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Borges, “Conferencia Sobre La Ceguera”
In 1977, Jorge Luis Borges gave seven lectures at the Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires, the last of which was dedicated to blindness. In it, he commented on his loss of sight, “a slow twilight”, and what he gained in the process. As he says, “Blindness has not been a total loss for me, it […]
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Frank O’Hara, “Having a Coke with You”
In this video (available on YouTube from the Modo de Usar magazine channel), the American poet Frank O’Hara reads one of his best-known and most beautiful poems, “Having a coke with you”. We recommend listening to the text read in the voice of the author, and we also recommend the website https://www.frankohara.org/, where there are […]