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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Book snatching]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA["The parents took the difficult path of speaking to us in a language that was not their own"]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/42fdd43b-9d4f-48d4-943f-c6cd5b8f1d7c_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x2091y4217.jpg" /></p><p>"Yes: in my second year of ESO I started / speaking Spanish / because the Catalans didn't get it / and because, as Sylvia Plath said, / every woman adores a fascist", writes Maria Sevilla Paris (Badalona, 1990) in one of the poems in <a href="https://llegim.ara.cat/reportatges/sylvia-plath-poeta-vertical-horitzontal_1_2627801.html" >Sylvia Plath</a>, / every woman adores a fascist", writes Maria Sevilla Paris (Badalona, 1990) in one of the poems in <em>Ni una o l'oposada flor</em> (Arrebato Libros). On the left pages we read the original poems in Catalan. On the right, the Spanish version, which often becomes a transformative game, by Juan Andrés García Román and the author. <em>Ni una o l'oposada flor</em> explains, in a ductile and precise language, Sevilla's devotion to animals, plants, and all sorts of living organisms –including men–, while at the same time reflecting on her relationship with Catalan, which, although not the language her parents spoke to each other, has become her usual language, a professional tool – she is an associate professor at the University of Barcelona and runs workshops at the Casal dels Infants in Raval – and a vehicle for artistic expression, which has so far resulted in half a dozen books, including <em>Dents de polpa</em> (AdiA edicions, 2015), <em>Plastilina</em> (Fonoll, 2021), and <em>La nit ovípara</em> (Documents Documenta, 2024).</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordi Nopca]]></dc:creator>
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