Publisher's Synopsis
In candid, sensuous, and startlingly fresh poetic expressions, the 1980s women poets of Mexico represent a new, democratic era in their national poetry. Moving beyond the shadow of the male literary establishment, these new voices revitalise the contemporary scene in Mexico and assimilate the received poetic language of the Mexican tradition in original, and at times shocking, ways. These 22 women poets—most appearing for the first time in English translation—express an imaginative and liberated female consciousness that enriches the Mexican literary landscape.
