PEDRO LARREA

PEDRO LARREA (Spain, 1981) is the author of three books of poems: La orilla libre / The Free Shore (Ártese, 2013; Nueva York Poetry Press, 2019); La tribu y la llama (Amargord, 2015); and Manuscrito del hechicero / The Wizard’s Manuscript (Valparaíso, 2016; Valparaíso USA, 2017). His poetry has appeared, among many others, in the prestigious Spanish magazine Revista de Occidente. He has read as a guest poet in places such as the Library of Congress in Washington DC, the New York Public Library, the University of New York, The City University of New York, Emory University, the University of Kentucky, the Americas Poetry Festival of New York, the International Poetry Festival of Granada (Spain), the International Poetry of Los Confines (Honduras), the International Poetry Festival of Turrialba (Costa Rica), the International Poetry Festival of the Gimnasio Moderno, the University of the Andes, and the International Poetry Festival Luna de Locos (Colombia); the Encuentro Esteros (Uruguay) and elsewhere. As an essayist, he is the author of the study Federico García Lorca in Buenos Aires (Renacimiento, 2015). As a translator, he has published Spanish editions of poets like Kevin Young, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Thomas Love Peacock, E.E. Cummings, Rita Dove, Joy Harjo, Joyce Carol Oates, and Kevin Young. Currently, he is an Associate Professor of Spanish at the University of Lynchburg, in Virginia. He performs his poetry internationally in both English and Spanish.