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Spotlight on the WordAstrid Cabral (trans. Alexis Levitin) In her late career examination of language, poetry, and song, renowned Brazilian poet and environmentalist Astrid Cabral focuses on the mystery and elusiveness of the very building blocks of her endeavor. Spotlight on the Word, Cabrals third book in English translation, is a far ranging contemplation of the poets endless endeavor to create meaning with the fragile and somehow inadequate material of her craft. For

unwritten epic fashioned from the suffering of the individual in exile

Complicating any flat conception of identity

alongside the Spanish poems

And if Vestrini is a confessional poet

the imaginary master of the “heteronym” coterie created by the Portuguese modernist Fernando Pessoa

the book features visual poems that predate the experiments of the Language poets

faced with the near-extinction of humanity

' – Christian Wiman

as an ideal

achieves what only the best and most original poetry can

"is an epic poem about a daily routine

en zullen we vanaf nu omschrijven als de waarheid