Lila Zemborain and Rosa Alcalá
Lila Zemborain and Rosa Alcalá
Reading Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009
- Welcome and Introduction
- "cuando la flor... / when the flower..."
- "si la mano de la historia... / if history's hand..."
- "la vida en las ciudades... / life in the city..."
- "la línea del horizonte... / the edge of the horizon..."
- "cielo mar cielo... / sky ocean sky..."
- Discussion about Ecology and Art
- "Confessional Poem"
- "Autobiography"
- "A Girl Leaves the Croft"
- "Governance"
- "Collaboration with Myself"
Welcome and Introduction-4390
Welcome by Gail Browne. Introduction by Bonnie Jean Michalski.
"cuando la flor... / when the flower..."-4391
Poem by Lila Zemborain, translated by Mónica de la Torre.
Annotation:
Zemborain, Lila. Mauve Sea-Orchids. Tr. Rosa Alcalá and Mónica de la Torre. New York: Belladonna Books, 2007.
"si la mano de la historia... / if history's hand..."-4392
Poem by Lila Zemborain, translated by Mónica de la Torre.
Annotation:
Zemborain, Lila. Mauve Sea-Orchids. Tr. Rosa Alcalá and Mónica de la Torre. New York: Belladonna Books, 2007.
"la vida en las ciudades... / life in the city..."-4393
Poem by Lila Zemborain, translated by Mónica de la Torre.
Annotation:
Zemborain, Lila. Mauve Sea-Orchids. Tr. Rosa Alcalá and Mónica de la Torre. New York: Belladonna Books, 2007.
"la línea del horizonte... / the edge of the horizon..."-4394
Poem by Lila Zemborain, translated by Rosa Alcalá.
Annotation:
Zemborain, Lila. Mauve Sea-Orchids. Tr. Rosa Alcalá and Mónica de la Torre. New York: Belladonna Books, 2007.
"cielo mar cielo... / sky ocean sky..."-4395
Poem by Lila Zemborain, translated by Rosa Alcalá.
Annotation:
Zemborain, Lila. Mauve Sea-Orchids. Tr. Rosa Alcalá and Mónica de la Torre. New York: Belladonna Books, 2007.
Discussion about Ecology and Art-4396
"Confessional Poem"-4397
Alcalá, Rosa. Undocumentaries. Exeter: Shearsman Books, 2010.
"Autobiography"-4398
Alcalá, Rosa. Undocumentaries. Exeter: Shearsman Books, 2010.
"A Girl Leaves the Croft"-4399
Alcalá, Rosa. Undocumentaries. Exeter: Shearsman Books, 2010.
"Governance"-4400
Alcalá, Rosa. Undocumentaries. Exeter: Shearsman Books, 2010.
"Collaboration with Myself"-4401
Unpublished poem by Lila Zemborain, read simultaneously by Zemborain and Alcalá in English and Spanish.
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Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): UA Poetry Center
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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