The Blind Plain

By Ígor Barreto

Poetry. Latinx Studies. Translated By Rowena Hill. THE BLIND PLAIN holds a generous selection of Barreto's poems spanning more than twenty years. In this bilingual edition, Rowena Hill's dextrous translations properly introduce a contemporary Venezuelan poet to a North American audience. Barreto's poems, among other things, are earthy and darkly celebratory love letters to a "rotten country." The landscape is specifically Venezuelan--populated by caimanes and caballos--but Barreto's poems are expansive; through his unique brand of eco-poetics he speaks for all of us--citizens of nations under the laws of nature.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1935635832
• ISBN13: 9781935635833
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Tavern Books
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 7.4"