Resistencia
Poems of Protest and Revolution
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 September 2020
Summary
“To read these poems is to be reminded again and again of our true allegiance to each other.” -from the introduction by Julia Alvarez
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 ecol…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781951142070 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1951142071 |
| Author: | Julia Alvarez, Mark Eisner, Tina Escaja |
| Publisher: | Zando |
| Imprint: | Zando |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 318g |
| Dimensions: | 18mm x 141mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
“With their overriding theme of the search for justice and equality in an age of global unrest, these poems may never be more timely.”
With their overriding theme of the search for justice and equality in an age of global unrest, these poems may never be more timely.—Library Journal
Resistencia is alive with bravery, feminism, strength, agency, protest, power and hope.—Ms. Magazine
Resistencia is as uplifting as choral music and as devastating as the news.—San Francisco Chronicle
Exactly the kind of book this world needs more of… . This is a must-read.—Book Marks
A poetic manual for resistance has arrived… . Resistencia’s dream team of translators has spectacularly rendered this polyglot volume into a vibrant whole while also making it approachable for newcomers to Latin American literature. As a poetic primer in the language and tradition of protest, it is essential.—Seven Days
This collection of poetry serves as a fierce love letter to the resistance. With translated works placed adjacent to the original text, the reader is allowed to fully enjoy the beauty of language. These poems aren’t meant to lull us through hard times, but rather jerk us awake to the fights we continue to fight.—LatinxInPublishing
Resistencia could not be more timely. It is a stunning collection of revelations and witness… . Indispensable.—Luis Alberto Urrea, author of The House of Broken Angels
Resistencia resists being an easy Latinx experience. While many of these poems are about war and pain, it would be a disservice to characterize them solely as melancholic. Even surrounded in death and destruction, there is a vibrancy in the lines. There is joy. There is living. Beauty’s put forward bravely.—David Tomas Martinez, author of Post Traumatic Hood Disorder
The poems in Resistencia do not soothe but shake us awake, and they call on us to do what they have done: to witness, to listen, to not only speak but sing.—Maggie Smith, author of Good Bones
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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