Chinaka Hodge: What will you tell your daughters about 2016?
Chinaka Hodge: O que contarás à tua filha sobre 2016?
Poet, playwright, filmmaker and educator Chinaka Hodge uses her own life and experiences as the backbone of wildly creative, powerful works. Full bio
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strewn about our morning papers,
espalhados pelos jornais matinais,
of our sisters, spouses, small children.
irmãs, cônjuges e criancinhas.
when she asks, as she certainly should,
ela perguntar, como certamente fará,
we didn't own it outright.
a liberdade, não a possuíamos.
for every way we used our privates
as nossas partes íntimas,
com o nosso consentimento,
that enforced them.
que as fazem cumprir.
e escondermo-nos,
deste tempo de guerra,
against the outlines of our fallen,
sobre os contornos dos nossos mortos,
and moved with courageous abandon
e avançámos corajosamente,
para o cano das armas,
nos abrigámos e nos defendemos,
ducked and parried,
collected death threats,
recebemos ameaças de morte.
and found a running mate,"
e encontrar um parceiro".
shamed nothing but fear,
só nos envergonhámos do medo,
querendo dizer, impecáveis.
to be docile or small.
foi pequeno ou dócil.
que éramos mulheres,
that we were women,
de solidariedade muito a sério.
and some of us did not,
se isso nos tornava reais,
whether that made us real
sobre este ano,
or heir to your triumph,
ou herdeira do vosso triunfo,
teetering towards woman,
a pender para mulher,
imaginar o vosso sacrifício,
Foste corajosa ou covarde?
Were you fearful or fearsome?
in the year it was time?
no ano em que chegou a altura?
which bones had to break?
quantos ossos tiveste que quebrar?
da vossa sobrancelha,
about the arc of your brow,
already carried so much, wants to know
fizeram tanto, vão querer saber
que luz evitaram extinguir.
what light did you keep from extinction?
à procura de vítimas,
or were you roused?
what did you do with your privilege?
o que fizeram com os vossos privilégios?
or directly into the flame?
ou achavam que era um risco?
or treat it like a liability?
of "nasty" or "less than"?
de "desagradável" ou "menos que"?
ou com o punho cerrado?
or a clenched fist?
Sempre.
"Filha, eu mantive-me firme,
drawn on my face like a dagger,
na cara como um punhal,
cortando o espaço para ti".
viveram apesar das fracas hipóteses.
in spite of crooked odds.
in the company of courage,
na companhia de coragem,
when you just had yourself.
que estavam sozinhas.
tal como vocês nasceram,
and the sisters beside them,
e as irmãs delas,
mesmo a tempo,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Chinaka Hodge - Writer, educatorPoet, playwright, filmmaker and educator Chinaka Hodge uses her own life and experiences as the backbone of wildly creative, powerful works.
Why you should listen
Chinaka Hodge is a writer and educator from Oakland. She received her BA from NYU’s Gallatin School and studied Writing for Film and Television at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts MFA program. Her work has been featured in Believer Magazine, Teen People Magazine, Newsweek, San Francisco Magazine, on PBS and NPR, and in two seasons of HBO’s Def Poetry. She was an Associate Producer on Simmons Lathan presents Brave New Voices for HBO.
She is a Cave Canem Graduate Fellow, was a playwright-in-residence at SF Playwrights Foundation and serves as a Visiting Editor at The California Sunday Magazine. She is an inaugural Senior Fellow at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
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