Archive for October, 2006

Border Policies Claim the Lives of 205 Migrants in Arizona Alone

Sunday, October 29th, 2006

Released recently from los compañeros de la Coalición de Derechos Hermanos:
In the fiscal year that began on October 1, 2005 and ended on September 30, 2006, two hundred five migrant deaths were documented in Arizona. Numbers from the Pima, Yuma, and Cochise County 152 males, 48 females, and 5 individuals whose gender is still [...]

An American Poet in Mexico

Tuesday, October 17th, 2006

The sixth and last installment of my series of articles for The Noise. Fotos by Bart Pogoda.
Poco a poco se anda lejos.
–dicho mexicano
We’re practicing personal pronouns when it pops out of Yared’s mouth. “The fan writes a circle!” he cries, fully aware that in my fourth grade classroom, we raise our hands when we would [...]

Will Presidente Fox Massacre the Teachers?

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

If he turns the guns on the teachers,
the students will again learn the lesson
taught by men with guns
to students with pencils.
It’s octubre, the Mexican season of massacre.
Every year on the night of the second
a long shudder rolls up the rocky spine
of the continental divide
from somewhere in Chiapas near the sea
through Oaxaca and Puebla down into
the [...]

Poesía en Voz Alta

Saturday, October 7th, 2006

English translation of this post.
Más noticias de poesía slam mexicano.
Lo encontré un poco tarde, pero lo encontré de todos modos. El festival de la UNAM que se llama “Poesía en Voz Alta” ya empezó el jueves pasado. Más información está desponible en el sitio del Casa del Lago.
Este año tienen por lo menos un [...]

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