Anima by José Kozer and translated by Peter Boyle

This is poetry from Cuba.

Anima by José Kozer translated by Peter Boyle is published by Shearsman Books. This is a Book originally written in Spanish. This was published in 2011.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781848611467E12.

Reading Anima as part of this translated poetry project means letting José Kozer’s work reach English through Peter Boyle without requiring it to become immediately familiar. The book suggests José Kozer’s Cuban poetics of density, migration, and linguistic restlessness, the kind of writing that seems to think in several rooms at once. That matters because translation is not only a recovery of content; it is also a change in atmosphere, a new body for cadence, silence, and pressure. Published by Shearsman Books, this entry gives readers a way to move through Cuba by way of language rather than tourism. I would keep the description rooted in feeling, image, and readerly permission.

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.

Check out more of the always in-progress translated poetry index here.