Delicates - Paperback
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by Wendy Guerra (Author), Nancy Naomi Carlson (Translator), Esperanza Hope Snyder (Translator)
Poems from a critically acclaimed Cuban writer available in English for the first time.
Imbued with a sensuality reminiscent of the work of Anaïs Nin, Wendy Guerra's Delicates takes readers on an exhilarating journey through the cities of love, where women leave their bodies "in the showers of men," marking their territory "like animals in heat," their panties "saturated with sand and a sidereal isolating odor." Guerra's shocking metaphors and images invite us to enter her gallery of striking and provoking poems where we witness a flight through the air from a thirty-fourth-story window and a woman's pilgrimage to the salt flats "to taste the pink in stones" on her lover's behalf. Guerra's relationship with her native Cuba--much like her relationships with men--is complex and multilayered. Her work confronts the realities of a political system that doesn't celebrate artistic freedom. Here we have a new way of looking at a woman, an artist, a country, and the colonizers of that country. In these music-infused poems, Guerra shares with us her hard-won truths.Author Biography
Wendy Guerra is a poet and novelist whose books include the novels I Was Never the First Lady and the poetry collections Platea a oscuras, Cabeza rapada, and Ropa interior. Nancy Naomi Carlson is a poet, translator, and essayist. Her translations include Khal Torabully's Cargo Hold of Stars: Coolitude. Esperanza Hope Snyder is a poet, novelist, and translator. She is the author of several books, including Esperanza and Hope.
Number of Pages: 72
Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.8 x 6 IN
Publication Date: June 19, 2023
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