http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/11/sidewalk-cleaning-alfreds-plaque/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/11/sidewalk-cleaning-alfreds-plaque/#comment-6106 Jason Crane Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:02:38 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=1154#comment-6106 Very moving, Javier. Thanks for posting these photos. There's something particularly touching about the earthiness of the sidewalk installation, and the tactile way in which you honored Alfred and his work. Very moving, Javier. Thanks for posting these photos. There’s something particularly touching about the earthiness of the sidewalk installation, and the tactile way in which you honored Alfred and his work.
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]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/11/sidewalk-cleaning-alfreds-plaque/#comment-6105 Lorna Dee Cervantes Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:58:59 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=1154#comment-6105 How very wonderful to see this! Not just for your act, but that these pictures are posted here. Alfred was so very pleased when my poem for him, "Shelling the Pecans," was first published here in my guest blog; a poem which went on to win a Pushcart Prize but he was proudest of having it posted here. He'd absolutely love to see that foto of him I shot at his plaque, "Gee, I feel like a real Chicano, I've got my own placa." (I'm pretty sure he said that.) This makes me very happy. Thank you. July 4th. I started my magazine and press, MANGO, on the 4th of July, 1976, just to publish multi-leveled genius poets like Alfred. It's nice to see him recognized here at the Poetry Foundation. How very wonderful to see this! Not just for your act, but that these pictures are posted here. Alfred was so very pleased when my poem for him, “Shelling the Pecans,” was first published here in my guest blog; a poem which went on to win a Pushcart Prize but he was proudest of having it posted here. He’d absolutely love to see that foto of him I shot at his plaque, “Gee, I feel like a real Chicano, I’ve got my own placa.” (I’m pretty sure he said that.) This makes me very happy. Thank you.
July 4th. I started my magazine and press, MANGO, on the 4th of July, 1976, just to publish multi-leveled genius poets like Alfred. It’s nice to see him recognized here at the Poetry Foundation.
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