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With Anna Hiller and Katia NoyesProduced by Mark PritchardMusic by Daniel FriesWorks cited:• Pablo Neruda, "Ode to Federico García Lorca"• César Vallejo, “España, Aparta de Mí Este Cáliz”  • Sharon Olds, "35-10"• Vicente Huidobro, "The Poet Is a Little God: Creationist Verse"    (translated by Jorge García-Gómez, 1990)• Federico García Lorca, "Romancero gitano"• Federico García Lorca, "Poet in New York" 

Recorded:  28 March 2021With: Anna Hiller, Katia Noyes, Mark Pritchard; music by Daniel FríesWorks cited:• "Romance sonámbulo" by Federico García Lorca• "Romance de la luna, luna" by Federico García Lorca

In our first full episode, Anna and Katia talk about the poem Romance sonámbulo by Federico García Lorca. You can read the poem in Spanish, and in the English translation by William Bryant Logan, here.The title can be translated as “Sleepwalking Ballad.” First published in the Revista de Occidente in 1928, the poem appears in Lorca’s Romanerco Gitano (Gypsy Ballads) published the same year.If you’d like to read an extraordinary analysis of the poem, see this essay by Jose Antonio Serrano Segura.Works cited:Romance sonámbulo by Federico García Lorca"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

After this episode, each episode will focus on a work by one of the members of the Generation of '27, but in this pilot episode, we spend most of the time getting to know our host Anna Hiller, and co-host Katia Noyes.The music is by Bay Area composer and musician Daniel Fríes (danielfriesmusic.com).Works cited: A.A. Milne, When We Were Very Young  (link)T.S. Eliot, Old Possums Book of Practical Cats (link)Christina Rosetti, "Color" (link)Don Marquis, "Archy and Mehitabel" (link)San Juan de la Cruz, "Noche Oscura" ("Dark Night") (link)Jorge Guillen, "Beato Sillón"Federico Garcia Lorca, Poeta en Nueva York (link)Follow us on Twitter @GenerationOf27