Homero Aridjis - February 5, 2003

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UA Poetry Center

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Modern Languages Auditorium
Homero Aridjis

Mexican poet Homero Aridjis reads work reflecting his environmental activism and engagement with Mexican history, drawn from his 2001 bilingual publication Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes to See Otherwise: Selected Poems. The English translations of Aridjis's poems (by Eliot Weinberger, George McWhirter, and Betty Ferber) are read aloud by Alison Hawthorne Deming.

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Introduction
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by Malcolm Compitello

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"Cirabel"
Citation

Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"Buenos días a los seres / Morning to the Beings"
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English translation by Eliot Weinberger.

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Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"A una mariposa monarca / To a Monarch Butterfly"
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English translation by George McWhirter.

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Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"Un conquistador anónimo recuerda... / An Anonymous Conquistador Recalls..."
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English translation by George McWhirter.

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Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"Vientos de piedra / Winds of Stone"
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English translation by Betty Ferber.

Citation

Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"Un día un hombre olvida / One Day a Man Forgets"
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English translation by George McWhirter.

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Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"Las palabras no dicen / Words Cannot Tell"
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English translation by George McWhirter and Betty Ferber.

Citation

Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"Moctezuma y los tamemes / Moctezuma and His Bearers"
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English translation by George McWhirter.

Citation

Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"Límites, jaulas, y paredes / Borders, Cages and Walls"
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English translation by George McWhirter.

Citation

Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"Un poema de amor / A Love Poem"
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English translation by George McWhirter.

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Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"Sobre ángeles, IX / About Angels, IX"
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English translation by George McWhirter.

Citation

Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"Autoretrato a los seis años / Self-Portrait at Six Years of Age"
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English translation by George McWhirter.

Citation

Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"Autoretrato a los trece años / Self-Portrait at Thirteen Years of Age"
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English translation by George McWhirter.

Citation

Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"Autoretrato a los cincuenta y cuatro años / Self-Portrait at Fifty-Four Years of Age"
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English translation by George McWhirter.

Citation

Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"Pesos y medidas del ojo / Weights and Measures for the Eye"
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Section 2 of the long poem "Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes to See Otherwise." English translation by George McWhirter.

Citation

Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"The Eye of the Whale"
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English translation of "El ojo de la ballena," by George McWhirter.

Citation

Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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"El ojo de la ballena"
Citation

Aridjis, Homero. Ojos de otro mirar / Eyes To See Otherwise. Ed. Betty Ferber & George McWhirter. Manchester: Carcanet Press, 2001.

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Homero Aridjis
Photographer
Christine Krikliwy
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