After Rubén (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Francisco Aragon | knygos.lt

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This collection of poetry, prose, and translations explores Latinx and queer identity through homage to the great Nicaraguan poet Rub�n Dar�o.

After Rub�n unfolds a decades-long journey braiding together the personal, the political and the historical. Throughout the text, acclaimed poet Francisco Aragon intersperses English-language translations and riffs of the Spanish-language master Rub�n Dar�o. Whether it's biting portraits of public figures, or nuanced sketches of his father, Francisco Arag�n has assembled his most expansive collection to date, evoking his native San Francisco, but also imagining ancestral spaces in Nicaragua.

Readers will encounter pieces that splice lines from literary forebearers, a moving elegy to a sibling, a surprising epistle from the grave. In short, After Rub�n presents a complex and fascinating conversation surrounding poetry in the Americas--above all as it relates to Latinx and queer poetics.