Rosa Alcalá - November 19, 2009

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UA Poetry Center

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UA Poetry Center
Lila Zemborain and Rosa Alcalá

Lila Zemborain and Rosa Alcalá present their work as part of the Poetry Center's Fall 2009 sequence of themed readings, "Oh Earth, Wait for Me: Conversations about Art and Ecology." In the first half of the reading, Zemborain reads poems in Spanish and Alcalá reads their translations in English. Next, Alcalá reads her own poems. The performance closes with a poem read simultaneously in English and Spanish.

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Welcome and Introduction
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Welcome by Gail Browne. Introduction by Bonnie Jean Michalski.

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"cuando la flor... / when the flower..."
Description

Poem by Lila Zemborain, translated by Mónica de la Torre.

Citation

Zemborain, Lila. Mauve Sea-Orchids. Tr. Rosa Alcalá and Mónica de la Torre. New York: Belladonna Books, 2007.

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"si la mano de la historia... / if history's hand..."
Description

Poem by Lila Zemborain, translated by Mónica de la Torre.

Citation

Zemborain, Lila. Mauve Sea-Orchids. Tr. Rosa Alcalá and Mónica de la Torre. New York: Belladonna Books, 2007.

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"la vida en las ciudades... / life in the city..."
Description

Poem by Lila Zemborain, translated by Mónica de la Torre.

Citation

Zemborain, Lila. Mauve Sea-Orchids. Tr. Rosa Alcalá and Mónica de la Torre. New York: Belladonna Books, 2007.

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"la línea del horizonte... / the edge of the horizon..."
Description

Poem by Lila Zemborain, translated by Rosa Alcalá.

Citation

Zemborain, Lila. Mauve Sea-Orchids. Tr. Rosa Alcalá and Mónica de la Torre. New York: Belladonna Books, 2007.

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"cielo mar cielo... / sky ocean sky..."
Description

Poem by Lila Zemborain, translated by Rosa Alcalá.

Citation

Zemborain, Lila. Mauve Sea-Orchids. Tr. Rosa Alcalá and Mónica de la Torre. New York: Belladonna Books, 2007.

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Discussion about Ecology and Art
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"Confessional Poem"
Citation

Alcalá, Rosa. Undocumentaries. Exeter: Shearsman Books, 2010.

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"Autobiography"
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Alcalá, Rosa. Undocumentaries. Exeter: Shearsman Books, 2010.

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"A Girl Leaves the Croft"
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Alcalá, Rosa. Undocumentaries. Exeter: Shearsman Books, 2010.

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"Governance"
Citation

Alcalá, Rosa. Undocumentaries. Exeter: Shearsman Books, 2010.

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"Collaboration with Myself"
Description

Unpublished poem by Lila Zemborain, read simultaneously by Zemborain and Alcalá in English and Spanish.

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Lila Zemborain and Rosa Alcalá
Photographer
Rodney Phillips
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