 'International
    Award  2007'! The ceremony will be held on October 4, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. at the
    Henry  Ford Centennial Library, 16301 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI
  • August 30, 2012: I am one of the panel of readers at Tech Town for the upcoming Marick  Press
    Reading with Keith Taylor, Mariela Griffor and William Olsen.
    August  30,
    2012
    7:00 pm
    Tech Town located on 440 Burroughs, Detroit, MI


    "Marick Press, a Michigan based literary publisher dedicated to poetry 
    and creative writing, presents a reading with Poet and publishers Keith Taylor, 
    Mariela Griffor and William Olsen."
  • June 15, 2012: I am an invited reader in Paris, FRANCE at the Club
    des Poetes
    on June 15,  2012: Le Club des Poètes accueille
    un poète suédois et une poétesse chilienne :  Kjell Espmark (poète, romancier et
    historien de la littérature, membre de  l’Académie suédoise et membre du Comité
    Nobel qu’il a présidé de 1988 à 2004),  et Mariela Griffor (qui dirige la maison
    d’édition Marick Press aux Etats-Unis)  dont un recueil va paraître en
    traduction française sous le titre : "Ma demeure  brûle". Elle est actuellement
    Consul du Chili dans le Michigan. Ci-après le  poète québécois Guy Jean présente
    Mariela Griffor, dont il a traduit les poèmes  en Français
  • June 2, 2012: I will be an invited reader in the Farmington, MI
    at the
    Absinthe
      Festival
    from 7-8 pm, June 2, 2012. 
    2011
  • April 7-8, 2011: I will be an invited reader, with Chad Sweeney,
    in the  Chicago based "Series A" poetry reading at the
    Hyde Park Art Center from 7-8  pm, April
    7-8, 2011.
  • February 17, 2011: Invited Reader in the 2011 Midwinter Storytelling Festival  at the Peter White Public
    Library
    in Marquette, MI at 7 pm, February  17, 2011.
  • November 11, 2011: I’m happy to announce that I will be part of
    the
    Midnight
    Sun Visiting  Writers Series
    on November 11, 2011. For more
    information visit the
    University of Alaska  Fairbanks Website
    . More information soon. 2010
  • October 30, 2010: A Day of Poetry - October 2010. Saturday October
    30,  2010 , 10:30 to 13:30 at Strindbergrummet, Berns Salonger, Stockholm,
    SWEDEN. .
  • October 11, 2010: Reader at Wellspring Literary Series poetry
    reading in  Mount Pleasant, MI..
  • October 6, 2010: 2010 Chicago Calling Arts Festival. Wednesday
    October  6, 2010 , 8:00 pm at The Reconstruction Room at the Black Rock Bar,
    3614 N.  Daman Ave., Chicago, IL 60618. Admission is Free.
    “Translating
    2010” is a  poetry event that is happening during the Rec Roomers series, as
    part of the  2010 Chicago Calling Arts Festival. This event explores the theme
    of “translations” in its wide range of permutations and possibilities:
    translating  matter into energy, time into memories, poetry into prose, the
    present into the  past, the future into the present, the page into the air,
    promises into reality,  ideals into facts, pencils into sketches into carvings,
    frames into motion,  clouds into rain and water into ice, sound into words.
    Also, some of this  event’s participants will present creative re-imaginings of
    poetry by Jules  LaForgue, the French Symbolist poet who was born 200 years ago.
    Participants  will include Francesco Levato, Mariela Griffor (via Skype), Dan
    Godston, and  other TBA individuals. .
  • October 2, 2010: Reader at Kazoo Books II in Kalamazoo, MI. A poetry
      reading with Marick Press writers from far and wide, Robert Fanning, Francesco 
    Levato, Mariela Griffor—and two of our Kalamazoo poetry stars, Amy Newday and 
    Scott Bade. .
  • September 24, 2010: I will be part of the Mayapple Press authors
    reading  on September 24, 2010. The reading is at 414 Court Street, upstairs -
    the Court  Street Gallery. 7 p.m. Saginaw, Michigan .
  • January 21, 2010: Reader at the Scarab Club in Detroit, MI. . 
    2009
  • September 25, 2009: Reader at the launch of the The Ambassador Poetry Project to be held at
    Grosse  Pointe Artists Association .
