Search -
Praises & Offenses: Three Women Poets from the Dominican Republic (Lannan Translations Selection Series)
Praises Offenses Three Women Poets from the Dominican Republic - Lannan Translations Selection Series Author:Aida Cartagena Portalatin, Angela Hernandez Nunez, Ylonka Nacidit-Perdomo As tropical as it is topical, this landmark anthology gives voice to three powerful women poets from the Dominican Republic. Together they present a wide array of linguistic and stylistic elements, and they address shared political and cultural issues that illuminate what it means to be a woman in the modern-day Dominican Republic. Translator Ju... more »dith Kerman, who began the anthology as a Senior Fulbright Scholar, notes that “contemporary women poets from the Dominican Republic are the most underserved group when it comes to English-language translations.” This anthology remedies that omission with poetry that is smart, edgy, and groundbreaking.« less