The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Latin American Poetry

The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Latin American Poetry brings together internationally recognized experts to offer a fresh and urgent perspective on Latin America's contemporary poetry and the culture and politics of the region in the last 25 years. Delving into the often-overlooked realm of poetic expression, this companion provides a rich and complex assessment of Latin America's diverse voices and a comprehensive understanding of the genre's evolution and significance. By focusing on wider tendencies, geographical areas, and a select group of poets for individual case studies, the work gives clear and necessary insights into the recent poetry of this region. Engaging with the work of poets who challenge conventions, this edited collection illuminates the cultural and political landscapes of the last two decades, providing readers with a fresh perspective on Latin America's rich literary tapestry. This volume is a vital resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, and academics in Latin American studies, cultural studies, literary studies, and related fields, as well as anyone interested in the intersection of poetry, identity, and contemporary Latin American culture.

Ben Bollig is Professor of Latin American Literature and Film at the University of Oxford, UK. Jorge J. Locane is Professor of Literature and Culture in the Spanish-Speaking World at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Introduction Part I. Regions 1 AMAZONIA: Contemporary Amazonian Poetry 2 ANDEAN REGION: Andean Poetics for the Twenty-First Century: An Approach from Rewriting 3 CENTRAL AMERICA: Four Contemporary Central American Poets 4 SOUTHER CONE: "A Voice Similar to Its Opposite": Latin American Southern Cone Poetry in the Twenty-First Century 5 THE CARIBBEAN: Hispanic Caribbean Poetry in the Twenty-First Century 6 US-MEXICO: In the Borders of Form. The Binational Aesthetics of Robin Myers and Violeta Orozco Extraterritorialities 7 GERMANY: Latin American Poetry in Germany. Poetic Practices across National Borders (2001 - 2024) 8 SPAIN: "Mom is Non-Eu": Twenty-First Century Latin American Poets in Spain 9 UK: Poets in No-Man's Land: Latin American Poets in the UK 10 USA/New York: Identities, Institutions and Aesthetics: Spanish-Language Poetry in Early Twenty-First Century New York City Part II. Tendencies 11 Ancestral Traditions and Contemporary Poetry in Mexico's Indigenous Languages 12 Behind Closed Doors: Poetry by Prose Writers 13 From Journals to Anthologies: Characteristics of a Twenty-First-Century Phenomenon 14 Insolvent Poetry. Publishing Economics and the Avant-Garde in Latin America 15 Latin American Poetry and Biodiversity 16 Music and Performance: Sense and Nonsense in Contemporary Chilean Poetry 17 Of Anthems, Antennae, and Anthologies: Assessing Twenty-First Century Brazilian Poetry 18 Outlines of Latin American Geopoetics: Territorio, tierra, texto, tejido 19 Poetic Activism in Twenty-First Century Latin America 20 Poetry, Orality and Performance in the Contemporary Maya World of Guatemala 21 Poetry's Apology for a Dystopian Future: On Drug Apology by Mario Verdugo 22 Queering the Empire: Gender Diversity and Decoloniality in Twenty-First Century Latin American Poetry 23 The Staging of Language: Transhemispheric Convergences Between the Writers' Forum in the UK and the Foro de Escritores in Chile 24 This is (Not) a Poem: Belen Gache's Errant Digital Poetics 25 Tu aliento de bauxita. Tus brazos de amianto: Geological Subjectivities, Labor and Extractivism in Latin American Poetics of the Mine Part III. Figures 26 "Better Days / are Blooming Beneath the Sidewalk / Where I'm Walking." Displacement, Poetry and Performance in Legna Rodríguez Iglesias's Work 27 From Dispossession to Healing: The Visionary Poetry of Adriana Paredes Pinda 28 Grave Readings: The Illegible Lives of Frank Báez 29 In the Bathtub with Angélica Freitas: A Poet of Dispute and Sharing 30 Noise and Impersonal Memory in The Poetry of Andrés Anwandter 31 On the Outskirts of Literature: The Dialogic and Critical Poetics of Sara Uribe 32 On Verónica Gerber Bicecci: "Strange Fruits" and "Elusive Forms." Politics and Poetics of Non-Belonging 33 Poetry as a Shelter Language: Natalia Litvinova's Inventive Nostalgia 34 Sergio Raimondi: The Meaning of the Wor(l)d 35 The Inaccessible Archive: The "Black Series" by Carlos Soto Román 36 Wet Ontology and Mapuche Geomyths in Roxana Miranda Rupailaf 37 Writing from the Hole: The Poetry of Luis Felipe Fabre