Machete : poems /

This fresh voice in American poetry wields lyric pleasure and well-honed insight against a cruel century that would kill us with a thousand cuts. "Dios aprieta, pero no ahorca" ("God squeezes, but He doesn't strangle"), the epigraph of Machete, sets the stage for a powerful...

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Main Author: Morín, Tomás Q. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
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