Afterglow by Alberto Blanco and translated by Jennifer Rathbun

This is poetry from Mexico.

Afterglow by Alberto Blanco translated by Jennifer Rathbun is published by Bitter Oleander Press. This is a Book originally written in Spanish. This was published in 2011.0 and has the ISBN of 9.780978633554E12.

Alberto Blanco’s Afterglow, translated by Jennifer Rathbun, gives the Mexican section a title of remaining light. Afterglow is what persists when the sun has already gone, which makes it a useful figure for memory, desire, spiritual residue, and the quieter intensities of perception. Blanco’s poetry often moves with meditative clarity, and this book should be introduced as a work of luminous aftermath rather than dramatic explosion. Published by Bitter Oleander Press, it offers readers a way into Mexican poetry that is reflective, visual, and patient. The poems likely ask us to notice not only the event, but the light left behind by the event, which is often where lyric poetry does its deepest work.

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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