  • July 25, 2009: Invited Reader to the Lady Bug Gallery in
    the  Whitdell Building in Southwest Detroit at 1250 Hubbard, Detroit, MI 48209
    in  conjunction with the exhibit of art by SWAN members (SouthWest Artists'
    Network  of Detroit). I will read from forthcoming releases.
  • June 13, 2009: Reading at the Oak  Park Library in Oak Park, MI. Reading
    at 7pm.
  • June 6, 2009: Reading at the Midsummer Nights in  Midtown's Lit Fest 2009
    at the Scarab Club in Detroit, MI. Reading at  5:30 pm.
  • May 28, 2009: Reading at the Grosse Pointe Artists  Association in Grosse
    Pointe, MI. Reading at 7pm. I will read from new  releases.
  • May 17, 2009: Invited Reader at The Broadside Press Poets
    Theater. It will meet at U of D Mercy on McNichols and Livernois, May 17
    3-6 pm in  room 238 in the Commerce and Finance Building. If you enter the
    university at  the McNichols entrance there is visitor parking on the left and
    the Commerce and  Finance Bldg is across from the lot. I will read from new
    translations of  Chilean poets: Neruda, Mistral, Bolano and Lihn.  
    2008
    October 12, 2008: Invited Reader at the
    BookfestWindsor 2008 in  Windsor, ON.
    Reading at 7pm. I will read from HOUSE and planned releases in  English and
    Spanish.
  • November 12, 2008 Shaman & Drum in Ann Arbor 7pm. I will be
    reading  from HOUSE and forthcoming work.
  • July 18, 2008, 6:30pm at the the IV lounge reading  series in
    Toronto, Ontario
  • September 7th Reading at the War Memorial, Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
    From  Noon-5pm
  • June 28 Reading at the Campus Martius Park, Detroit, Michigan. From
    3-5pm
  • June 20 Reading at The Wharton's home. Aquarious Circle,
    Oakland.7pm.
  • June 2nd Reading at the Brother Rice High School in Birmingham,
    Michigan.
  • Reading on May 21, 2008 at 8pm at the Zeitgeist,Detroit. MI
  • Reading on May 12, 2008 at 7pm at the Spiritual Center in Bay City,
    MI
  • Register now for workshops at the Marick Press Mini-Literary  Festival - May 2-4, 2008
    by Peter Conners, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Ilya  Kaminsky, Susan
    Kelly-DeWitt, G.C. Waldrep and Derick Burleson. This event is  supported in part
    by Poets & Writers Magazine.
  • Reading in Homage to Trino Sanchez on April 24, 2008, 6:30
    p.m. at  the
    Matrix Theatre on  Bagley in Detroit
  • Presentation Publishing Nuts and Bolts at the Winter Heat Writers Retreat  - January 12, 2008 - 2-3
    p.m.
    This event will be held at the Ralph A.  MacMullan
    Conference Center in Higgins Lake, MI.  2007
  • Reading at the 2007  Windsor BookFest on November 3, 2007. It
    was a 3 day event, magnificent with  a closing banquet! Kudos to the Windsor
    BoodFest Organizers
  • October 26, 2007 release of House with Mayapple Press
  • Saturday 21 and Sunday April 22, 2007 reading at IWWG Big Apple  Conference, Scandinavia
    House, New York City 58 Park Avenue (at  38th Street) New York City, NY 10016
  • Monday, February 26, 2007. Lolita & Gilda's Burlesque  Poetry Hour. The
    Bar Rouge, Washington D.C. More information forthcoming.
  • POETS FOLLIES April 27th 6:30 p.m.
  • Sunday March 25th 2pm Reading at the Scarab Club
  • POETS FOLLIES March 16th 6:30 p.m. Lolita Hernandez, Alex Boyd
  • POETS FOLLIES February 23rd 6:30 p.m.
  • January 28th, 2007 Reading at the Book  Beat in Royal Oak with Anca Vlasopolos
  • Friday, January 26, 2007 reading and launch at the GPAA series POETS
    FOLLIES  at 6:30p.m at the Grosse Pointe Artists Association located on 1005
    Maryland  Grosse Pointe Park, MI 48230 Hannelore Hahn, Mariela Griffor, Peter
    Markus,  Marsha Carter  2006
  • Friday, December 15, 2006 reading at Il Piccolo Restaurant, at
    7:30p.m.  located on 226 Carlton Street, Toronto, Canada.
Quote of the month: “To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act
in accordance with your thinking.”   Johan Wolfgang von Goethe
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