Arcana and other poems by Verónica Volkow and translated by Michael Smith

This is poetry from Mexico.

Arcana and other poems by Verónica Volkow translated by Michael Smith is published by Shearsman Books. This is a Book originally written in Spanish. This was published in 2009.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781848610569E12.

Verónica Volkow’s Arcana and other poems, translated by Michael Smith, is a Mexican collection that moves through tarot, mystery, symbolic structure, and lyric inquiry. “Arcana” is exactly the right word for a book that wants the hidden not as gimmick, but as method. Volkow’s poems seem interested in how images carry knowledge before explanation arrives. The tarot frame also invites sequence, recurrence, and the sense that each poem might be one card in a larger spiritual grammar. Published by Shearsman Books, this entry belongs in the library as a work of metaphysical attention and imaginative ritual. It is a book for readers willing to let symbols act on them without immediately translating them into argument.

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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