The World in Red and Black: A (video) Reading with Four Oaxaca Poets

The náhuatl phrase for red and black ink signifies the power and permanence of the written word, of poetry. In this video, made expressly for this year’s NOPF by Cannonball Statman, four poets from the state of Oaxaca, read their poems written in Spanish, Zapotec, and English The work reflects on transcendence and language, the influence of landscape, and of immanence and cultural border crossing. The video will be introduced by poet Rodger Kamenetz who will then follow the video leading a short Q and A.