featuring author reading from
MALANGA CHASING VALLEJO: Selected Poems of César Vallejo
with New Translations and Notes by Gerard Malanga
 
In the forceful, staggering poetry of legendary Peruvian poet César Vallejo, poet/photographer Gerard Malanga discovered a kindred spirit. With the encouragement of Vallejo’s widow, Malanga embarked on a 40-year journey to translate Vallejo’s poems, revealing a profound perspective that brings into focus the brutal desperation behind Vallejo’s genius.
 
And now, Three Rooms Press is honored to present AN EVENING WITH GERARD MALANGA in celebration of the release of MALANGA CHASING VALLEJO: Selected Poems of César Vallejo with New Translations and Notes by Gerard Malanga, for the eighth installment of The Launch Pad @ LPR on Monday, November 3, 7pm at The Gallery at LPR.
 
The evening will feature a reading by Gerard Malanga of work from his new book. Poet Lydia Cortez will also be on hand to read several of Vallejo’s poems in the original Spanish. Copies of the book will be available for purchase and author signing at the event.
 
Poet and writer Aram Saroyan praised MALANGA CHASING VALLEJO: “Gerard Malanga is an artist who never apologizes, never explains, and he finds kinship in Vallejo, who died in his late forties several years before Malanga was born. Yet on the evidence of these translations the two are virtually interchangeable. Malanga chasing Vallejo, or maybe Vallejo chasing Malanga, and the next thing we know they’re, both of them, airborne.” And Djelloul Marbrook (Far from Algiers), noted, “Malanga lives and breathes in what he sees in Vallejo –a fellow agent for a better world.”
 
The event is free and open to the public. For reservations and additional information, contact Peter Carlaftes at 212-731-0574 or write info@threeroomspress.com.
 
This is a general admission event in The Gallery at LPR.