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Spanish-born philosopher and poet Ramon Xirau is seen at his Mexico City home in a photo taken Jan. 20, 2014. EFE/Mario Guzman/File

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Spanish born Mexican Poet…

The Barcelona native was 15 when his family fled Spain for Mexico following the defeat of the…

July 28th, 2017

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Cynthia Guardado doesn’t shy away from writing critical work about US and Salvadoran governments. Photo courtesy of the author

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The harsh reality of trauma

February 28th, 2023

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Olvido García Valdés, poet and essayist, during a talk at Casa de América Madrid, 2018. Photo. Casa de América

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A poet of emotions

May 27th, 2022

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"Con Luz" a verse by Peruvian César Vallejo and a band-aid. Photo: Poetry Festival "O, Miami"/Efe.

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Poetry to heal

April 5th, 2021

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Richard Blanco reciting the poem "One today" during Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony. File photo

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The power of poetry

January 27th, 2021

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Photo: Button Poetry

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Latinas in Poetry

July 8th, 2020

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Photos: Richard Blanco, Sonia Guiñansaca, Jenny Xie, Ocean Vuong, and Javier Zamora. Credits below.

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Our Immigrant poets

June 28th, 2019

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Two books to better…

July 2nd, 2018

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The Nahuatl poet Mardonio Carballo gave a recital of poetry on October 18 at Casa América, Barcelona. Photo: Andrea Rodés.

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The power of a Nahuatl verse

October 25th, 2017

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Caribbean Poet and Nobel…

March 17th, 2017