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| Monday, May 3, 2010 9:22AM | | | | Poetry at the National Arts Club | Tags: Homer Aridjis, Ariel Dorfman, Cathy Park Hong, Marlene van Niekirk
| | | The Festival certainly has wonderful venues - the National Arts Club on Gramercy Park is wonderfully ornate with its red velvet and dark carved panelling. Again, an inspiring group of poets read - Homer Aridjis from Mexico, Ariel Dorfman of Chile, Cathy Park Hong, American and Marlene van Niekirk from South Africa.
When Homer Aridjis read from SOLAR POEMS, he spoke in such a beautiful voice, that even those of us who speak only a little Spanish, could understand him. He read Salute to the Sun and a poem Fig Trees, an elegy to his Greek father. His reader was like a child learning a lesson, which was somehow endearing, as if he were passing on to another generation all that he had... | | | | | |
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