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 ..."