Activities
A Celebration of International Poetry
- Date and time
- October 15, 2026 · 7:00 PM (venue local time)
- Venue
- Carnegie Library Lecture Hall
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, 15213
- Listing source
- Public listing · Refreshed Oct 15, 2026
About this event
Born in 1978 in Santo Domingo, Frank Báez has made a name for himself as one of the Dominican Republic’s most relevant poets and nonfiction writers. He has published six poetry books, a short story collection, and four nonfiction books. He is a founding member of El Hombrecito, the first Dominican Spoken Word band, which has three albums to its credit. His work has appeared in numerous anthologies, and translations of his books of poetry have been published in Arabic, Dutch, German, and Bangla. Two of his books have been translated into English: Last Night I Dreamt I Was a DJ (2014) and The End of the World Came to My Neighborhood (2022).P. Scott Cunningham is the author of Self-Portrait as the “i” in Florida (Autumn House, 2026), winner of Confirm dates and details on the official listing.