Margaret Randall
Doug Valentine interviews Margaret Randall for Counterpunch:
- Margaret Randall
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“Then I saw what the calling was :it was the road I traveled”- Muriel Rukeyser
My life and work have been profoundly informed by parents who gave me love and adventure, and encouraged creativity; the dramatic desert canyons, rich colors and open skies of the southwestern United States; Socialist ideals; the second wave of feminism; and the generous mentorship of many great friends and colleagues. My children, grandchildren, and great grandchild are always with me, even when far away; and my spouse Barbara is bedrock. New York’s abstract expressionist painters in the 1950s, Mexico and her struggles of the 1960s, the Cuban revolution’s second brave decade in the 1970s, the Vietnamese people’s struggle against US attack and occupation in that same decade, and the Sandinista attempt to change Nicaragua in the early 1980s were places and events that shaped me. The exploration of ancient sites continues to be a source of nourishment, and I have long been involved with oral tradition. I deeply believe in humanistic values, combating our culture of violence and greed, and art as a tool for change. I invite you to enter my website, learn about my books, read my poetry and look at my photographic images.
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Margaret Randall launches TIME’S LANGUAGE: SELECTED POEMS 1959-2018 Collected Works, 202 Galisteo Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico Margaret Randall launches TIME’S LANGUAGE: SELECTED POEMS 1959-2018 Bookworks, 4022 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico FESTIVAL LENGUAS DE AMERICA: One poet represents each of a dozen languages of the Americas—Spanish, Portuguese, French, English, Guaraní, Quechua, Maya, Purépecha and others. This is a glorious salute to the many living literatures on the Continent. I am honored to be representing poetry in English. Sala Nezahualcóyotl, UNAM, Mexico City, October 7-11, 2028 Margaret reads from TIME’S LANGUAGE: SELECTED POEMS 1959-2018, celebrating 60 years of her poetry from close to 30 books Sunday Chatter, 1512 First Street NW, Albuquerque, New Mexico Bilingual Poetry Reading by María Vázquez Valdez and Margaret Randall (The Operating System), Elizabeth Zuba and Mónica de la Torre (Belladonna), and Lila Zemborain and Urayoan Noel (Ugly Duckling Presse) - Moderated by Lynne DeSilva-Johnson McNally Jackson Books, Williamsburg, 76 N. 4th Street, Brooklyn, New York
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