The work to better Latinx representation in literature is ongoing, and Afro-Latinx voices in poetry are being heard thanks to publications like Diaspora Cafe: D.C., a new anthology of poetry on the Afro-Latinx experience published by DC-based Day Eight.
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In her 40s Nella, the protagonist of Joyce Kornblatt’s remarkably subtle novel Mother Tongue, discovers that her entire life is a lie. Her mother is not her mother, so much as a woman who kidnapped her, as a newborn, from a Pittsburgh hospital nursery.
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Triangulations is eerily of this moment, as it examines pregnancy both accidental and deliberate, a woman’s determination to control her future, the relationship between motherhood and career, and men feeling possessive of women’s bodies.
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The Other Ones invites readers to an unfortunately believable and emotionally complex world, its story revolving around the ways that money can rule our lives.
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Here are a few D.C. area events, opportunities, and a new book to check out in this last week or so of National Poetry Month.
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“Even if [the subject matter of the poem I’m sharing] is something that someone in the audience didn't go through, they know someone who went through it. It helps them change their perception. So I really feel like this is my purpose.”
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Music has always reflected cultural, political, and social movements, but what about mental health? In recent years, many mainstream musicians have been working towards destigmatizing mental health by opening up about their own struggles – Adele, Billie Eilish, and more.
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Baltimore Sons, Dean Bartoli Smith's new collection of intense, raw poetry, shows a side of the city of Baltimore that many haven't seen up close.
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