Delicates by Wendy Guerra and translated by Esperanza Hope Snyder

This is poetry from Cuba.

Delicates by Wendy Guerra translated by Esperanza Hope Snyder is published by Seagull Books. This is a Book originally written in French. This was published in 2023.0 and has the ISBN of 9.781803091662E12.

Delicates, translated from the French by Esperanza Hope Snyder, brings Wendy Guerra’s French-language work into English through Seagull Books. Published in 2023, it is best approached as a book of encounter rather than as a book to solve. Guerra’s title suggests fragility, intimacy, and touch, but also the small negotiations by which a speaker protects what cannot be handled roughly. Biography and context may deepen the experience, but they do not need to stand in the doorway. Let the poem arrive first, then let the questions follow. Translation here becomes less a matter of loss than of new access: a voice from Cuba finding another set of nerves in English.

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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