Latina/o Poets: Anthologies
Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings — An AnthologyClick title above for details, call number, and library location(s)
Selection of poetry, stories, drama, and essays by 40 Puerto Rican writers, late-19th - late-20th centuries. Organized into thematic categories such as 'History and Politics' and 'Anxiety and Assimilation.
Paper Dance: 55 Latino PoetsClick title above for details, call number, and library location(s)
A collection of poetry from 55 Latinos/as. The first and still the most complete anthology of the best U.S. Latino and Latina poets from diverse origins in the Latin world: Cuba, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Puerto Rico.
¡Manteca!: An Anthology of Afro-Latin@ poetsClick title above for details, call number, and library location(s)
Containing the work of more than 40 poets who self-identify as Afro-Latino, ¡Manteca! is the first poetry anthology to highlight writings by Latinos of African descent.
We Are Owed by We Are Owed is the debut poetry collection of Ariana Brown, exploring Black relationality in Mexican and Mexican American spaces. Through poems about the author's childhood in Texas and a trip to Mexico as an adult, Brown interrogates the accepted origin stories of Mexican identity. We Are Owed asks the reader to develop a Black consciousness by rejecting U.S., Chicano, and Mexican nationalism and confronting anti-Black erasure and empire-building.
Latina/o Poets: Reference Works
- The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry
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The Cambridge Companion to Latin American Poetry provides historical context on the evolution of the Latin American poetic tradition from the sixteenth century to the present day. It is organized into three parts. Part I provides a comprehensive, chronological survey of Latin American poetry and includes separate chapters on Colonial poetry, Romanticism/modernism, the avant-garde, conversational poetry, and contemporary poetry. Part II contains six succinct essays on the major figures Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Gabriela Mistral, César Vallejo, Pablo Neruda, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and Octavio Paz. Part III analyses specific and distinctive trends within the poetic canon, including women's, LGBT, Quechua, Afro-Hispanic, Latino/a and New Media poetry.
Latina/o Poets: Web Sites
- Letras LatinasLetras Latinas, the literary initiative at the Institute for Latino Studies (ILS), strives to enhance the visibility, appreciation and study of Latinx literature both on and off the campus of the University of Notre Dame. We put an emphasis on programs that support newer voices, foster a sense of community among writers, and place Latinx writers in community spaces.
- Poems for Hispanic Heritage Month (Academy of American Poets)In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month from September 15 to October 15—and the rich tradition of poetry from Latinx poets year-round—browse this selection of poems, essays, and multimedia features.
- U.S. Latinx Voices in Poetry (Poetry Foundation)Exploring Latino/a American poetry and culture.