"Es el mundo
el que quema (y no el sol)
el que lava..."





"It's the world
that burns (and not the sun)
that cleanses..."




from Septiembre
by Dolores Dorantes
translated by Jen Hofer

"Seeds from before
the time of Christ"






from "History" by Demetria Martínez in Breathing between the Lines

"Massive fire turned a perilous trek deadly for border crossers"

Click on video "The Fire Within". Here is the link to the article: “On his way up Tecate Peak with six other migrants, Ramirez had stopped to pray at a statue of the Virgin of Guadalupe. But soon after they climbed over the border fence that Sunday, a Santa Ana blew in from the east, and they saw an orange glow rise up from the horizon. Flames raced toward them on 80-mph winds and the 'coyote' they'd hired to guide them into the United States took off, leaving them to face a blaze that was chewing up chaparral like a wild beast.”

from "Massive fire turned a perilous trek deadly for border crossers" in the LA Times.

joy harjo reading

*at 20:20 she plays a "traditional lakota women's love song" and then reads the poem "the myth of blackbirds," a poem from the woman who fell from the sky

lila downs

"The heavenly things ignite and freeze."




from "We Manage Most When We Manage Small" by Linda Gregg from Too Bright to See

"One day I dyed a baby goat bright red
with my red berries, just to see
something a little different."



from "Crusoe in England"
by Elizabeth Bishop