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ISBN-10: 1951142071
ISBN-13: 9781951142070
Publisher: Tin House Books
Publish Date: 09/15/2020
Dimensions: 8.40" L, 5.50" W, 0.80" H

Resistencia: Poems of Protest and Revolution

Introduction by: Julia Alvarez
Editor: Mark Eisner
Editor: Tina Escaja

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Price: $18.95

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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 some of the most exciting writers today. The poets of Resistencia explore feminist, queer, Indigenous, 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 US 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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Reading these poems, I felt as if this brilliant chorus of writers, living and departed, was delivering a call to action: 'We have been here all along, fighting. Won't you join us?'–Frances de Pontes Peebles, author of The Air You Breathe
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Details

ISBN-10: 1951142071
ISBN-13: 9781951142070
Publisher: Tin House Books
Publish Date: 09/15/2020
Dimensions: 8.40" L, 5.50" W, 0.80" H
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