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In this episode, Connor and Jack explore an the poem “Emplumada,” by Lorna Dee Cervantes. They discuss the poem’s ending, its ambiguity and beauty; how the poem might fit into a three-act structure; the poem’s negotiation with an oppressive history; the poem’s tonal distance between quiet and intensity; and, finally, hummingbirds and their possible mating practices? Read the poem below or here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50119/emplumada More on Cervantes: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/lorna-dee-cervantes Check out Cervantes’ collection, Emplumada, where this poem comes from: https://www.upress.pitt.edu/BookDetails.aspx?bookId=34371 Check out the referenced interview with Cervantes: http://opencourses.uoa.gr/modules/document/file.php/ENL9/Instructional%20Package/Texts//Readings/Chicana%20Movement-%20Further%20Reading/An%20Interview%20with%20Lorna%20Dee%20Cervantes.pdf Find us on facebook at: facebook.com/closetalking
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