Orlando White www.orlandowhite.com
I only talked with Orlando White for
a few moments outside of a classroom before class, but this meeting will stay
with me. He is a man of presence.
He is the author of Bone Light ,
a teacher at Dine` College, and a recognized poet. He holds a BFA from the
Institute of American Indian Arts and an MFA from Brown University.
I missed both of his
presentations: 'Functional White' and
'Poetics of Misspelling'. If there were
a prize for humor in presentation naming, I think he would win it.
I enjoyed his poetry reading on
Friday night of the Pima Writers Workshop 2013.
The poet W. H. Auden is quoted to the
effect that to understand your country, live in a foreign country, better
still, live in two. Perhaps because I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in
Paraguay, my wish for Orlando is that he visits Paraguay. Not only Paraguay,
but I hope he travels widely in Central and South America especially in
Guatemala, Peru, Bolivia. Perhaps even living in one of those countries for
awhile. Then I would suggest extended stays in Japan and Indonesia.
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