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Inside the Poeta’s Studio

just got through Conversations with Ilan Stavans and i definitely recommend it to anyone that is interested on the current and future direction of latino/hispanic art in the united states.

lemme tell ya, if i couldnt be a poet i would definitely want to be an interviewer. i’ve only moderated one actual live Q&A and had a blast doing it. on the sneak, i have been part of a few panels where the questions where going straight to hell and everybody was on the verge of going to sleep. at that point i either ask the audience, the other panelists or even myself some stuff and then try to shape where it goes from there… manda todo in effect!

back to reality, there is one question that Ilan asks Ariel Dorfman that is still messing with my head:

“Henry James once tried to describe the difference between the first, original tongue, and its counterpart, the second, acquired one. He called the first the mother tongue and the second the wife or mistress tongue. It was a logical approach: James happened to be addressing someone who had English as a second tongue, and he said, memorably, that English behaves as a mistress– it will be loyal to you if you take care of her, but it will betray you, be angry and offensive, if you misbehave. Taking that as a starting point, could you describe what Spanish means to you and likewise English? How do they behave toward you and you toward them? Which one would you rather have in an intimate moment? Which is a language of fury and which is the language of dreams?”

what about it y’all, thoughts, ideas, cake?

co·nun·drum

nyc is currently hotter than hell in september

my job places air conditioning very VERY high on its wish list

my body has placed caffeine very VERY high on its now list

i have placed sleep very VERY high on my sleep, what is this sleep you speak of? list

i have placed greeting the dawn very VERY high on my need it like i need oxygen list

solution: café con leche which should never be mistaken for a latte or any thing else you get at starbucks but is very close to a super sweet cafe au lait which is a truly civilized form of caffeinated goodness

results: breaking a slight sweat jus standing still but feelin all kinds of bettah

Good Morning, South Bronx!

stright up, the attendance for the last acentos was pitiful which is a dman shame considering the fact that our feature, juan antonio, kicked major ass. no grudges, no worries, c’mon thru for tonights edition and we’ll call it even.

hmmmkkk?

Tuesday, September 13 @ 7:00pm
ACENTOS
The Bruckner Bar & Grill
1 Bruckner Boulevard (Corner of 3rd Ave)
The Uptown’s Best Open Mic & featuring JENNIFER CENDAÑA ARMAS

Jennifer Cendaña Armas is an actor, dancer, singer, writer, violinist, and community worker from Corona/Jackson Heights, Queens. Her poetry has been featured nationwide and in England, including the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, L.A.’s World Stage, Boston’s Lizard Lounge, London’s Speakeasy, Ladyfest Bristol, and the Black Family Channel’s “Spoken.” Publications include AWOL, NYU’s Review of Law and Social Change, X Magazine, Aesthetica Magazine, and Monsoon. Jennifer works with youth on the Lower East Side and teaches arts/activism/politics workshops in schools, prisons, and community-based organizations throughout the country. She is part of the Blackout Arts Collective and Mango Tribe families.

6 Train to 138th Street Station
Hosted by Oscar Bermeo
FREE! ($5 Suggested Donation)
http://www.louderarts.com/acentos

Coming from Manhattan: Exit by the last car on the 6. Take the exit
to your left, go up the stairs to your right to exit at Lincoln
Avenue. Walk down Lincoln about 5 blocks to Bruckner Blvd, turn right
on Bruckner past the bike shop. The Bruckner Bar & Grill is on the
corner. For more directions, please call 718.665.2001.