Pedro Pietri’s “Telephone Booth (number 905 1/2)” — Nuyorican Movement — Monday Mood
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Roberto Arlt — The Seven Madmen — Argentina
Latin American Literature: a community for sharing, discussing, and appreciating Latin American literature(s) broadly conceived, which is to say, Latinx, Caribbean, and Hemispheric American literatures are also welcome, in addition to Peninsular literatures (particularly Transatlantic works) as well as any other piece of Global literature that deals with the so-called “New World.”
Apparently this 1929 Argentine novel “look[s] forward to Thomas Pynchon…” — Might anyone be able to confirm that Roberto Arlt’s The Seven Madmen is indeed (even remotely) Pynchonesque?
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Michael Robbins — “Ask the Lion” [poem]
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Conceição Evaristo — Ponciá Vicêncio — Brasil
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“Watermelons” — Charles Simic [poem]
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César Vallejo — “Masses” [poem]
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César Vallejo — “Masses” / “Masa” — Perú
Latin American Literature: a community for sharing, discussing, and appreciating Latin American literature(s) broadly conceived, which is to say, Latinx, Caribbean, and Hemispheric American literatures are also welcome, in addition to Peninsular literatures (particularly Transatlantic works) as well as any other piece of Global literature that deals with the so-called “New World.”
I’m new to this Colombian author—have you read Juan Gabriel Vásquez? If I’m a Bolaño fan, might I like these novels?
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I’m new to this Colombian author—have you read Juan Gabriel Vásquez? If I’m a Bolaño fan, might I like these novels?
Latin American Literature: a community for sharing, discussing, and appreciating Latin American literature(s) broadly conceived, which is to say, Latinx, Caribbean, and Hemispheric American literatures are also welcome, in addition to Peninsular literatures (particularly Transatlantic works) as well as any other piece of Global literature that deals with the so-called “New World.”
Seamus Heaney — “The Rescue” [poem]
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Have you ever read Juan Rulfo? …both Gabo and Borges spoke highly of his 1955 novel Pedro Páramo
Latin American Literature: a community for sharing, discussing, and appreciating Latin American literature(s) broadly conceived, which is to say, Latinx, Caribbean, and Hemispheric American literatures are also welcome, in addition to Peninsular literatures (particularly Transatlantic works) as well as any other piece of Global literature that deals with the so-called “New World.”
Mary Oliver — “The Kitten” [poem]
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Unsolicited advice: if you’re going to read Mário de Andrade’s Macunaíma in English, make sure it’s this 2023 edition from NDP!
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Unsolicited advice: if you’re going to read Mário de Andrade’s Macunaíma in English, make sure it’s this 2023 edition from NDP!
Latin American Literature: a community for sharing, discussing, and appreciating Latin American literature(s) broadly conceived, which is to say, Latinx, Caribbean, and Hemispheric American literatures are also welcome, in addition to Peninsular literatures (particularly Transatlantic works) as well as any other piece of Global literature that deals with the so-called “New World.”
Theodore Roethke — “My Papa’s Waltz” (1942) [poem]
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Jorge Luis Borges — “The South” / “El sur” (1923) [POEM]
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“The South” / “El sur” (1923) — Borges
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Borges is renowned for his fiction but have you ever ready any of his poetry?!?! — “The South” / “El sur” (1923)
Latin American Literature: a community for sharing, discussing, and appreciating Latin American literature(s) broadly conceived, which is to say, Latinx, Caribbean, and Hemispheric American literatures are also welcome, in addition to Peninsular literatures (particularly Transatlantic works) as well as any other piece of Global literature that deals with the so-called “New World.”
Found Shrimptech Industries’ Colombian Headquarters!
Welcome to the big restaurant in the sky.
Bill Knott — “Death” [POEM]
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Tell us: What’s the last book you read by a Latin American author? …I’ll go first: Selva Almada’s Not A River (2020)
Latin American Literature: a community for sharing, discussing, and appreciating Latin American literature(s) broadly conceived, which is to say, Latinx, Caribbean, and Hemispheric American literatures are also welcome, in addition to Peninsular literatures (particularly Transatlantic works) as well as any other piece of Global literature that deals with the so-called “New World.”
Charles Simic — “Empire of Dreams” [POEM]
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