Guatemala at a Distance

In this session, Ariel Francisco, Carlos Gerardo, and Nicolás Cabrera will explore their connection to Guatemala through poetry in a moderated conversation with Nahum Villamil. The idea of exploring distance comes from understanding that, at this moment, the three poets live in Louisiana, so we are the same physical distance from Guatemala. At the same time, the poets have other distances (time since the last visit, experiences with Guatemala, and age at their previous visit). So here, we want to explore what, as poets, we get out of these distances, how those distances affect our writing, and what other distances influence our writing.