Announcing Publication of the RESISTIR Latin America Online Poetry Anthology, by The Editors of WLT

Announcing Publication of the RESISTIR Latin America Online Poetry Anthology, by The Editors of WLT News and Events [email protected] Tue, 06/18/2024 - 14:20 On November 18, 2023, World Literature Today and Latin American Literature Today partnered with Rocío Durán-Barba and the “RESISTIR Groupe” of Latin American PEN Centers to host a historic bilingual online reading event that featured more than two dozen poets, all newly translated for a landmark gathering of urgent voices from Central and South America as well as the Caribbean. Now, RESISTIR / RESIST, a fully bilingual ebook based on that event—published by Allpamanda in cooperation with the Centros PEN de América Latina—is available on Rocío Durán-Barba’s website at this link. With “the light of poetry against the chaos of the world” as its motto, the book promises to inspire readers everywhere with “voices that rise up,” reflecting the history and spirit of Latin America. With a preface co-written by Arthur Dixon, managing editor of Latin American Literature Today, and Daniel Simon, editor in chief of World Literature Today, plus an introduction by Rocío Durán-Barba, the book includes poems by thirty writers: Leticia Martin (Argentina) Oscar Arze Quintanilla (Bolivia) Jahel Milka Loredo Ríos (Bolivia) Sonia Solarte Orejuela (Colombia) Lidia Corcione Crescini (Colombia) Cicerón Aguilar Acevedo (Chiapas) Manuel Bolom Pale (Chiapas) Jaime Hales (Chile) Juan Enrique... Continue reading at 'World Literature Today'

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