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>> So, what you just heard was a translation
that JP and I, ANTENA Aire, collaborated

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on from the book "Tela de
cebolla," from Myriam's latino poem,

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and we are going to do some reading right
now from a book that I translated from Myriam

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in Spanish, called, the book is
called "Negro marfil," "Ivory Black."

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But it was accompanied by a poetics project
that the press Les Figues invited all

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of the writers from that year's series
series to put together.

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We almost never had the chance
to read from this,

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so we thought we would take this opportunity
to read a little bit of the poetics that came

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from -- out of which Negro Marfil sprang.

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Debemos compartir micrófono,
porque compartimos libro.

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>> Pero tú estás muy alta.

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>> Está bien, le pondremos
más chaparra, está bien.

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>> But we have to read together.

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>> I know.

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Ok.

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[ Laughs ]

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[ Inaudible ]

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>> I don't care.

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>> Vamos aquí entonces.

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[ Laughs ]

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It's better?

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>> Yeah.

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>> Entonces, ¿sabes qué?

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Cambiemos de lugar, porque
[inaudible] este lado.

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>> Eh, ahí me gustaría que traduzcas que
cuando he dado talleres de creative writing,

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a todos los estudiantes les digo que
tengan cuidado con los adjetivos.

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>> So, when I - Here she's
asking me to interpret.

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When I teach creative writing workshops,
I always tell my students, be very,

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very careful with your use of adjectives.

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>> Y por otro lado - por otro lado, es
que todavía no empiezo a leer el poema.

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>> No, pero te pueden escuchar.

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>> Por otro lado -

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>> Si no, después, ya no quieren escuchar.

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if it's not poetry you don't want to hear.

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[ Laughs ]

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>> Por otro lado, no se imaginan cuántas veces
los periodistas en México me han preguntado qué

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es poesía, como si yo tuviera
solo una definición.

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>> You can't imagine how many times Mexican
journalists have asked me what is poetry,

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as if I may just have a definition,
just like that.

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>> I decidí escribir este poema, pero, bueno,

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después les digo cuál ha sido
la reacción de los periodistas.

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>> So then I decided to write this poem,

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and then later I'll tell you what
the journalists' reaction was.

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[ Laughs ]

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>> Naturaleza del poema.

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Suicida, tóxica, rebelde.

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>> The Nature of the Poem.

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Suicidal, toxic, rebellious.

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>> Concentrada, abierta, caradura.

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>> Focused, open, brazen.

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>> Fronteriza, desnuda, cortante.

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>> Border-facing, naked, blade sharp.

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>> Taciturna, inhalante, digresiva,
cruel, adúltera, panteústa

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>> Taciturn, inhalant, digressive,
cruel, adulterous, pantheistic.

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>> Necia, besante, jija.

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>> Hard-headed, kiss-ready, bousy.

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>> Masculina, detallada, detallista.

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>> Masculine, detailed, detail-oriented.

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>> Carroñera, festiva, mortifera,
femenina, roja, punzante.

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>> Carrion-devouring, festive,
deathly, feminine, red, stabbing.

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>> Herida, insana, contagiosa.

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>> Wounded, unhealthy, contagious.

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>> Indispuesta, hormonal,
dormida, negra, sangrante, loba.

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>> Indisposed, hormonal,
asleep, black, bloddy, wolverine.

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>> Despierta, insidiosa, turbia.

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>> Awake, insidious, turbid.

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>> Repentina, brutal, imprescindible.

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>> Sudden, brutal, indispensable.

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>> Mortal, bienaventurada, grosera,
maternal, cicatera, zafia, rota, diva, divina.

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>> Mortal, blessed, rude, maternal,
stingy, bodacious, broken, diva, divine.

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>> Elíptica, peregrina, ritual, raptora.

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docta, obscena.

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>> Elliptical, wandering, ritual,
abducting, erudite, obscene,

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>> Donosa, espectral, errática,
celosa, cielosa, adorable.

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>> Poised, spectral, erratic, full
of jealousy, full of sky, adorable.

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>> Ausente, lésbica, sibilina.

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>> Absent, lesbian, subylline.

