>> So, what you just heard was a translation that JP and I, ANTENA Aire, collaborated
on from the book "Tela de cebolla," from Myriam's latino poem,
and we are going to do some reading right now from a book that I translated from Myriam
in Spanish, called, the book is called "Negro marfil," "Ivory Black."
But it was accompanied by a poetics project that the press Les Figues invited all
of the writers from that year's series series to put together.
We almost never had the chance to read from this,
so we thought we would take this opportunity to read a little bit of the poetics that came
from -- out of which Negro Marfil sprang.
Debemos compartir micrófono, porque compartimos libro.
>> Pero tú estás muy alta.
>> Está bien, le pondremos más chaparra, está bien.
>> But we have to read together.
>> I know.
Ok.
[ Laughs ]
[ Inaudible ]
>> I don't care.
>> Vamos aquí entonces.
[ Laughs ]
It's better?
>> Yeah.
>> Entonces, ¿sabes qué?
Cambiemos de lugar, porque [inaudible] este lado.
>> Eh, ahí me gustaría que traduzcas que cuando he dado talleres de creative writing,
a todos los estudiantes les digo que tengan cuidado con los adjetivos.
>> So, when I - Here she's asking me to interpret.
When I teach creative writing workshops, I always tell my students, be very,
very careful with your use of adjectives.
>> Y por otro lado - por otro lado, es que todavía no empiezo a leer el poema.
>> No, pero te pueden escuchar.
>> Por otro lado -
>> Si no, después, ya no quieren escuchar.
if it's not poetry you don't want to hear.
[ Laughs ]
>> Por otro lado, no se imaginan cuántas veces los periodistas en México me han preguntado qué
es poesía, como si yo tuviera solo una definición.
>> You can't imagine how many times Mexican journalists have asked me what is poetry,
as if I may just have a definition, just like that.
>> I decidí escribir este poema, pero, bueno,
después les digo cuál ha sido la reacción de los periodistas.
>> So then I decided to write this poem,
and then later I'll tell you what the journalists' reaction was.
[ Laughs ]
>> Naturaleza del poema.
Suicida, tóxica, rebelde.
>> The Nature of the Poem.
Suicidal, toxic, rebellious.
>> Concentrada, abierta, caradura.
>> Focused, open, brazen.
>> Fronteriza, desnuda, cortante.
>> Border-facing, naked, blade sharp.
>> Taciturna, inhalante, digresiva, cruel, adúltera, panteústa
>> Taciturn, inhalant, digressive, cruel, adulterous, pantheistic.
>> Necia, besante, jija.
>> Hard-headed, kiss-ready, bousy.
>> Masculina, detallada, detallista.
>> Masculine, detailed, detail-oriented.
>> Carroñera, festiva, mortifera, femenina, roja, punzante.
>> Carrion-devouring, festive, deathly, feminine, red, stabbing.
>> Herida, insana, contagiosa.
>> Wounded, unhealthy, contagious.
>> Indispuesta, hormonal, dormida, negra, sangrante, loba.
>> Indisposed, hormonal, asleep, black, bloddy, wolverine.
>> Despierta, insidiosa, turbia.
>> Awake, insidious, turbid.
>> Repentina, brutal, imprescindible.
>> Sudden, brutal, indispensable.
>> Mortal, bienaventurada, grosera, maternal, cicatera, zafia, rota, diva, divina.
>> Mortal, blessed, rude, maternal, stingy, bodacious, broken, diva, divine.
>> Elíptica, peregrina, ritual, raptora.
docta, obscena.
>> Elliptical, wandering, ritual, abducting, erudite, obscene,
>> Donosa, espectral, errática, celosa, cielosa, adorable.
>> Poised, spectral, erratic, full of jealousy, full of sky, adorable.
>> Ausente, lésbica, sibilina.
>> Absent, lesbian, subylline.
>> Guerrera, vesperal, dictadora, ladrona, sometida,
desollante, dramática, ascética, abrasiva.
