Reviews in September 2009

LatAmRoB, Volume 3, Number 9


A most Latin American Latino

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Poema establishes the Colombian-born Maurice Kilwein Guevara as the most ‘Latin American’ of Latino poets in the US, argues Francisco Aragón

 

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Urban experiment

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what i’m on by the Mexican-American Luis H. Valadez is a strong first book of poetry that defines a new urban poetics, says Oscar Bermeo

 

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A life without boundaries

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Juan Felipe Herrera’s early life as the child of migrant workers has profoundly conditioned his work

 

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A musical voice

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Naomi Ayala’s observations of marginal lives reveal sadness and stillness, yet through poetry gain optimism

 

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Narcissism and doubt

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It is hard to see past an arrogant,
self-assured style in the first English translation of Estela Lamat’s work

 

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Troubadour in trouble

Romántico puts a very human face on the harsh economic reality that drives illegal Mexican immigration to the US Continue reading

Putting the red back in Haiti’s flag

Matthew Smith has claimed as his own an impoverished, yet crucial, period in the study of the country’s history Continue reading

Bitter price for a sweeter life

Anyone concerned with fair trade must see The Price of Sugar, which exposes modern slavery in the Dominican Republic Continue reading

On Location in Cuba

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Development, Democracy, and Welfare States

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Contemporary Latin America

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Latin America’s Struggle for Democracy

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