Carlos José Pérez Sámano

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Carlos José Pérez Sámano is a writer and poet from Mexico. He has 4 published books in Mexico and two anthologies in United States, Italy and India. He has an MFA in Creative Writing and MA in Publishing by Rosemont College. He is the first Artist in Residence at the Penn Museum. Currently he is writing an opera for the National Opera Orchestra in Montpellier, France.

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Identidades en Tránsito
Identidades en Tránsito

POR CARLOS JOSÉ PÉREZ SÁMANO EL JULY DE 22 DEL 2021

Vine a lo que ustedes llaman América, un lugar en donde no tener una identidad definida te  arrincona a solo poder expresarte en espacios de indefinición como la poesía. El espacio de la  dislocación y la transmutación. Estados Unidos no genera identidades, las destruye. Las  absorbe en generalizaciones, las disuelve.  

Identities in Transit
Identities in Transit

BY CARLOS JOSÉ PÉREZ SÁMANO ON JULY 22, 2021

When I arrived in the United States I was surprised by the Mexican people who identify with ancestral cultures and even practice Mesoamerican dances. Now, I am one of them. But, sometimes I am not. Over time, one accepts one's demonym, especially when abroad. And one finds in pre-Hispanic cultures a way to share identity with those who come from the same place.  Even when one knows that label doesn’t present the whole picture either.

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