Cantes flamencos by Anthology and translated by Michael Smith, Luis Ingelmo

This is poetry from Spain.

Cantes flamencos by Anthology translated by Michael Smith, Luis Ingelmo is published by Shearsman Books. This is a Book originally written in Spanish. This was published in 2012.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781848612105E12.

Cantes flamencos is an anthology of Spanish poetry, translated by Michael Smith, Luis Ingelmo, published by Shearsman Books in 2012. It is an anthology of flamenco songs and Spanish lyric tradition, where poetry lives close to music, performance, and oral memory. The book matters because it reminds readers that lyric is not only a page-bound art; it can also be breath, lament, rhythm, and communal inheritance. 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 Spain; 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.

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