Dennis Casteleiro

Xeno / with audio

Omar Pérez in Playa, 2010.  Photo K.Dykstra.
Omar Pérez in Playa, 2010. Photo K.Dykstra.

Xeno-, OED: “before a vowel xen-, repr. Greek ξενο-, ξεν-, combining form of ξένος a guest, stranger, foreigner, adj. foreign, strange”


Xeno-, OED:  “before a vowel xen-, repr. Greek ξενο-, ξεν-, combining form of ξένος a guest, stranger, foreigner, adj. foreign, strange”[i]

Vis-à-vis miau

Cover: Did You Hear about the Fighting Cat.  Shearsman Books Ltd., 2010.
Cover: Did You Hear about the Fighting Cat. Shearsman Books Ltd., 2010.

Omar Pérez reads five poems from his 1998 collection, ¿Oiste hablar del gato de pelea?  The bilingual Spanish/English edition of this complete book was published by Shearsman Books, Ltd., in 2010.

Audio recorded in Havana, 1 June 2010, at the studio of Dennis Casteleiro.

Unearthed

 Omar Pérez and Dennis Casteleiro before recording session, 2010.  K. Dykstra.
Omar Pérez and Dennis Casteleiro before recording session, 2010. K. Dykstra.

 As a reader Omar Pérez has a charismatic presence. Even when he adopts a low-key style of delivery, the poems resound.  Audio recordings of five poems from his collection Algo de lo sagrado (1995) appear below.  That book actually contains two sets of poems:  the first half showcases work composed between 1982 to 1988, and the second half dates to 1990-1993.

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