On May 20, please join us for a celebration of Fernando Pessoa and his many heteronyms, in particular his most refined figure, Ricardo Reis,
whose Complete Works is out now.
★ “A marvelous introduction to Pessoa’s multitudes.” —(Kirkus, starred)
Joining us to celebrate Pessoa and his heteronyms are
John Keene, Idra Novey, Mónica de la Torre, and Vijay Sheshadri.
Patricio Ferrari, the co-translator of The Complete Works of Ricardo Reis,
will read the original Portuguese.
When: Wednesday, May 20 at 7pm
Where: Poetry Society of America, 119 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY
Register here
Patricio Ferrari is a polyglot poet, literary translator, and editor. He has published more than twenty books, including the complete works of three of Fernando Pessoa’s heteronyms—Alberto Caeiro, Álvaro de Campos, and Ricardo Reis—(with Margaret Jull Costa).
John Keene is the author, co-author, co-editor, and translator of a handful of books, including Essex Hemphill’s Love Is a Dangerous Word: Selected Poems (2025), co-edited with Robert F. Reid-Pharr; Punks: New & Selected Poems (2021); and Counternarratives: Stories and Novellas (2015). Keene will read from The Book of Disquiet.
Idra Novey is the author of the recent poetry collection Soon and Wholly and the novel Take What You Need. One Moment, her co-translation with Garth Greenwell of Spanish poet Luis Munoz, is out this month. Novey will read from the Complete Works of Ricardo Reis.
Mónica de la Torre is the author of seven books of poetry, of which the most recent is Pause the Document. She has translated poetry by poets such as Amanda Berenguer, Omar Cáceres, Ana Hatherly, Lila Zemborain, Gerardo Deniz, and Ana Cristina Cesar. De la Torre will read from the Complete Works of Alberto Caeiro.
Vijay Seshadri is the author of the poetry books Wild Kingdom, The Long Meadow, The Disappearances, 3 Sections, and That Was Now, This Is Then, as well as many essays, reviews, and memoir fragments. Seshadri will read from the Complete Works of Álvaro de Campos.
