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The Poet Mariachi
The week before that whole hurricane business the library had a visit from the Poet Mariachi himself, dynamic South Texas syllable-slinger Daniel García Ordaz. He's a high school teacher and a spoken-word activist who has organized readings to raise funds for HIV-AIDS patients.
Not only that, but he's the one who put together the Rio Grande Valley Poetry Pachanga, wherein poets of all literary shapes and sizes take the mic and read for appreciative audiences.
García's book You Know What I'm Sayin'? is a rollicking trip through a restless mind. The poet captures the Tex-Mex idiom and takes it for a ride. There are a lot of language crashes where Spanish and English thump on each other merrily. His first collection of poems describes itself as "a celebration of the common experience of language and culture, transfiguring time and place and juxtaposing the politics of urban hip-hop America with the sociology of rural deep South Texas, a retelling of ancient history sung by a contemporary voice."
He's got a great ear for American voices, this poet, but don't take my word for it. You can see him perform the title poem of the book in a TV interview taped shortly before his library appearances.
The Poet Mariachi
July 29, 2008
The week before that whole hurricane business the library had a visit from the Poet Mariachi himself, dynamic South Texas syllable-slinger Daniel García Ordaz. He's a high school teacher and a spoken-word activist who has organized readings to raise funds for HIV-AIDS patients. Not only that, but he's the one who put together the Rio Grande Valley Poetry Pachanga, wherein poets of all literary shapes and sizes take the mic and read for appreciative audiences.
García's book You Know What I'm Sayin'? is a rollicking trip through a restless mind. The poet captures the Tex-Mex idiom and takes it for a ride. There are a lot of language crashes where Spanish and English thump on each other merrily. His first collection of poems describes itself as "a celebration of the common experience of language and culture, transfiguring time and place and juxtaposing the politics of urban hip-hop America with the sociology of rural deep South Texas, a retelling of ancient history sung by a contemporary voice."
He's got a great ear for American voices, this poet, but don't take my word for it. You can see him perform the title poem of the book in a TV interview taped shortly before his library appearances.
Posted by Bruce Jensen on July 29, 2008 | Comments (0)
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