Field Generator: New Orleans Reading Series w Victor Rodriguez Nunez & Katherine M. Hedeen
Sat, Aug 15
|The Tigermen Den
Join us in responding to a “field generator”—an offering from our headliner(s) in the form of a prompt, statement, ritual, or other creative exercise that inspires their work & thinking. Throw your name in the hat before each reading for a chance to share your original, generator-inspired piece
Time & Location
Aug 15, 2026, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
The Tigermen Den, 3113 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70117, USA
About the event
Víctor Rodríguez Núñez is one of Cuba’s most celebrated contemporary writers, with eighteen collections of poetry in Latin America and Spain.
This very special reading celebrates Victor's second visit to New Orleans. A city which thoroughly activates the poetic imagination. We are thrilled to host Victor in the enchanting main room of the Tigermen Den.
Katherine M. Hedeen is a prize-winning translator of Latin American poetry. She has translated more than thirty books by some of the most respected voices from the region into English.
Heeden has been a finalist for both the Best Translated Book Award and the National Translation Award. She is a recipient of the University of Wisconsin Press’s inaugural Poetry in Translation Prize, two National Endowment for the Arts Translation Project Fellowships, and a PEN Translates Award in the United Kingdom.
Heeden is an editor of the transnational and translational press Action Books. She resides in Ohio, where she is a professor of Spanish at Kenyon College, and in Havana, Cuba.
