Events
From the Diary of Madame Mao Book Launch (Virtual)
Sunday, October 18, 2026, 7pm
Lit Up LIve hosts author Maria Teresa Ogliastri and co-translators Yvette Neisser and Patricia Bejarano Fisher for a reading and discussion moderated by Jona Colson.
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Latin American Poets Writing about Asia
Saturday, October 24, 2026, 7pm
Yvette Neisser reads from her co-translation of Maria Teresa Ogliastri's "From the Diary of Madame Mao" and James Richie reads from his translation of "A Village Devastated by Godzilla" by Mexican poet Victor Cabrera.
2732 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97217
The Second Dream: Spanish Poetry in Translation
Thursday, November 5, 2026, 7pm
The Arts Club, Letras Latinas, and DC-ALT present: Yvette Neisser and Patricia Fisher reading from Maria Teresa Ogliastri's "From the Diary of Madame Mao"; Francisco Aragon reading from Gerardo Diego's "Handbook of Foams"; and discussion moderated by Katie King.
2017 I Street NW, Washington, DC
From the Diary of Madame Mao Book Discussion
Thursday, December 3, 2026, 6-7:30pm
Yvette Neisser in conversation with Kyle Shernuk
1509 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036
"Iron into Flower" book launch, Kensington Row Bookshop, Kensington, MD, Nov. 17, 2022
Yvette reads from "Grip," Busboys and Poets, Washington, DC, November 2012
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