Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Poetry Reading: In Honor of Hector Torres and Stefania Gray

On Tuesday evening, Sept. 28, 7-9 PM, fourteen of Albuquerque's most prominent poets will gather to read in the UNM SUB Old Higher Ground space. The reading is the final event of the Gray-Torres Domestic Violence and Stalking Conference held on Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 27-28.

The poetry reading celebrates the life and scholarship of English Dept. Professor Hector Torres and Englsih Dept. TA, Stefania Gray who were killed last spring in a domestic violence incident.

The reading will feature works by Lisa Gill, Levi Romero, and Margaret
Randall as well as other Albuquerque and New Mexico poets. The reading is to raise money for Professor Torres's UNM Fund and to benefit Stefania Gray's children.

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