Overview

Carmen Giménez Smith’s work dissects the female body and society’s responses to it over centuries in language that can be both playful and serious. Her collections include Milk and Filth; Goodbye, Flicker, winner of the Juniper Prize, and, most recently, Cruel Futures. Her memoir, Bring Down the Little Birds: On Mothering, Art, Work, and Everything Else, received an American Book Award.

This reading responds to The Phillips Collection exhibition Soy Isla (I am an Island)examining the work of Cuban artist Zilia Sánchez (b. 1926). Paintings, works on paper, and sculpture, alongside illustrations and design sketches, trace Sánchez’s artistic journey from her early days in Cuba, to her visits to Europe and America, and finally to her current home in Puerto Rico.

Co-sponsored with The Phillips Collection and Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at University of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies

Please note, this reading will take place at the Phillips Collection at 1600 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20009.