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>> Guerrera, vesperal, dictadora,
ladrona, sometida,

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desollante, dramática, ascética, abrasiva.

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>> Warlike, evening-like,
dictator-like, thieving, subdued,

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fleeing, dramatic, ascetic, abrasive.

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>> Rompe huevos, brava, ocular.

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>> Ball-busting, fierce, ocular.

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>> Mísera, contenida, libre.

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>> Wretched, contained, free.

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>> Fluida, insoportable, portátil.

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>> Fluid, unbearable, portable.

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>> Alfa, auditiva, solitaria,
danzante, eremita, cantable.

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>> Alpha, auditory, solitary,
dancing, reclusive, cantabile.

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>> Corporal, álmica, vítrea,
azul, latente, estremecida.

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>> Corporeal, soulful, glassy,
blue, latent, shuddering.

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>> Monstruosa, oficiante, intrusa, envidiable,
dadivosa, sacerdotal, rítmica, gestual, voraz.

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>> Monstruous, officiating, intrusive, enviable,
giving, priestly, rhythmic, gestural, voracious.

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>> Mental, brillante, excesiva,
secreta, implacable, diamantina.

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>> Mental, brillant, excessive,
secret, implacable, diamantine.

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>> Imposible, maliciosa, zorra.

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>> Impossible, malicious, sassy.

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>> Entrometida, toscuda, intravenosa,
lúdica, acrobática, melómana.

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>> Meddlesome, dark, intravenous,
ludic, acrobatic, music lover.

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>> Arrogante, imprudente, impúdica,
mentirosa, vacilante, astuta.

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>> Arrogant, imprudent, shameless,
lying, vacillating, astute.

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>> Noble, tirana, obstinada.

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>> Noble, tyrannical, obstinate.

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>> Impulsiva, imantada, incisiva.

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>> Impulsive, magnetized, incisive.

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>> Fresca, aeróbica, juiciosa, esquizoide,
impetuosa, temida, valiente, lenta, alcahueta.

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>> Fresh, aerobic, judicious, schizoid,
impetuous, dreaded, brave, slow, procuring.

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>> Calmante, barroca, bipolar, colorista,
memoriosa, celebratoria, aerostática,

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afiebrada, fría, eyes turning back.

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>> Soothing, baroque, bipolar, colourist,
memorious, celebratory, aerostatic,

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fevered, cold, ojos que vuelven atrás.

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>> Dialéctica, permisiva, aérea,
irreverente, versátil, incansable.

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>> Dialectical, permissive, aerial,
irreverent, versatile, tireless.

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>> Polifónica, inventora, histérica,
legendaria, artificiosa, diatónica.

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>> Polyphonic, inventive, hysterical,
legendary, crafty, diatonic.

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>> Balbuciente, exhibicionista, neurótica.

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>> Stammering, exhibitionist, neurotic.

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>> Llevadera, nómada, insumisa.

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>> Tolerable, nomadic, disobedient.

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>> Lanzada, furcia, cautivante,
asertiva, atrevida,

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penetrable, huidiza, caliente, lenguaraz.

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>> Intrepid, sassy, captivating, right-on,
daring, penetrable, evasive, hot, insolent.

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>> Pécora, esfinge, bachillera, vapososa,
ciclónica, picante, sodomita, sísmica, embebida.

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>> Wanton, enigmatic, learned, vaporous,
cyclonic, spicy, sodomite, seismic, absorbed,

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>> Paciente, movible, náufraga,
grave, espinosa, curativa.

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>> Patient, moveable, shipwrecked,
serious, spiny, curative.

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>> Muda, filtrante, visceral,
iluminada, paciente, relativa.

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>> Mute, filtering, visceral,
illuminated, patient, relative.

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>> Pérfida, reparadora, iluminante.

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>> Treacherous, restorative, illuminating.

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>> Vertida, piramidal, funesta.

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>> Spilled, piramidal, baleful.

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>> Fuereña, lea, gitana.

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>> Foreign, audacious, gipsy.

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>> Sucia, suelta, licenciosa, nunca absoluta.

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>> Dirty, loose, licentious, never absolute.

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>> And after that, the journalists said
that, "Of all this, what is poetry?"

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[ Laughs ]

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[ Applause ]