Because of snow, Federico Garcia Lorca in Vermont was rescheduled to Saturday, Feb. 22, at 3:00 p.m. in the meeting room.
Please join independent scholar, Patricia Billingsley for a richly illustrated slide talk with vintage photos, maps, and other related images about the friendship between Spanish poet Federico García Lorca and Vermont poet Philip Cummings.
In her talk, Patricia Billingsley will present recent findings that shed new light on Lorca’s visit to Vermont and its influence on his poetry. She will illustrate her talk with maps, archival photographs of Lorca and Lake Eden, and quotes from Lorca’s letters and other original source materials. Finally, she will show how the judgement made by early scholars that Lorca’s time in Vermont was inconsequential left this important episode in the poet’s life unexplored for decades.
Ms. Billingsley has given invited lectures about Lorca and Cummings at the International Institute in Madrid, the City University of New York (CUNY), and Smith College, and co-curated an exhibit titled “Lorca in Vermont” with Christopher Maurer at the CUNY Graduate Center in spring 2013. A graduate of the University of Delaware and California State University, Northridge, she began her career as a software usability analyst and is now a communications specialist at Smith College and independent biographical researcher. She is currently writing a book about Lorca’s visit to Vermont.
Location Meeting Room. Contact Info Jerry Carbone, 802-254-5290 ext 101 http://brookslibraryvt.org
