Mauricio Kilwein Guevara was born in Boyacá, Colombia and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He has published four collections of poetry and a book of translations in Spain. His magical realist comedy, The Last Bridge/El último puente, received a fully staged reading Off-Broadway. He taught fiction writing, poetry, and comedy for many years in the creative writing program at the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee. Mauricio will be performing new poetry as well as a few selections from earlier books.