The counterpunch (and other horizontal poems) by Juan Carlos Flores and translated by Kristin Dykstra

This is poetry from Cuba.

The counterpunch (and other horizontal poems) by Juan Carlos Flores translated by Kristin Dykstra is published by The University of Alabama Press. This is a Book originally written in Spanish. This was published in 2016.0 and has the ISBN of 9.780817358136E12.

The counterpunch (and other horizontal poems), by Juan Carlos Flores, is a Spanish poetry collection from Cuba, translated by Kristin Dykstra, published by The University of Alabama Press in 2016. It is a Cuban collection by Juan Carlos Flores where resistance, urban pressure, and formal experiment strike from unexpected angles. The title’s counterpunch feels exact, suggesting poems that do not stand upright obediently but move sideways, low, and with impact. I would not approach it as a book that needs to be solved before it can be felt. 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 Cuba; 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.

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