Ofelia Zepeda - March 12, 2015

Date
Sponsors

UA American Indian Studies Department, UA Department of English, UA Poetry Center

Location
UA Poetry Center
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.

Tracks
Track Title
Welcome
Description

by Tyler Meier

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Introduction of the Poetics and Politics of Water Series and of Ofelia ("Liz") Zepeda
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by Larry Evers

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Introduction of Ofelia Zepeda
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by Ofelia ("Liz") Zepeda

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Opening Remarks and "O'odham Dances"
Description

Read in Tohono O'odham and English. Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Zepeda, Ofelia. Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert. Tucson & London: The University of Arizona Press, 1995.

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"The Place Where Clouds Are Formed"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Zepeda, Ofelia. Where Clouds Are Formed. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2008.

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"Ñeñe'i Ha-ṣa:gid / In the Midst of Songs"
Description

Read in Tohono O'odham and English.

Citation

Zepeda, Ofelia. Where Clouds Are Formed. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2008.

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"Traces"
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Zepeda, Ofelia. Where Clouds Are Formed. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2008.

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"Blessings for Water"
Description

Uncollected.

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"Sliver of a Moon"
Description

Uncollected.

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"The Legacy of Telephone Poles"
Description

Uncollected.

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Question and Answer Session
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Ofelia Zepeda
Photographer
Cybele Knowles
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