Description
Latinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry collects personal and academic writing from Latino, Latin American, Latinx, and Luso poets about the nature of poetry and its practice. At the heart of this anthology lies the intersection of history, language, and the human experience. The collection explores the ways in which a people's history and language are vital to the development of a poet's imagination and insists that the meaning and value of poetry are necessary to understand the history and future of a people. The Latinx community is not a monolith, and accordingly the poets assembled here vary in style, language, and nationality. The pieces selected expose the depth of existing verse and scholarship by poets and scholars including Brenda Cárdenas, Daniel Borzutzky, Orlando Menes, and over a dozen more.
The essays not only expand the poetic landscape but extend Latinx and Latin American linguistic and geographical boundaries. Writers, educators, and students will find awareness, purpose, and inspiration in this one-of-a-kind anthology.
Author: Ruben Quesada
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Published: 11/15/2022
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.66h x 5.75w x 0.24d
ISBN13: 9780826364388
ISBN10: 0826364381
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American | Hispanic & Latino
- Literary Criticism | Poetry
- Literary Criticism | Modern | 21st Century