Plagios/Plagiarisms, Volume One

Poetry. Latinx Studies. Women's Studies. Translated by Terry Ehret, John Johnson,and Nancy J. Morales. Bilingual Spanish Edition. Poet, essayist, and translator Ulalume Gonz?lez de Le?n believed that "Everything has already been said," and, thus, that each act of creation is a rewriting, reshuffling, and reconstructing of one great work. For this reason, she chose the title Plagios (Plagiarisms) for her book of collected poems. Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz called Ulalume Gonz?lez de Le?n "the best Mexicana poet since Sor Juana In?s de la Cruz," recognizing the visionary quality of her work. This first of three bilingual volumes presents several short collections of poems Gonz?lez de Le?n produced from 1968 to 1971, each of which explores the ephemeral nature of identity and its dependence on the ever-shifting ground of language and memory.… (more)