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A panel of experts will discuss the poetry traditions of the United States and Mexico and the literary exchanges between the two countries, shedding light on the historical, political and cultural heritages of both nations.

The panel discussion at the Library of Congress, titled “Frontera Sin Frontera,” will start at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 4, in the Mumford Room on the sixth floor of the James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C. Book sales and a signing will follow the discussion.

The event is sponsored by the Library’s Poetry and Literature Center and co-sponsored by the Library’s Hispanic Division. The discussion is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are needed.

Panelists include Jeannette Clairon, co-editor (with Harold Bloom) of a forthcoming anthology of American poets; Mónica de la Torre, co-editor of “Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry”; Rafael Pérez-Torres, author of “Movements in Chicano Poetry: Against Myths, Against Margins” and co-editor of “The Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlán 1970-2000”; and Mexican poet Pedro Serrano. The panel will be moderated by Luis Alberto Ambroggio, poet and member of the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (North American Academy of the Spanish Language).

Panelists will focus on the ways in which American poets reach Mexican audiences and vice versa, through the publication of recent anthologies in both countries. It will also address the particular challenge Chicano poets face, with the influence of both traditions.