Lit & Luz Keynote Address with Karen Villeda

Mexican poet Karen Villeda explores the edges between silence and speech in the 2026 Lit & Luz Festival keynote at Haymarket House. Responding to this year’s theme, Edge/Borde, she’ll debut a new text, “Something and Someone, Her and Her Rope,” alongside selections from her recently translated collection, String Theory / Teoría de cuerdas.

Through poetry, Villeda considers how borders and limits shape what we can express—and what remains unspoken. After the address, scholar Andrea Reed-Leal joins her for a conversation about her writing. Stay for a book signing and reception celebrating the festival week.

Presented in Spanish with simultaneous English interpretation.