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>>  EIGHT POET'S WORK IS TO

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NAME THE UNNAMEABLE TO TAKE

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SIDES START ARGUMENTS SHIP THE

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WORLD AND STOP IT FROM GOING TO

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SLEEP.

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CHICAGO POET DANIEL BORZUTZKY

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WRITING READS LIKE A

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GEOPOLITICAL NIGHTMARE TO SEE

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ACADEMIC JUSTICE BROUGHT TO HIS

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STUDENTS.

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AS PART OF OUR ONGOING LOOK

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AMONG THOSE AWARDED A

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FELLOWSHIP BY THE ILLINOIS ARTS

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COUNCIL AGENCY HERE IS WRITER

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DANIEL BORZUTZKY.

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>>  WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ECONOMIC

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AND EQUALITY THAT BEING

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SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS OUR

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SCHOOLS INEVITABLY THAT LEADS

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TO A CULTURAL INEQUALITY AS

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WELL.

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>>  WRITER DANIEL BORZUTZKY IS

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A PROFESSOR AT WRIGHT COLLEGE A

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CITY COLLEGE ON CHICAGO'S

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NORTHWEST SIDE.

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>>  IT IS AN INCREDIBLY DIVERSE

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PLACE.

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50 PERCENT OF OUR STUDENTS COME

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FROM LATINO BACKGROUNDS THEY

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ARE NOT EXPECTED TO GO TO

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COLLEGE AND DO WELL.

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>>  EDWIN DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS

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A LINGUAL LIST.

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HIS POETIC BIRTH CAME THROUGH

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THE CAFI.

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HE DOES NOT SHY AWAY FROM HIS

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HERITAGE AND CLAIMING IT AS

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SOMETHING TO WRITE ABOUT BUT IN

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NO WAY DOES HE LET IT FIND HIM.

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>>  POET EDWIN TORRES IS A NEW

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YORK PUERTO RICAN POET.

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TORRES HAS PERFORMED AROUND THE

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COUNTRY BEEN FEATURED

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EVERYWHERE FROM MTV AND

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PROFILED IN NEWSWEEK.

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>>  MANDELA SPEAK SO TO SPLITS

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THE TIME IN DUBAI COASTAL

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>>  I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR

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US ESPECIALLY AS EDWIN WAS

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PERFORMING IN SPANISH AND

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ENGLISH NOT NORMAL THAT THEY

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GET TO EXPERIENCE SOMEONE LIKE

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EDWIN WHO IS REALLY VALIDATING

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THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE AND THEIR

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OWN LIVES AND THEIR OWN

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HISTORY, ESPECIALLY WITH THINGS

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CONCERNING LANGUAGE.

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>>  I DON'T KNOW IF I APPROACH

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A BODY OF WORK IS NECESSARILY A

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BOOK X IT'S MUCH EASIER FOR

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PLACES AT NORTHWESTERN AND THE

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UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO TO BE

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ABLE TO ATTRACT AND BRING IN

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AND PAY FOR THESE WONDERFUL

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ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD.

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>>  THE ON THE CLASSROOM AND

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ACCOMPLISH POET WITH A NUMBER

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OF BOOKS IN PRINT.

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HIS PARENTS ARE FROM CHILE.

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HAVING LEFT THE DICTATORSHIP OF

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GENERAL AUGUSTO PINOCHET CHILE.

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>>  ONE OF THE THINGS I AM

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THINKING ABOUT IS THE

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INTERCONNECTEDNESS BETWEEN MY

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LIFE AND CHICAGO AND MY PERHAPS

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IMAGINARY LIFE IN CHILE.

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CHICAGO A LATIN AMERICAN CITY.

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CHICAGO COUNTRY.

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DISAPPEARANCE IN BOTH PLACES.

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REMAINS IN A DESERT BUT WAS

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PARTIALLY IN CHILE AND

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PARTIALLY IN ARIZONA.

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WAS I HAD DISAPPEARED BODY

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TOSSED OUT OF AN AIRPLANE BY A

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DICTATORSHIP OR A MIGRANT BODY

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WHO DIED OF DEHYDRATION?

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MANY WERE DROPPED INTO THE

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DESERT IN NORTHERN CHILE AND

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STATES WE ARE KIND OF HAVING A

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DISAPPEARANCES.

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THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF UNCLAIMED

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MIGRANT BODIES OF PEOPLE TRYING

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TO CROSS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA

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INTO THE UNITED STATES.

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>>  ALSO A PUBLISHED TRANSLATOR

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OF CONTEMPORARY LATIN AMERICAN

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WRITING.

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>>  WRITING SUCCESSES DON'T

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COME FROM THE WRITING ON THEIR

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OWN.

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NOT LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES

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TO PROMOTE OTHER WRITERS AND TO

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PUBLISH OTHER WRITERS OR

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TRANSLATE OTHER WRITERS.

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KIND OF IN DIALOGUE WITH ALL

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THESE PEOPLE WHO I RESPECT AND

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CARE ABOUT.

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JUST TO GET STRAIGHT INTO THE

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DIFFICULT QUESTION

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>>  HIS WORK AS A TRANSLATOR A

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POLITICALLY BRAVE POET HAS

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GIVEN HIM THE CONFIDENCE TO

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EXPLORE THE THEMES OF ANY

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QUALITY AND VIOLENCE WHETHER

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CHILE OR CHICAGO.

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>>  HOW YOU 10 TO REPRESENT

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THINGS WHICH ARE WORKING AS A

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PUBLIC EMPLOYEE IN CHICAGO

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WATCHING THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT

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CHICAGO IS DETERIORATING THAT

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PUBLIC SERVICE IN PUBLIC

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EDUCATION ARE DETERIORATING,

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WATCHING OUR EXCESSIVE TURNS TO

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PRIVATIZATION, ALL OF THOSE ARE

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THINGS I AM WRITING ABOUT ALL

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OF THE TIME I'M THINKING ABOUT

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CHICAGO AS HIS PLACE WHERE

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THERE IS GREAT VIOLENCE.

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WHERE THERE IS MILES AND MILES

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OF ABANDONED COMMUNITIES.

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A PLACE OF POLITICAL VIOLENCE

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AND INEQUALITY IS ONE WHICH I

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AM INTERESTED IN WRITING ABOUT

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AND IN WHICH MY ONLY

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DOCUMENTING.>>  DANIEL

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BORZUTZKY MOST RECENT BOOK IS A

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BOOK OF INTERFERING BODIES.

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HE'S GIVING PUBLIC READINGS ON

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THE 19TH AND 20TH OF THIS

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MONTH.

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FOR INFORMATION VISIT OUR

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