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Fifty U.S. poets are translated into Spanish in one volume of this special two-volume anthology.
Líneas Conectadas: Nueva poesía de los Estados Unidos and its companion volume Connecting Lines: New Poetry from Mexico constitute a unique literary enterprise. These twin anthologies present a diverse cross-section of new poetry from the United States and Mexico in a bilingual format. Fifty poets from each nation have been selected to display the best work of the postwar generation written in Spanish and English. These paired anthologies represent the first of several official literary collaborations between Mexico and the United States designed to foster artistic exchange between our two great nations.
—Dana Gioia, from the Preface
The accessibility to this new Mexican poetry, in Spanish as well as in English, in one
place is unmatched anywhere. . . . Recommended for public and academic libraries.
—Library Journal
Since the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, the United States and Mexico have been inextricably linked. The blending of the American and Mexican cultures has enriched both nations.
Through a partnership to promote wider access to literary voices of Mexican artists in the U.S. and American writers in Mexico, the National Endowment for the Arts, the United States Embassy in Mexico, and the National Autonomous University of Mexico have joined together to support a program of anthology publications and public outreach activities.
The two-volume set—Líneas conectadas: Nueva poesía de los Estados Unidos and Connecting Lines: New Poetry from Mexico—is the first installment in the series. With definitive translations by leading writers and scholars, these dual volumes offer a glimpse into the beauty of the Mexican and the American experience through the microscopic lens of poetry. Whether read for personal pleasure or classroom study, Líneas conectadas and Connecting Lines are a must-read for anyone curious of our ever-increasing multicultural identity.
"We are pleased to introduce readers to the best of contemporary Mexican and American poetry through these comprehensive bilingual anthologies," states NEA Chairman Dana Gioia. "I believe they will quickly become essential volumes for poetry lovers and grant new insight into both cultures."
April Lindner’s collection, Skin, won the 2002 Walt McDonald First Book Prize and was published by Texas Tech University Press. Her poems have appeared in The Paris Review, Crazyhorse, Prairie Schooner, The Formalist, and many other magazines. Garrison Keillor read two of her poems on The Writer’s Almanac in May and chose one poem for his anthology Good Poems. She teaches creative writing at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.
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