Cantos to Blood & Honey - Castro, Adrian
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A rhythmic debut poetry collection powered by the pulse of the Caribbean, Cantos to Blood & Honey presents a synthesis of Afro-Caribbean, Hispanic, and North American mythology, language, and aesthetics. Adrian Castro, an Afro-Latino performance poet, explores within this dance, issues of migration, cultural continuity, memory, and history. Articulating the search for a cohesive Afro-Caribbean-U.S. identity, Castro honors myth and history. He addresses the migratory experience from Africa to the Caribbean to North America. Writing in the Afro-Caribbean tradition pioneered by Nicolas Guillen and Luis Pales Matos, Castro creates new archetypal poetry.…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
A rhythmic debut poetry collection powered by the pulse of the Caribbean, Cantos to Blood & Honey presents a synthesis of Afro-Caribbean, Hispanic, and North American mythology, language, and aesthetics. Adrian Castro, an Afro-Latino performance poet, explores within this dance, issues of migration, cultural continuity, memory, and history. Articulating the search for a cohesive Afro-Caribbean-U.S. identity, Castro honors myth and history. He addresses the migratory experience from Africa to the Caribbean to North America. Writing in the Afro-Caribbean tradition pioneered by Nicolas Guillen and Luis Pales Matos, Castro creates new archetypal poetry.
Autorenporträt
Adrian Castro, a Cuban-Dominican poet and Ifa priest from Miami, writes as if "Chano Pozo were hitting the keys of a typewriter instead of the skin of a drum" (Victor Hernández Cruz). He is the author of Cantos to Blood and Honey and Wise Fish: Tales in 6/8 Time, a New York Times Editor's Choice selection.