Octavio Paz Centennial Celebration

The Cervantes Prize, the Neustadt Prize and, of course, the Nobel Prize for Literature—Mexican poet Octavio Paz has won them all. If you’re not familiar with his rich verse, get a Paz primer at this event honoring the 100th anniversary of his birth, featuring readings from his work by Mexican and American poets, including María Baranda, Mónica de la Torre and Paz’s translator, Eliot Weinberger.