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Come hear Tomas Q. Morin read from his recently published translation of Pablo Neruda’s The Heights of Macchu Picchu and Paul Otremba read from his recently released book, Pax Americana.

Today, 5-1-15 at 7PM

Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet, 77005

Well, I’m excited about seeing my friend, Tomas. We’re both SWT (Texas State) grads and haven’t seen each other in 17 years. I knew him when he was a student serving as a tutor for Bobcat athletes and I was their academic advisor. Here’s his professional bio:

Tomás Q. Morín’s poetry collection A Larger Country was the winner of the APR/Honickman Prize and runner-up for the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award.  He is co-editor with Mari L’Esperance of the anthology, Coming Close: 40 Essays on Philip Levine, and translator of The Heights of Macchu Picchu by Pablo Neruda. His poems have appeared in Slate, Threepenny Review, Boulevard, Poetry, New England Review, and Narrative.

Paul Otremba’s Bio:

Paul Otremba is the author of two poetry collections, The Currency (Four Way Books 2009) and Pax Americana (Four Way Books 2015). Born and raised in Minnesota, Paul studied English and Philosophy at the University of Minnesota before receiving his MFA from the University of Maryland and a PhD in creative writing and literature from the University of Houston.

Paul has published widely in journals, including The Kenyon Review, New England Review, Literary Imagination, Forklift, Witness, and multiple appearances on Poetry Daily. In honor of his poetry, he has received scholarships and a fellowship from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, a Barthelme Memorial Fellowship, a Krakow Poetry Seminar Fellowship, and a prize from the Academy of American Poets.

His essays, poetry reviews, and food writing have appeared in Tikkun, The Houston Chronicle, Spoon Magazine, and in the anthology American Poets in the 21st Century: The New Poetics. Paul is an Assistant Professor of English at Rice University.

So, come check out these fine poets.