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Sandra Cisneros Reads José Antonio Rodríguez

The New Yorker: Poetry

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Translating a Poem

"I do understand this poem so much and the embarrassment and inadequacy, perhaps, that one feels stepping into situations where people have such basic needs," he says. "Even with all of the words we have on hand ... there aren't enough to communicate moments of such poignancy as this one."

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