"This is an anthology of poems in the Age of Trump—and much more than Trump. These are poems that either embody or express a sense of empathy or outrage, both prior to and following his election, since it is empathy the president lacks and outrage he provokes. There is an extraordinary diversity of voices here. The ninety-three poets featured include Elizabeth Alexander, Julia Alvarez, Richard Blanco, Carolyn Forché, Aracelis Girmay, Don ..."
"... Celeste Sánchez Sugía, the first senator in Mexican history who openly identifies as Afro-descendant, and her struggle to “lograr el reconocimiento no sólo de la existencia de los pueblos afromexicanos, sino de sus aportaciones al país ..."
The Numinous Site The Poetry of Luis Pales Matos by JulioMarzán Hardcover, 200 Pages, Published 1995 by Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Pr ISBN-13: 978-0-8386-3581-0, ISBN: 0-8386-3581-4
"Luis Pales Matos, a white man who began the poesia negra movement in Latin America in 1925, is the subject of The Numinous Site, Julio Marzan's latest book. Unlike its English-language counterpart, poesia negra refers to its subject and not the poet's race, so white poets are credited with writing poesia negra.Pales's poesia afroantillana popularized the "dark" forces (African roots and unprestigious language) that were the white societ ..."
By Word of Mouth Poems from the Spanish, 1916-1959 (Bilingual Edition) (New Directions Paperbook) by William Carlos Williams, Jonathan Cohen, JulioMarzán Paperback, 144 Pages, Published 2011 by New Directions ISBN-13: 978-0-8112-1885-6, ISBN: 0-8112-1885-6
"The first collection of translations of Spanish and Latin American poetry by William Carlos Williams, containing many previously unknown poems. William Carlos Williams (1883–1963) produced a startling number of translations of both Spanish and Latin American poetry starting during WWI and continuing through the late fifties. Williams grew up in a Spanish-speaking home and sometimes described himself as half-Spanish. His mother was Puert ..."
The Glue Trap and Other Poems by Marzán, Julio Paperback, 94 Pages, Published 2023 by Fernwood Press ISBN-13: 978-1-59498-100-5, ISBN: 1-59498-100-0
Razones de envergadura Poemas nuevos y selectos (Poesia) (Spanish Edition) by Hjalmar Flax, JulioMarzán Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 1995 by Editorial Verbum ISBN-13: 978-84-7962-065-3, ISBN: 84-7962-065-X
"Nuestra historia intelectual exhibe la tendencia a anclarse en lo conocido, lo
seguro, lo consabido, y esa proclividad muchas veces nos ha distorsionado el
valor de las cosas. ... académica y, en muchos casos, escrita bajo los efectos de
poetas españoles exiliados residentes en Puerto Rico. ... otro tipo de
colonialismo cultural, un modo refinado de esquivar nuestra puertorriqueñidad
contemporánea."