Poet Juan Felipe Herrera - 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can't Cross The Border

[Annces]

187 Reasons Mexicanos Can't Cross The Border
Undocuments 1971-2007
Juan Felipe Herrera

Poetry reading
Monday, May 5th, 12:00 pm
San Francisco, CA: SFSU Poetry Center

Poetry Center, HUM 512, SFSU. Juan Felipe Herrera celebrates the release of 187 Reasons and Cinco de Mayo with live word and music performance with the Shambhalla Cruisers: Frances Wong and John Carlos Parea.

http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100576310

Wisconsin Public Radio Interview with Juan Felipe

http://clipcast.wpr.org:8080/ramgen/wpr/hoe/hoe080408k.rm

Wisconsin public radio page
http://www.wpr.org/hereonearth/archive_080408k.cfm

He is very inspiring.

[msedano]

1. definitely check out this poet... sample here

Here's a sample of herrera's work from La Bloga last year:
http://labloga.blogspot.com/2007/11/187-reasons-mexicanos-cant-cross-border.html

From that La Bloga column:
187 Reasons Mexicanos Can’t Cross The Border (Remix)
--Abutebaris modo subjunctivo denuo


Because Lou Dobbs has been misusing the subjunctive again
Because our suitcases are made with biodegradable maguey fibers
Because we still resemble La Malinche
Because multiplication is our favorite sport
Because we’ll dig a tunnel to Seattle
Because Mexico needs us to keep the peso from sinking
Because the Berlin Wall is on the way through Veracruz
Because we just learned we are Huichol
Because someone made our ID’s out of corn
Because our border thirst is insatiable
Because we’re on peyote & Coca-Cola & Banamex
Because it’s Indian land stolen from our mothers
Because we’re too emotional when it comes to our mothers
Because we’ve been doing it for over five hundred years already
Because it’s too easy to say “I am from here”

Many years ago, I shot JFH at the beginning of his career. Anyone happen to recognize the fellow in the leather coat?:

[Lost-in-FL]

2. No... but he's cute!!

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