Read By: Nicole Cecilia Delgado

Published: April 23, 2020, midnight

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Nicole Cecilia Delgado on her selection:

Conoc\\xed a \\xc1mbar Past hace m\\xe1s o menos diez a\\xf1os en San Crist\\xf3bal de las Casas, Chiapas, en donde me qued\\xe9 a vivir dos a\\xf1os. Fue una maestra esencial, no solo de c\\xf3mo hacer libros de poes\\xeda, sino de c\\xf3mo vivir con poco, en aislamiento, en contacto con la Naturaleza y en libertad. Vuelvo a su poes\\xeda cada vez que tengo que reconectar con la Animala, la Loba y la Huracana. Me prepara para estar sola y me ense\\xf1a a sobrevivir. Estos poemas est\\xe1n publicados en el libro Huracana, una antolog\\xeda que re\\xfane varios libros que fueron originalmente publicados en peque\\xf1as ediciones de artista.

I met \\xc1mbar Past about ten years ago in San Crist\\xf3bal de las Casas, Chiapas, where I lived for two years. She was an essential teacher, not only on how to make books of poetry, but how to live with little, in isolation, in contact with Nature and freedom. I return to her poetry every time I need to reconnect with la Animala, la Loba and la Huracana. Her work prepares me to be by myself and teaches me how to survive. These poems were published in her book Huracana, an anthology that brings together several books originally published in small artist editions.

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Music: "Shift of Currents" by Blue Dot Sessions // CC BY-NC 2.0

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