Zepeda, Ofelia

Ofelia Zepeda

September 10, 2010

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Rodney Phillips

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Ofelia Zepeda

September 10, 2010

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Rodney Phillips

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Sherwin Bitsui, Ofelia Zepeda, and Alberto Ríos

September 10, 2010

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Rodney Phillips

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Ofelia Zepeda

March 11, 2015

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Cybele Knowles

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Ofelia Zepeda

February 24, 1992

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LaVerne Harrell Clark

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Martín Zícari, Gareth Smit, and Ofelia Zepeda

April 4, 2024

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Paola Valenzuela

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Ofelia Zepeda

April 4, 2024

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Paola Valenzuela

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Readings from this author

April 4, 2024 - The Place Where Clouds Are Formed

O'odham poets Ofelia Zepeda, Su:k Chu:vak Fulwilder, and Amber Lee Ortega read poems in English and O'odham from the exhibition The Place Where Clouds Are Formed (April 4-August 31, 2024). Their poems and commentary focus on O'odham identity, experiences including displacement and violence, the importance of honoring the desert, and the resilience of individuals and communities. Traditional religion and Catholicism are discussed throughout.

October 19, 2017 - Ofelia Zepeda

Ofelia Zepeda welcomes the audience to the 2017 Thinking Its Presence conference. She reads poems from Ocean Power (1995) and Where Clouds Are Formed (2008), along with several more recent poems.

March 12, 2015 - Ofelia Zepeda

Ofelia Zepeda reads from Ocean Power (1995) and Where Clouds Are Formed (2008); she also reads several new poems. Some poems are performed in Tohono O'odham and English.

January 26, 2011 - Ofelia Zepeda

Ofelia Zepeda reads primarily from her collections Ocean Power (1995) and Where Clouds are Formed (2008). She also reads from an unpublished essay and from her chapbook Jewed 'I-Hoi/Earth Movements (1997).

September 10, 2010 - Multilingual Poetry of the Southwest: Ofelia Zepeda

Ofelia Zepeda reads from her work in English and O'odham as part of a multilingual poetry reading also featuring Alberto Rios (reading in English and Spanish) and Sherwin Bitsui (reading in English and Navajo). The reading includes selections from Water, an artist book created by Karla Elling to commemorate the Poetry Center's 50th anniversary. "Water" features a chainlink of poetry composed and translated by Bitsui, Rios, Zepeda, and Zapotec poet Natalia Toledo.

March 15, 2009 - Ofelia Zepeda

Ofelia Zepeda reads from Where Clouds Are Formed (2008). This reading was originally given with Christopher Burawa.

October 23, 2008 - Ofelia Zepeda

Ofelia Zepeda reads from her collection Where Clouds Are Formed (2008). This reading was originally given with Luci Tapahonso.

September 25, 1996 - Ofelia Zepeda

Ofelia Zepeda reads from her poetry collections When It Rains, Papago and Pima Poetry = Mat hekid o ju, 'O'odham Na-cegitodag (1982), Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert (1995), and Jewed 'I-hoi, Earth Movements (1997). She reads the poems first in O'odham, and then in English.

February 24, 1992 - Ofelia Zepeda

Ofelia Zepeda reads from her poems in O'odham and in English. She also reads from an unfinished translation of a story originally told by an O'odham medicine man.