Bibliograph

Antes que isla es volcán: poemas, Before island is volcano : poems, Raquel Salas Rivera

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Antes que isla es volcán: poemas, Before island is volcano : poems, Raquel Salas Rivera

Language

spa

Index

no index present

Literary Form

poetry

Main title

Antes que isla es volcán: poemas

Oclc number

1277183477

Responsibility statement

Raquel Salas Rivera

Series statement

Voces alzadas

Sub title

Before island is volcano : poems

Summary

"In sharp, crystalline verses, written in both Spanish and English versions, antes que isla es volc̀n daringly imagines a decolonial Puerto Rico. Salas Rivera unfurls series after series of poems that build in intensity: one that casts Puerto Rico as the island of Caliban in Shakespeare's The Tempest, another that imagines a multiverse of possibilities for Puerto Rico's fate, a 3rd in which the poet demands his right to a future and its immediate distribution. The verses are rigorous and sophisticated, engaging with literary and political theory, yet are also hard-hitting, charismatic, and quotable ("won't you be sorry? / won't you wish you had a boss? / won't you get restless / with all that freedom?")."--, Amazon

Target audience

adult

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Before island is volcano : poems

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