Juan Felipe Herrera with Farid Matuk - February 23, 2023

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Reading Series
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Poetry Center
Juan Felipe Herrera with Farid Matuk

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera begins with English and Spanish readings from Akrílica (2022), trading languages with translator Farid Matuk. Together, they also read Herrera’s poem "i am not a paid protestor," which Herrera terms a "duo poem" for two voices in dialogue with one another. Herrera closes out the reading with poems and remarks about mass shootings, classical music, space exploration, and human suffering and connection.

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Track Title
Welcome and Introduction to Farid Matuk
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by Tyler Meier

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Introduction to Juan Felipe Herrera and Akrílica
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by Farid Matuk

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"El Kaos Debajo De Los Botones / Acrílica en Azúl" / "The Chaos Beneath the Buttons / Acrylic in Blue"
Description

Spanish differs slightly from published version. English translation published with the title "The Chaos Beneath Buttons / Acrylic in Blue"; differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Herrera, Juan Felipe. Akrílica. Edited by Farid Matuk, Carmen Giménez, and Anthony Cody. Noemi Press, 2022.

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"Quentino" / "Quentino"
Description

Spanish differs slightly from published version. English differs from published version.

Citation

Herrera, Juan Felipe. Akrílica. Edited by Farid Matuk, Carmen Giménez, and Anthony Cody. Noemi Press, 2022.

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"Ella Quiere el Anillo como Aquél Quiere el Traje de la Cicatriz/Pero" / "She Wants The Ring Like That Guy Wants The Scar Suit/But"
Description

Spanish differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Herrera, Juan Felipe. Akrílica. Edited by Farid Matuk, Carmen Giménez, and Anthony Cody. Noemi Press, 2022.

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"Radio Couples" / "Radio Couples"
Description

English differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Herrera, Juan Felipe. Akrílica. Edited by Farid Matuk, Carmen Giménez, and Anthony Cody. Noemi Press, 2022.

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"i am not a paid protestor"
Description

Differs from published version.

Citation

Herrera, Juan Felipe. Every Day We Get More Illegal. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2020.

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On poetry and mass shootings
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"Mahler—Son Borne of the Street Song"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Herrera, Juan Felipe. "Mahler—Son Borne of the Street Song." Poetry magazine, vol. 222, no. 1, April 2023, p. 36.

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Track Title
"SunRiders"
Citation

Herrera, Juan Felipe. "SunRiders." Plume, no. 134, October 2022. Web. Accessed 1 March 2023.

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Juan Felipe Herrera
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
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Farid Matuk
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
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