Latinx Poetics
Essays on the Art of Poetry
University of New Mexico Press · Print & ebook · November 15, 2022
2023 Independent Publisher Book Award Winner for Best Anthology 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.
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- Who it’s for
- Poets connect poetry’s practice with history, language, and the human experience.
- Themes
- Poetry’s nature and practice, History, language, and human experience, Diverse Latinx poetic traditions
- Genres
- Hispanic American Poetry, Poetry Anthologies, Hispanic American Lit Crit
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2023 Independent Publisher Book Award Winner for Best Anthology 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.
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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.
Poetry and History
Poets connect poetry’s practice with history, language, and the human experience.
Come here for
- Personal and academic essays on poetry’s nature and practice
- Poets’ varied styles, languages, and nationalities
Expect
- Essays on how history and language shape poetic imagination
- Perspectives from Latino, Latin American, Latinx, and Luso poets
Where it sits
| Hispanic American Poetry | 46% |
|---|---|
| Poetry Anthologies | 46% |
| Hispanic American Lit Crit | 40% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Hispanic American Lit Crit
- Poetry Criticism
- 21st Century Literature
- Authors
- Ruben Quesada
- Publisher
- University of New Mexico Press
- Published
- November 15, 2022
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Poetry’s nature and practice · History, language, and human experience · Diverse Latinx poetic traditions
- Reading lane
- Hispanic American Lit Crit