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Indiana University, March 1980
Borges stands for all the things I hate. . I stand simply for the thing I am. For this poetry reading, Borges' poems and prose pieces were read in English by Scott Sanders and Willis Barnstone, and in Spanish by Luis Beltrán, Miguel Enguídanos, and Jorge Oclander. Following each reading, Borges commented on his work.