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Review of poetry by Latinx writers Carlos Andres Gomez, Eduardo C Corral and Benjamin Garcia
JULIA TOPPIN recommends Patti Smith’s eloquent memoir that wrestles with the beauty and sorrow of a lifetime
MARJORIE MAYO welcomes an account of family life after Oscar Wilde, a cathartic exercise, written by his grandson
KEN COCKBURN guides us through a survey of Chekov’s early short fiction, and the groundwork it laid for his later masterpieces
ANDY HEDGECOCK revels in a hugely enjoyable but deadly serious examination of the 1930s, that is an indictment of our own era
The bard distills our hellish times into fiery words
CARLOS ANDRES GOMEZ’S new poetry collection Fracture (University of Winsconsin Press, £13), winner of the Felix Pollak prize in poetry is one of the most striking poetry books by a Latinx author being published this year.
It interrogates with devastating precision and clarity Latino men’s beliefs and histories, as well as the cultural heritage and dominant messaging about masculinity.
Gomez also explores the complex issues of race and gender, aspects of fatherhood, filial love and bilingualism within the Latinx community of New York.
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