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Las Puntuantes: Conferencia performática sobre la puntuación | Catedra José Emilio Pacheco con Verónica Gerber-Bicecci

Tue, Oct 27 · 6:00 PM Mexican Cultural Institute · Columbia Heights

Tuesday, October 27, 2026 | 6:00 PM Mexican Cultural Institute 2829 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009 IN SPANISH The Mexican Cultural Institute , in collaboration with the University of Maryland , presents Las puntuantes , a performance-lecture by Mexican writer and artist Verónica Gerber-Bicecci , as part of the Cátedra José Emilio Pacheco 2026. What can a punctuation mark do? What stories, pauses, silences, and possibilities can be found between one word and another? In Las puntuantes , Verónica Gerber-Bicecci explores punctuation from a literary and artistic perspective, examining…

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