World Poetry Day 2027 with El Martillo Press at MOLAA
Sun, Mar 21
|Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)
El Martillo Press presents a lineup of acclaimed writers to join the world reknowned Mexican poet Rocío Cerón as she she visits from Mexico City to participate in World Poetry Day at MOLAA!
Time & Location
Mar 21, 2027, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), 628 Alamitos Ave, Long Beach, CA 90802, USA
About the event
El Martillo Press presents a lineup of acclaimed writers to join the world reknowned Mexican poet Rocío Cerón as she visits from Mexico City to participate in World Poetry Day at MOLAA!
Cerón will be performing from her new book Áurica Speculari.
Rocío Cerón is a Mexico City-based poet, essayist, and visual sound artist. Cerón is the author of fourteen poetry collections, including Nudo vortex/Vortex Knot (Literal, 2015), Borealis (Fondo de Cultura Económica, 2016), Imperio/Empire (Ediciones Monte Carmelo, 2008), and Diorama (Phoneme Media, EUA, 2014; translated by Anna Rosenwong, winner of the 2015 Best Translated Book Award from Rochester University). Her work has been awarded the Owen National Poetry Prize and the National System of Art Creators of Mexico Prize. Cerón was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2023 and received the Michael Rothenberg International Poets Grant in the same year. She has released three sound poetry albums, Sonic bubbles, Miiuni, and Speculari, and her sound, visual, and performance poetry pieces have been exhibited in international venues and museums including the Southbank Centre, London, the Pompidou Museum, Paris and the Museum of Modern Art, Mexico. Julio Ortega, one of Latin America’s most acclaimed literary critics, chose her as one of the best women poets of her generation.
Muesum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)
The Museum of Latin American Art was founded by Dr. Robert Gumbiner in 1996 in Long Beach, California, United States, and serves the greater Los Angeles area. MOLAA is the only museum in the United States dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin American and Latino art.
El Martillo Press
Founded by Matt Sedillo and David A. Romero, El Martillo Press publishes writers whose pens strike the page with clear intent; words with purpose to pry apart assumed norms and to hammer away at injustice. El Martillo Press proactively publishes writers looking to pound the pavement to promote their work and the work of their fellow pressmates. El Martillo is the builder of bridges and the destroyer of walls.