11 by Carlos Soto-Román and translated by Thomas Rothe, Alexis Almeida

This is poetry from Chile.

11 by Carlos Soto-Román translated by Thomas Rothe, Alexis Almeida is published by Ugly Duckling Presse. This is a Book originally written in Spanish. This was published in 2023.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781946433978E12.

11, by Carlos Soto-Román, is a Spanish poetry collection from Chile, translated by Thomas Rothe, Alexis Almeida, published by Ugly Duckling Presse in 2023. It is a Chilean collection that uses number, document, and pressure as part of its poetic field. Soto-Román’s work often asks what poetry can do with evidence, especially when evidence has been bureaucratized, wounded, or made unbearable. I would not approach it as a book that needs to be solved or reduced to context before it can begin working. Start with the pressure of the title, the texture of the translated line, and the feeling of a voice making room for itself in English. For this library, the book matters as more than a record of Chile; it is an invitation to let poetry remain particular, difficult, and alive without asking it to behave like explanation.

If you’d like to see international poetry continue and gain traction, consider requesting this work from your local library, or purchasing it from places like Open Books (a poetry only bookstore), Asterism Books (an independent press distributor), or bookshop.org to connect you with your local bookstores.

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