Guamanian poet Craig Santos Perez to read his work at Mercury Bar this Wednesday

Guamanian poet Craig Santos Perez will be reading his work this Wednesday at the Mercury Bar. Tinfish Press, headed by University of Hawaii at Manoa professor Susan Schultz, coordinated his Honolulu appearance as part of the UHM English department's M.I.A. Art & Literary Series monthly event. "We teach his poetry here at UH Manoa, this would be a great opportunity for students to meet the actual poet who wrote the poems they read in class," said Schultz.

Schultz gave LR the opportunity to "peek" into her class, where Perez surprised her students and read some of his comedic essays. Stay tuned for a Q&A session with the established poet. Till then, check him out at the Mercury Bar this Wednesday, May 12th at 7:30 p.m.

Mi trabajo de poesía, switching code & the last days of the semester.

[Photo credit: Voila and Black Ribbon, Red Bubble]

Term papers, final exam note-cards and packing have recently taken over my desk, bed and car! I'm currently drafting a term paper trata de la transición entre los temas religiosos y amorosos con las obras de algunos poetas del siglo XVI. Sorry about the spanglish, it's much easier to explain it in Spanish than in English.

I guess language classes do that to you. I'm solid proof that the brain does cartwheels and back handsprings in code-switching. Sometimes I can't explain something in English so I'll say it in Spanish and vice versa.

Aside from school, I hope that everyone is enjoying the holidays. Sadly for me, I haven't done any Christmas shopping - but I did get a chance to see Domingo DeGrazia perform at Ala Moana's Centerstage! I'll do a small review of that, post photos and videos up as soon as I get a chance.