Whispering to Fool the Wind: A Poetry Reading
Location
Beaman A&B
Presentation Type
Presentation
Start Date
23-9-2013 7:00 PM
Description
Only a few Chicano/a poets are regularly anthologized. Unfortunately, the work chosen, though beautifully written and culture-specific, is English-dominant and largely mirrors that of the Western canon. These poems educate the reader, but they don’t code-switch — a shuttling between various languages and various literary traditions. In his first book, Slow Lightning, Eduardo C. Corral braids English and Spanish, and flaunts the influence of Robert Hayden, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Bei Dao. During his reading, Corral will discuss how growing up bilingual and caught between two cultures prepared him to be a writer open to various linguistic approaches.
Recommended Citation
Corral, Eduardo C., "Whispering to Fool the Wind: A Poetry Reading" (2013). Humanities Symposium. 25.
https://repository.belmont.edu/humanities_symposium/2013/2013/25
Whispering to Fool the Wind: A Poetry Reading
Beaman A&B
Only a few Chicano/a poets are regularly anthologized. Unfortunately, the work chosen, though beautifully written and culture-specific, is English-dominant and largely mirrors that of the Western canon. These poems educate the reader, but they don’t code-switch — a shuttling between various languages and various literary traditions. In his first book, Slow Lightning, Eduardo C. Corral braids English and Spanish, and flaunts the influence of Robert Hayden, Gloria Anzaldúa, and Bei Dao. During his reading, Corral will discuss how growing up bilingual and caught between two cultures prepared him to be a writer open to various linguistic approaches.
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