UA Poetry Center
In this dual-language performance, Francisco X. Alarcón reads from Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation (1992) and Of Dark Love (1992). He also reads work and shares illustrations from five of his books of poetry for children. The poems in many of these books are presented in both Spanish and English. The reading closes with a selection of poems from an unpublished manuscript titled Life Song.
Introduction to the poem "Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón"
Alarcón, Francisco X. Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992.
Translated from the Nahuatl by Francisco X. Alarcón.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1992.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems / Jitomates risueños y otros poemas de primavera. Ill. Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1997.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems / Jitomates risueños y otros poemas de primavera. Ill. Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1997.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems / Jitomates risueños y otros poemas de primavera. Ill. Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1997.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems / Jitomates risueños y otros poemas de primavera. Ill. Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1997.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems / Jitomates risueños y otros poemas de primavera. Ill. Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1997.
Alarcón, Francisco X. From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems / Del ombligo de la luna y otros poemas de verano. Ill. Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1998.
Alarcón, Francisco X. From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems / Del ombligo de la luna y otros poemas de verano. Ill. Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1998.
Alarcón, Francisco X. From the Bellybutton of the Moon / Del ombligo de la luna. Ill. Maya Christina González. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1998.
Alarcón, Francisco X. From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems / Del ombligo de la luna y otros poemas de verano. Ill. Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1998.
Alarcón, Francisco X. From the Bellybutton of the Moon and Other Summer Poems / Del ombligo de la luna y otros poemas de verano. Ill. Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1998.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Laughing Tomatoes and Other Spring Poems / Jitomates risueños y otros poemas de primavera. Ill. Maya Christina Gonzalez. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1997.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Angels Ride Bikes and Other Fall Poems / Los ángeles andan en bicicleta y otros poemas de otoño. Ill. Maya Christina González. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1999.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Angels Ride Bikes and Other Fall Poems / Los ángeles andan en bicicleta y otros poemas de otoño. Ill. Maya Christina González. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1999.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Angels Ride Bikes and Other Fall Poems / Los ángeles andan en bicicleta y otros poemas de otoño. Ill. Maya Christina González. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 1999.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Iguanas in the Snow and Other Winter Poems / Iguanas en la nieve y otros poemas de invierno. Ill. Maya Christina González. San Francisco: Children's Book Press, 2001.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Poems to Dream Together / Poemas para soñar juntos. Ill. Paula Barragan. New York: Lee & Low Books, 2005.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Poems to Dream Together / Poemas para soñar juntos. Ill. Paula Barragan. New York: Lee & Low Books, 2005.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Poems to Dream Together / Poemas para soñar juntos. Ill. Paula Barragan. New York: Lee & Low Books, 2005.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Poems to Dream Together / Poemas para soñar juntos. Ill. Paula Barragan. New York: Lee & Low Books, 2005.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Poems to Dream Together / Poemas para soñar juntos. Ill. Paula Barragan. New York: Lee & Low Books, 2005.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Poems to Dream Together / Poemas para soñar juntos. Ill. Paula Barragan. New York: Lee & Low Books, 2005.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Poems to Dream Together / Poemas para soñar juntos. Ill. Paula Barragan. New York: Lee & Low Books, 2005.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Poems to Dream Together / Poemas para soñar juntos. Ill. Paula Barragan. New York: Lee & Low Books, 2005.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Of Dark Love / De amor oscuro. Santa Cruz: Moving Parts Press, 1992.
Alarcón, Francisco X. Of Dark Love / De amor oscuro. Santa Cruz: Moving Parts Press, 1992.
Unpublished.
From Life Song / Canto vivo.
Unpublished.
From Life Song / Canto vivo.
Unpublished.
From Life Song / Canto vivo.
Unpublished.
From Life Song / Canto vivo.
Unpublished.
From Life Song / Canto vivo.
Unpublished.
From Life Song / Canto vivo.
Unpublished.
From Life Song / Canto vivo.
