Rosa Alcala: Bodies, Presence, Performance
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Rosa Alcala\\u0301 curates poems in which the body plays a central role as a performing presence. She selects and shares Roberto Tejada\\u2019s exploration of control and surrender (\\u201cSun bursting as in water beads\\u201d), Rosmarie and Keith Waldrop\\u2019s stereophonic collaborative poem (\\u201cLight Travels\\u201d), and Black Took Collective\\u2019s daring, experimental performance piece on race and racism (\\u201cBetraying Blackness\\u201d). Alcala\\u0301 concludes by reading her poem \\u201cYou in Cutoffs,\\u201d which looks back at the self in the past, a body lifted above a crowd.
Watch the full recordings of Roberto Tejada, Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop, and Black Took Collective on Voca:
Roberto Tejada (2013)
Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop (2011)
Black Took Collective (2012)
You can also watch several readings by Rosa Alcala\\u0301 on Voca, including her most recent from 2020.\\xa0
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