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A Poet's Truth - Conversations with Latino/Latina Poets (Paperback, New)
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A Poet's Truth - Conversations with Latino/Latina Poets (Paperback, New)
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Among students and aficionados of contemporary literature, the work
of Latina and Latino poets holds a particular fascination. Through
works imbued with fire and passion, these writers have kindled new
enthusiasm in their compatriots and admiration in non-Latino
readers. This book brings together recent interviews with fifteen
Latino/a poets, a cross-section of Chicano, Puerto Rican, and Cuban
voices who discuss not only their work but also related issues that
help define their place in American literature. Each talks at
length about the craft of his or her poetry--both the influences
and the process behind it--and takes a stand on social and
political issues affecting Latinos across the United States. The
interviews feature both established writers published as early as
the 1960s and emerging artists, each of whom has enjoyed success in
other literary forms also. As Bruce Dick's insightful questions
reveal, the key threads linking these writers are their connections
to their families and communities and their concern for civil
rights--believing like Chicana writer Pat Mora that "the work of
the poet is for the people." The interviews also reveal diversity
among and within the three communities, from Victor HernAndez Cruz,
who traces Latino collective identity to Africa and claims that all
Latinos are "swimming in olive oil," to Cuban writer Gustavo Perez
Firmat, who considers nationality more important than ethnicity and
says that "the term Latino erases [his] nationality." The dialogues
also offer new insights on the place of Chicano/a writings in the
U.S.-Mexico borderlands, on the Puerto Rican/Nuyorican
establishment, and on the anti-Castro stand of Cuban-born poets. As
thesewriters answer questions about their work, background, ethnic
identity, and political ideology, they provide a wealth of
biographical, intellectual, and literary material collected here
for the first time. "A Poet's Truth" is a provocative and revealing
book that not only conveys the fire of these writers' passions but
also sheds important light on a whole literary movement. Interviews
with:
Miguel AlgarA-n
MartA-n Espada
Sandra MarA-a Esteves
Victor HernAndez Cruz
Carolina Hospital and Carlos Medina
Demetria MartA-nez
Pat Mora
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Ricardo Pau-Llosa
Gustavo PA(c)rez Firmat
Leroy Quintana
Aleida RodrA-guez
Luis RodrA-guez
Benjamin Alire SAenz
Virgil SuArez
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