>> Warlike, evening-like, dictator-like, thieving, subdued,
fleeing, dramatic, ascetic, abrasive.
>> Rompe huevos, brava, ocular.
>> Ball-busting, fierce, ocular.
>> Mísera, contenida, libre.
>> Wretched, contained, free.
>> Fluida, insoportable, portátil.
>> Fluid, unbearable, portable.
>> Alfa, auditiva, solitaria, danzante, eremita, cantable.
>> Alpha, auditory, solitary, dancing, reclusive, cantabile.
>> Corporal, álmica, vítrea, azul, latente, estremecida.
>> Corporeal, soulful, glassy, blue, latent, shuddering.
>> Monstruosa, oficiante, intrusa, envidiable, dadivosa, sacerdotal, rítmica, gestual, voraz.
>> Monstruous, officiating, intrusive, enviable, giving, priestly, rhythmic, gestural, voracious.
>> Mental, brillante, excesiva, secreta, implacable, diamantina.
>> Mental, brillant, excessive, secret, implacable, diamantine.
>> Imposible, maliciosa, zorra.
>> Impossible, malicious, sassy.
>> Entrometida, toscuda, intravenosa, lúdica, acrobática, melómana.
>> Meddlesome, dark, intravenous, ludic, acrobatic, music lover.
>> Arrogante, imprudente, impúdica, mentirosa, vacilante, astuta.
>> Arrogant, imprudent, shameless, lying, vacillating, astute.
>> Noble, tirana, obstinada.
>> Noble, tyrannical, obstinate.
>> Impulsiva, imantada, incisiva.
>> Impulsive, magnetized, incisive.
>> Fresca, aeróbica, juiciosa, esquizoide, impetuosa, temida, valiente, lenta, alcahueta.
>> Fresh, aerobic, judicious, schizoid, impetuous, dreaded, brave, slow, procuring.
>> Calmante, barroca, bipolar, colorista, memoriosa, celebratoria, aerostática,
afiebrada, fría, eyes turning back.
>> Soothing, baroque, bipolar, colourist, memorious, celebratory, aerostatic,
fevered, cold, ojos que vuelven atrás.
>> Dialéctica, permisiva, aérea, irreverente, versátil, incansable.
>> Dialectical, permissive, aerial, irreverent, versatile, tireless.
>> Polifónica, inventora, histérica, legendaria, artificiosa, diatónica.
>> Polyphonic, inventive, hysterical, legendary, crafty, diatonic.
>> Balbuciente, exhibicionista, neurótica.
>> Stammering, exhibitionist, neurotic.
>> Llevadera, nómada, insumisa.
>> Tolerable, nomadic, disobedient.
>> Lanzada, furcia, cautivante, asertiva, atrevida,
penetrable, huidiza, caliente, lenguaraz.
>> Intrepid, sassy, captivating, right-on, daring, penetrable, evasive, hot, insolent.
>> Pécora, esfinge, bachillera, vapososa, ciclónica, picante, sodomita, sísmica, embebida.
>> Wanton, enigmatic, learned, vaporous, cyclonic, spicy, sodomite, seismic, absorbed,
>> Paciente, movible, náufraga, grave, espinosa, curativa.
>> Patient, moveable, shipwrecked, serious, spiny, curative.
>> Muda, filtrante, visceral, iluminada, paciente, relativa.
>> Mute, filtering, visceral, illuminated, patient, relative.
>> Pérfida, reparadora, iluminante.
>> Treacherous, restorative, illuminating.
>> Vertida, piramidal, funesta.
>> Spilled, piramidal, baleful.
>> Fuereña, lea, gitana.
>> Foreign, audacious, gipsy.
>> Sucia, suelta, licenciosa, nunca absoluta.
>> Dirty, loose, licentious, never absolute.
>> And after that, the journalists said that, "Of all this, what is poetry?"
[ Laughs ]
[ Applause ]