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.
by Tyler Meier
by Farid Matuk
Spanish differs slightly from published version. English translation published with the title "The Chaos Beneath Buttons / Acrylic in Blue"; differs slightly from published version.
Herrera, Juan Felipe. Akrílica. Edited by Farid Matuk, Carmen Giménez, and Anthony Cody. Noemi Press, 2022.
Spanish differs slightly from published version. English differs from published version.
Herrera, Juan Felipe. Akrílica. Edited by Farid Matuk, Carmen Giménez, and Anthony Cody. Noemi Press, 2022.
Spanish differs slightly from published version.
Herrera, Juan Felipe. Akrílica. Edited by Farid Matuk, Carmen Giménez, and Anthony Cody. Noemi Press, 2022.
English differs slightly from published version.
Herrera, Juan Felipe. Akrílica. Edited by Farid Matuk, Carmen Giménez, and Anthony Cody. Noemi Press, 2022.
Differs from published version.
Herrera, Juan Felipe. Every Day We Get More Illegal. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2020.
Differs slightly from published version.
Herrera, Juan Felipe. "Mahler—Son Borne of the Street Song." Poetry magazine, vol. 222, no. 1, April 2023, p. 36.
Herrera, Juan Felipe. "SunRiders." Plume, no. 134, October 2022. Web. Accessed 1 March 2023.
