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"The very existence of poetry should make us laugh. What is it all about? What is it for?"
--Kenneth Koch
“El subtítulo ‘Modelo para armar’ podría llevar a creer que las
diferentes partes del relato, separadas por blancos, se proponen como piezas permutables.”
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27 jun 2011
Nuestro Flamenco
The Spanish radio program "Nuestro flamenco," to which I listen to religiously on podcast, features a section devoted to listener questions. I wrote one in, about how to learn to distinguish between different palos or styles, and they answered my question in the program of 6/22, recommending the 12-disk box set "Enciclopedia de los estilos flamencos." I was very moved to hear my name mentioned and my question answered so respectfully, with three or four musical selections. I never expected the program to answer my question in particular.
That was indeed sweet. (Link to podcast -- the program is labeled 6/23 here.) I've become fond of this, from the opening tritone to the formal tones of the announcer and of course the music. I like the way he pauses before butchering your name -- not, one senses, out of uncertainty, but to savor the incongruity.
ResponderEliminarYou should write in a question to see how they pronounce your name.
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