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Genre/Form: | Bilingual books Poetry poetry Translations Poésie Translations into English |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Julia Alvarez; Mark Eisner; Tina Escaja |
ISBN: | 9781951142070 1951142071 |
OCLC Number: | 1151488279 |
Language Note: | Parallel text of original poems and English translations. Original languages include Spanish, French, Portuguese, Kaqchikel, Mapudungun, Miskito, and Quechuan. |
Description: | xxi, 241 pages ; 22 cm |
Responsibility: | introduction by Julia Alvarez ; edited by Mark Eisner & Tina Escaja. |
Abstract:
"With a powerful and poignant introduction from Julia Alvarez, Resistencia: Poems of Protest and Revolution is an extraordinary collection, rooted in a strong tradition of protest poetry and voiced by icons of the movement and by some of the most exciting voices today. The poets of Resistencia explore feminist, queer, indigenous, urban, and ecological themes alongside historically prominent protests against imperialism, dictatorships, and economic inequality. Within this momentous collection, poets representing every Latin American country grapple with identity, place, and belonging, resisting easy definitions to render a nuanced and complex portrait of language in rebellion. Included in English translation alongside their original language, the fifty-four poems in Resistencia are a testament to the art of translation as much as the act of resistance. An all-star team of translators, including former U.S. Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera along with young, emerging talent, have made many of the poems available for the first time to an English-speaking audience. Urgent, timely, and absolutely essential, these poems inspire us all to embrace our most fearless selves and unite against all forms of tyranny and oppression"--
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