Homero Aridjis is a treasure.
He has a long and distinguished career
both as a poet, a novelist, a diplomat, an environmentalist,
and an activist.
He is president of the International PEN club.
He's been visiting professor at a number of Mexican
and American University including
my alma mater, Indiana University, NYU, and Columbia.
He's won numerous prizes for his poetry and his fiction,
and has--
as I said-- a long, distinguished career as a poet.
We're here tonight to celebrate the publication
of his new bilingual anthology of poetry
bringing together the summa of his work over the last decades,
Ojos de otro mirar, Eyes to See Otherwise.
And the real beauty of tonight's event
is to listen to Homero read, and therefore, I'm
going to ask him to come forward.
Welcome with me Homero Aridjis.
[APPLAUSE]