Concerned with indigenous traditions and recent political events, Caraza’s new book OCELOCIHUATL, is maintained in the line of poets whose thematic is social. Even if the red blood sometimes dominates, she is a poet who writes with color and landscapes. Caraza is the woman and the ocelot, two worlds which can be joined together if, through this book, readers notably allow themselves to be taken by the hand
About the Author: Xánath Caraza
Xánath Caraza teaches at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and presents readings and workshops in Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. She is the Writer-in-Residence at Westchester Community College in New York City. Caraza is the recipient of the 2014 Beca Nebrija para Creadores, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares in Spain. She writes for La Bloga, Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum, Periódico de Poesía, Revista Literaria Monolito, and Revista Zona de Ocio. Her book of poetry Syllables of Wind received the 2015 International Book Award for Poetry. It also received Honorable Mention for best book of Poetry in Spanish in the 2015 International Latino Book Awards. Her book of verse Ocelocíhuatl, Conjuro and her book of short fiction What the Tide Brings have won national and international recognition. Her other books of poetry are Donde la luz es violeta / Where Light is Violet, Tinta negra: Black Ink, Noche de colibríes, and Corazón pintado.
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"Xanath Caraza's poems serve as a precious gift, allowing readers to honor the memory of youth taken too soon by violence. She also calls out the name of slain teen, Michael Brown, adeptly using repetition. The poet does not allow her readers to forget these youth in her haunting poems of remembrance. OCELOCIHUATL is a powerful voice and poetic spirit that unifies this collection. Ultimately, Caraza's gorgeous nature imagery, exquisite use of colors and ability to connect with readers on sensory level, leave us with hope." --JP Howard, Curator of Women Writers in Bloom, and author of SAY/MIRROR "Like the jaguar-woman prancing between worlds, el mundo de la oscurana, de la luz, el mundo de la palabra en lucha, so too Caraza's poetry roams and growls. It does not sleep or slumber. It is awake with intent and purpose. For no poet worth their words is ever at rest. Cuando hay sufrimiento, no hay tiempo para descansar. Xanath's poetry leaps out from the inkwell, buries its inky roots in the subsoil of language. Here is a sprouting testament of survival!" --Levi Romero, author of SAGRADO: A PHOTOPOETICS ACROSS THE CHICANO HOMELAND and A POETRY OF REMEMBRANCE: NEW AND REJECTED WORKS || REVIEWS: http://www.latinabookclub.com/2016/04/book-of-month-ocelocihuatl-by-xanath.html http://labloga.blogspot.com/2015/11/ocelocihuatl-mouthfeel-press-2015.html http://www.ofipress.com/carazaxanath3.htm http://www.oem.com.mx/diariodexalapa/notas/n4049496.htm http://www.elbeisman.com/article.php?action=read&id=965 http://www.latinobookreview.com/xaacutenath-caraza.html http://www.periodicodepoesia.unam.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4086 http://labloga.blogspot.com/2016/01/ocelocihuatl-book-release-in-mexico-and.html
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Book Author
Xánath Caraza
Publisher
Mouthfeel Press
Language
Bilingual
ISBN
978-0996724722
Pages
105
Format
Paperback
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