Cantadora - Letters from California (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781913606244)

Celebrated poet Linda Ravenswood presents 44 hybrid texts which read as maps, diary entries, manifestos, dream fragments, and lists. Her branching perspective of the 500+ years span of the (so-called) Conquest of Mexico by Cort駸 and the Spanish army (1521-present) explores reverberations across landscapes & cultures of the American West that are still being navigated. The voices explore past, present, & future histories of those who dwell in the West. Some histories explored include WWII Holocaust survivors of Los Angeles, relocated NDN children of the 19th century, Chontales people of the Yucat疣 encountering ships of Cort駸, border blurring, intersectional feminism, and 21st-century balancing acts of Latinidad. This extraordinary collection is a tour de force of poetic craft, colonial sensitivity, intellect, and conscience.

Author: Linda Ravenswood
ISBN-10: 1913606244
ISBN-13: 9781913606244
Publisher: Eyewear Publishing
Language: English
Published: 02/15/2023
Pages: 118
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.55d