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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. On the front cover of Albuquerque slam poet Manuel González’s new book are three ways that the Duke City is identified.
One is in the title – “Duende de Burque.” Burque is a shortened, colloquial Spanish version of the city’s name.
At 3 p.m. today Manuel González gives a virtual reading from “Duende de Burque” and is in conversation with Valerie Martinez, director of history and literary arts at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. To register for the Zoom event go to bkwrks.com/burque.
The duende in the book’s title González defined as “the magic that exists in each moment.”
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. One reason Michelle Otero chose “Bosque” as the title for her debut poetry collection was the “Walking With Poets” project she organized when she was Albuquerque Poet Laureate.
“I’d invite a local poet to co-host a walk in the bosque. They’d pick a trail and a poet whose work they want to celebrate. We’d stop along the walk to hear a poem and write,” Otero said in an email.
Michelle Otero
Those walks were open to the public. Usually, a dozen or more people attended. Some poems in Otero’s recently published collection started as prompts from those monthly walks. “The bosque invites you to pay attention. Poetry does the same thing. So there’s a natural connection,” she said.
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Illustrator Zahra Marwan moved to the United States from Kuwait as a child. She has some of her illustrations hanging in her studio at the Harwood Art Center.(Greg Sorber/Albuquerque Journal)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Zahra Marwan relies on her vivid memories to inspire her artwork.
Normally, the Albuquerque-based artist is influenced by her travels and daily interactions with others.
For the past nine months, she’s mostly remained at home – rarely traveling to her art studio at Harwood Art Center.
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“I miss the casual experiences of talking to strangers,” she says. “The stories I do hear these days are from my mother who is living in Kuwait. I also find inspiration in the things I read throughout the day.”