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A groundbreaking collection that captures as never before the richness, diversity, and power of the Latino poetic imagination Includes more than 180 poets, spanning from the seventeenth century to today, and presents poems written in Spanish in original form and in English translation For nearly five centuries, the rich tapestry of Latino poetry has been woven from a wealth of languages and cultures--a "tremendous continental mixturao," in the words of the poet Tato Laviera. Now, in an unprecedented anthology edited by the poet and critic Rigoberto González, Library of America brings together more than 180 poets whose poems bear witness to the beauty and power of the Latino poetic tradition: its distinctive prosody fusing Anglophone, Hispanic, and Indigenous resonances, its articulation of family and community and enduring connections to inherited wellsprings of speech and music, its exploration of spirituality through praise and lament, and its commitment to vernacular expression as well as experiment and innovation. Among the poets featured are: José Martí, Julia de Burgos, Sandra Cisneros, Pedro Pietri, Juan Filipe Herrera, Jaime Manrique, Javier Zamora, Aracelis Girmay, Natalie Diaz, and U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. As represented here the Latino tradition also displays inspiring forms of political and social engagement, confronting questions--of exile and belonging, language and identity, struggle and solidarity, and labor and landscape--of ever greater urgency and imagining a nation strengthened by the stories of immigrants, exiles, refugees, and their descendants. What emerges is nothing less than a vision of what America has been and what it might be.
- Format: Hardcover
- Author: González, Rigoberto
- ISBN: 9781598537833
- Condition: Used
- Number Of Pages: 650
- Publication Year: 2024
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English