Synergos by Roberto Manzano Díaz and translated by Steven Reese

This is poetry from Cuba.

Synergos by Roberto Manzano Díaz translated by Steven Reese is published by Etruscan Press. This is a Book originally written in Spanish. This was published in 2009.0 and has the ISBN of 9.78097974501E12.

Roberto Manzano Díaz’s Synergos, translated from Spanish by Steven Reese, has a title that gestures toward collaboration, working-with, and the joining of forces. That makes it a useful Cuban entry for thinking about poetry as relation rather than isolated self-expression. The poems likely move through intellect, social attention, and the problem of how language acts among people. Published by Etruscan Press, the book belongs on the translated poetry shelf as a reminder that lyric does not always mean solitary confession. It can be a field of shared pressure, a place where thought, culture, history, and voice meet. I would introduce it as a book of connection, labor, and disciplined energy.

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.