Latinx Poetry
A list of recent poetry by Latinx poets selected by librarians at The Seattle Public Library. (Updated September 2020)
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Boomerang
This is political poetry at its finest, reimaging gender through translation, and in pursuit of collective liberation. - Poetry Foundation
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Guillotine
The devastating and electrifying second book from Corral (Slow Lightning) features an imagined multivoiced narrative at the U.S.-Mexican border and its surrounding deserts.
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Postcolonial Love Poem
Diaz continues to demonstrate her masterful use of language while reinventing narratives about desire.
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Thrown in the Throat
Excellent work from a poet who muses on peacocks and beluga whales and real and metaphoric closets while highlighting the key issues of language, self, and memory. - Library Journal
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LatiNext
A BreakBeat Poets anthology that opposes silence and re-mixes the soundtrack of the Latinx diaspora across diverse poetic traditions. - publisher's description
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Not Go Away Is My Name
This striking 12th collection from Ríos (A Small Story About the Sky) draws its energy from the space between active resistance and sturdy persistence.
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Tertulia
The rhythmic latest from Toro (Stereo.Island.Mosaic) is steeped in spoken word beats as it addresses such contemporary issues as immigration, gun violence, and income inequality.
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An Incomplete List of Names
Many of these poems are remarkable for their dramatic tension, even as they reflect on ambitious questions of language, privilege, and power.
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When I Walk Through That Door, I Am
Poet-activist Jimmy Baca immerses the reader in an epic narrative poem, imagining the experience of motherhood in the context of immigration, family separation, and ICE raids on the Southern border - publisher's description
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How to Love A Country
Generous and deeply felt, the long prose poems in this moving new collection from presidential inaugural poet Blanco (after Looking for the Gulf Motel) help us understand what it means to cross a border. - Library Journal
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