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Join us for an evening of poetry and conversation with Chloe Martinez and Ximena Gómez. Hosted by SWWIM as part of an ongoing series.

ABOUT CHLOE MARTINEZ: Chloe Martinez is a poet, a translator, and a scholar of South Asian religions. She is the author of the collection Ten Thousand Selves (The Word Works) and the chapbook Corner Shrine (Backbone Press). Her work has appeared in Ploughshares, POETRY, Prairie Schooner, Agni and elsewhere. She works at Claremont McKenna College. See more at www.chloeAVmartinez.com.

ABOUT XIMENA GÓMEZ: Ximena Gómez is a Colombian poet and translator, the author of Habitación con moscas and Cuando llegue la sequía(both by Ediciones Torremozas, Madrid), the bilingual poetry collection Último día / Last Day, as well as a joint collection with George Franklin, Conversaciones sobre agua / Conversations About Water (both by Katakana Editores). Her work has appeared in World Literature Today, Cagibi, Interim, Lunch Ticket, Círculo de Poesía, Nueva York Poetry Review, El Golem, and Hypermedia, among several others, and she has been included in various anthologies.  She is the Spanish translator of Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson and Una para los Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (both by Penguin Random House) and George Franklin's poetry collection, Among the Ruins / Entre las ruinas, (Katakana Editores). She was a contributing translator of 32 Poems/32 Poemas by Hyam Plutzik (Suburbano Ediciones). In 2018 she was a finalist for the Best of the Net; in 2024 she was a finalist for the Gabo prize in translation, awarded by Lunch Ticket Magazine, and a finalist for the Paz Prize hosted by National Poetry Series. She is currently a translation editor for Cagibi.

SWWIM (Supporting Women Writers in Miami) was co-founded by Jen Karetnick and Catherine Esposito Prescott. SWWIM publishes, promotes, and celebrates women-identifying writers and all gender-expansive definitions of that term with a year-round reading series held at The Betsy-South Beach in Miami Beach, FL and the online poetry journal SWWIM Every Day. 

Poems first published in SWWIM Every Day have been included in Best American Poetry and the Best American Poetry blog, Best of the Net, Best Spiritual Literature, The Orison Anthology, Poets.org, Poetry Daily, The Slowdown, Substack Reads, The Writer’s Almanac, and Women's Voices for Change, among other anthologies, podcasts, and columns, and have garnered Pushcart nominations from contributing editors.

Join us for an evening of poetry and conversation with Chloe Martinez and Ximena Gómez. Hosted by SWWIM as part of an ongoing series.

ABOUT CHLOE MARTINEZ: Chloe Martinez is a poet, a translator, and a scholar of South Asian religions. She is the author of the collection Ten Thousand Selves (The Word Works) and the chapbook Corner Shrine (Backbone Press). Her work has appeared in Ploughshares, POETRY, Prairie Schooner, Agni and elsewhere. She works at Claremont McKenna College. See more at www.chloeAVmartinez.com.

ABOUT XIMENA GÓMEZ: Ximena Gómez is a Colombian poet and translator, the author of Habitación con moscas and Cuando llegue la sequía(both by Ediciones Torremozas, Madrid), the bilingual poetry collection Último día / Last Day, as well as a joint collection with George Franklin, Conversaciones sobre agua / Conversations About Water (both by Katakana Editores). Her work has appeared in World Literature Today, Cagibi, Interim, Lunch Ticket, Círculo de Poesía, Nueva York Poetry Review, El Golem, and Hypermedia, among several others, and she has been included in various anthologies.  She is the Spanish translator of Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson and Una para los Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt (both by Penguin Random House) and George Franklin's poetry collection, Among the Ruins / Entre las ruinas, (Katakana Editores). She was a contributing translator of 32 Poems/32 Poemas by Hyam Plutzik (Suburbano Ediciones). In 2018 she was a finalist for the Best of the Net; in 2024 she was a finalist for the Gabo prize in translation, awarded by Lunch Ticket Magazine, and a finalist for the Paz Prize hosted by National Poetry Series. She is currently a translation editor for Cagibi.

SWWIM (Supporting Women Writers in Miami) was co-founded by Jen Karetnick and Catherine Esposito Prescott. SWWIM publishes, promotes, and celebrates women-identifying writers and all gender-expansive definitions of that term with a year-round reading series held at The Betsy-South Beach in Miami Beach, FL and the online poetry journal SWWIM Every Day. 

Poems first published in SWWIM Every Day have been included in Best American Poetry and the Best American Poetry blog, Best of the Net, Best Spiritual Literature, The Orison Anthology, Poets.org, Poetry Daily, The Slowdown, Substack Reads, The Writer’s Almanac, and Women's Voices for Change, among other anthologies, podcasts, and columns, and have garnered Pushcart nominations from contributing editors.

More about The Betsy-South Beach
The Betsy-South Beach is a luxury hotel on Ocean Drive that hosts the longest-running live music series on Miami Beach, with Latin Jazz on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. Listen along while dining in LT Steak & Seafood or enjoying a refreshing libation at the Bar.
When & Where
Apr 10, 2025, 7:00pm to 8:30pm Timezone: EDT
Free


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