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Pablo Medina

Pablo Medina is the author of eleven books, among them the poetry collection Points of Balance/Puntos de apoyo (2005) and the novel The Cigar Roller, which was a Book Sense Notable for 2005.  In January 2008, Medina and fellow poet Mark Statman published a new English version of García Lorca’s Poet in New York, which John Ashbery called “the definitive version of Lorca’s masterpiece”.  Acclaimed as “lyrical and powerfully evocative” and “deserving a prominent spot in today’s literature of exile,” Medina’s work has appeared in various languages, among them Spanish, French, German, and Arabic and in periodicals and magazines all over the world.  Winner of numerous awards for his writing and teaching, Medina was on the board of AWP from 2002 - 2007, serving as Board President in 2005 – 2006. He is currently professor in the Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing at Emerson College in Boston and is on faculty at the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers.

Pablo Medina reads in the Writers at Newark Reading Series with H.G. Carrillo on Tues., September 22, 2009, 5:30-7 p.m., at Paul Robeson Gallery.