I Offer My Heart as a Target / Ofrezco mi corazón como una diana (Paz Prize for Poetry)

I Offer My Heart as a Target / Ofrezco mi corazón como una diana (Paz Prize for Poetry)
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Publisher : Akashic Books
Total Pages : 114
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ISBN-10 : 9781617757693
ISBN-13 : 1617757691
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Book Synopsis I Offer My Heart as a Target / Ofrezco mi corazón como una diana (Paz Prize for Poetry) by : Johanny Vázquez Paz

Download or read book I Offer My Heart as a Target / Ofrezco mi corazón como una diana (Paz Prize for Poetry) written by Johanny Vázquez Paz and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing the new winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, given by the National Poetry Series, featuring an introduction by Rigoberto González, and presented in both Spanish and English. “Winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, this dual-language book explores perseverance and survival in the face of violence, displacement, and defeat.” —Publishers Weekly “In this bilingual edition (superbly translated from the Spanish by Lawrence Schimel) Puerto Rican poet Vázquez Paz grapples with the violence against the psyche . . . and with the violence of displacement . . . These poems are a celebration of female strength and imagination: ‘I am a woman: I endure much/ but the day is short.'”—NBC Latino, one of the Best Latino Books of 2019 Previous winners of the Paz Prize for Poetry include Miami Century Fox, by Legna Rodríguez Iglesias and translated by Eduardo Aparicio, Nine Coins/Nueve monedas, by Carlos Pintado and translated by Hilary Vaughn Dobel, and Colaterales/Collateral by Dinapiera Di Donato and translated by Ricardo Alberto Maldonado.


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