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55 Latino poets
By Cruz, Victor Hernandez & Quintana, Leroy & Suarez, Virgil
- ISBN
- 978-0-89255-201-6
- Publisher
- New York : Persea Books, c1995.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 15, 1995
These Are Not Sweet Girls, an anthology of 53 Latin American poets (including a single Brazilian, Adelia Prado), strives to combat "the offical discourse of power" that keeps women's poetry outside the literary mainstream. Poets range from Gabriela Mistral (born 1889) and Alfonsina Storni (born 1892) to Teresa Calderon and editor Agosin (both born 1955). Chilean Alicia Galaz Vivar looks to the day when men erase their superior smiles and wash away "the sad fury of mortal decisions"; Puerto R...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
