Reina María Rodríguez


photo by Kris Dykstra

Reading at SUNY-Buffalo, April 12, 2000
Translations by Nancy Gates Madsen and Kristin Dykstra, as published in Violet Island and Other Poems (Green Integer, 2004).

1. The Islands / Las Islas (3:10)
    Translation read by Nancy Gates Madsen

2. Isle of Wight / La Isla de Wight (3:43)
    Translation read by Nancy Gates Madsen

3. Year's End: Wanted, Between Anne Frank and Me (2:19) (Tr. only)
    Read by Nancy Gates Madsen

4. I Lost a Word (1:08) (Tr. only)
    Read by Nancy Gates Madsen

5. Twilight's Idol (4:19) (Tr. only)
    Read by Nancy Gates Madsen

6. Violet Island (10:07)
    Translation read by Kristin Dykstra

7. Watery Light / Luz Acuosa (16:05)
    Translation read by Kristin Dykstra

8. A Girl Mad as Birds (1:51) (Tr. only)
    Read by Kristin Dykstra

9. The Artist (3:44) (Tr. only)
    Read by Kristin Dykstra

10. The Work (5:26) (Tr. only)
    Read by Kristin Dykstra

11. --at least, that's how he looked, backlit-- / --al menos, así lo veía a contra luz-- (6:33) (Spanish only)

Also of interest:
1. Laguna de los nenúfares (2:12): MP3 , RealAudio
2. La palabra jarra (2:27): MP3 , RealAudio
3. Bosque negro (1:32): MP3 , RealAudio
4. Infotur (1:49): MP3, RealAudio

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