When Meena Kandasamy speaks about the contemporary issues of her native India, she incisively reveals the societal assumptions that assign specific roles to people based on caste or gender. When she turns her attention to the […]
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Meena Kandasamy just finished the final manuscripts of her second poetry collection, Ms. Militancy. Kandasamy poems retell Hindu/Tamil myths, in a feminist, anti-hierarchy, and anti-caste perspective. Some of the poems make the myths contemporary by locating […]
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Francisco Aragón’s new collection of poems Glow of Our Sweat (Scapegoat Press) is characterized by a sense of quietude and interpretive space. This space allows the reader to experience Aragón’s personal memories in an intimate way […]
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Photo: © Renee Rosensteel Writer Michael Nava said reading Francisco Aragón’s poetry was like “taking a bite of a perfectly ripened apple—a fresh, sensual…experience.” The sensuality of Aragón’s two poetry collections, Puerta del Sol and Glow […]
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“If You Have Some Kind Of Sensibility Towards Injustice, You Know What Rage Is.” Photo: © Leo Argüello Horacio Castellanos Moya was born in Honduras and raised in El Salvador. Throughout his career as a journalist […]
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In her compelling second collection, Hinemoana Baker, one of New Zealand’s most exciting poets, amplifies what’s usually whispered, magnifies the microscopic and x-rays the mundane. Hinemoana Baker is a writer, musician, and sound artist living on Wellington’s Kapiti […]
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Brenda Cárdenas’ poetry works itself into the folds of overlapping worlds: Spanish and English intermingle with ideas of childhood and adulthood, song and poem, and day and night. Her topics, in the midst of transition, maintain […]
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