A review by ashlightgrayson
Resistencia: Poems of Protest and Revolution by Julia Alvarez

hopeful informative fast-paced

3.0

This wasn't exactly what I expected. It is an anthology of Latin American poems pertaining to protest and resistance. It helped add some new poets to my list of poetry TBR, which was nice. The poems are mostly in Spanish, but some of them are also in Portuguese, Quechua, Mayan, etc. All of the poems have the English translation side by side with the original language it was written in. A lot of the messaging is very interwined with Latin American history and social issues. I feel like it would be a great study material for students in a university course who want an introduction to some Latin American history/poetry.. The poets are from various countries of origin which helps enrich the historical context of the poems. A lot of them are still pertinent to social issues to day, and I'm glad I had the opportunity to read it. However, I do not see myself revisiting it, so I think I'll be donating this one so that someone else has the chance to experience it.