In this trilingual event, Zapotec-language poet Natalia Toledo and translator Clare Sullivan read from Toledo's The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems (2015) and a forthcoming collection titled Deche bitoope / El dorso del cangrejo / Carapace Dancer. All poems are read in Zapotec (Toledo's originals), Spanish (translated by Toledo) and English (translated from the Spanish by Sullivan). Toledo reads from Mexico City via Zoom.
by Tyler Meier
by Paola Valenzuela
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Toledo, Natalia. The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems. Translated by Clare Sullivan. Los Angeles: Phoneme Media, 2015.
English differs slightly from published version.
Toledo, Natalia. "The Zapotec." Translated by Clare Sullivan. Modern Poetry in Translation, no. 2, 2021. Citation available for English version only.
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Toledo, Natalia. "Olga." Asymptote Journal. Web. Accessed 3 May 2024. (Spanish version)
Toledo, Natalia. "Olga." Asymptote Journal. Web. Accessed 3 May 2024. (Zapotec version)
Toledo, Natalia. "Olga." Translated by Irma Pineda and Clare Sullivan. Asymptote Journal. Web. Accessed 3 May 2024. (English version)
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Toledo, Natalia. "Riuunda’ ndaya." Asymptote Journal. Web. Accessed 3 May 2024.
Toledo, Natalia. "Oración." Asymptote Journal. Web. Accessed 3 May 2024.
Toledo, Natalia. "Prayer." Translated by Irma Pineda and Clare Sullivan. Asymptote Journal. Web. Accessed 3 May 2024.
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Toledo, Natalia. The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems. Translated by Clare Sullivan. Los Angeles: Phoneme Media, 2015.
English differs slightly from published version.
Toledo, Natalia. The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems. Translated by Clare Sullivan. Los Angeles: Phoneme Media, 2015.
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Toledo, Natalia. The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems. Translated by Clare Sullivan. Los Angeles: Phoneme Media, 2015.
Toledo, Natalia. The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems. Translated by Clare Sullivan. Los Angeles: Phoneme Media, 2015.
Toledo, Natalia. The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems. Translated by Clare Sullivan. Los Angeles: Phoneme Media, 2015.
Toledo, Natalia. "Lidxie be'ñe' / Lagartera / Alligator Home." Translated from Spanish to English by Clare Sullivan. The North American Review, vol. 304, no. 4, Fall 2019. Web. Accessed 13 May 2024.
English differs slightly from published version.
Toledo, Natalia. "Dxiibi." Plume, Issue 116, April 2021. Web. Accessed 7 May 2024.
Toledo, Natalia. "Pánico." Plume, Issue 116, April 2021. Web. Accessed 7 May 2024.
Toledo, Natalia. "Panic." Translated by Irma Pineda and Clare Sullivan. Plume, Issue 116, April 2021. Web. Accessed 7 May 2024.
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Toledo, Natalia. "Family." Translated by Clare Sullivan. Modern Poetry in Translation, no. 2, 2021. Citation available for English version only.
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Toledo, Natalia. The Black Flower and Other Zapotec Poems. Translated by Clare Sullivan. Los Angeles: Phoneme Media, 2015.
Toledo, Natalia. "Intitulado." Asymptote Journal. Web. Accessed 7 May 2024. (Zapotec version)
Toledo, Natalia. "Intitulado." Asymptote Journal. Web. Accessed 7 May 2024. (Spanish version)
Toledo, Natalia. "Untitled." Translated by Irma Pineda and Clare Sullivan. Asymptote Journal. Web. Accessed 7 May 2024.
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Uncollected.
