Offers techniques for teaching modern Latin American poetry in college courses, including considerations of teaching the silva, human rights, poetry in indigenous Languages, community-based learning, lesser-known contemporary poetry, Afro-descendant poetry, performance, the long poem, and queer theory. Provides classroom exercises and assignments.
Reviews
This is more than a guide for literature and Spanish-Language classrooms-it is a resource for other disciplines as well . . . an indispensable resource." - Juan Pablo Lupi, University of California, Santa Barbara