{"product_id":"the-poets-prose-and-other-essays-race-national-identity-and-diaspora-in-the-americas-hardcover","title":"The Poet's Prose and Other Essays: Race, National Identity, and Diaspora in the Americas - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoberto Márquez\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Poet's Prose and Other Essays\u003c\/em\u003e offers a wide-ranging compilation of essays, literary commentaries, and reviews that aim to engage New World Thought and Writing. It underlines the importance of the Afro-Caribbean and Afro-Latin American dimension of hemispheric history and experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRoberto Márquez\u003c\/strong\u003e is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Mount Holyoke College. He is a graduate of Brandeis University, and holds an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. An accomplished translator of Latin American poets and writers, Márquez is a recipient of the Nicolás Guillén Centennial Commemorative Medal in recognition of his \"outstanding contributions\" as translator and scholar of that poet's work. He is Editor of the bilingual collection \u003ci\u003eLatin American Revolutionary Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and is also the editor-translator of \u003ci\u003ePuerto Rican Poetry: An Anthology from Aboriginal to Contemporary Times\u003c\/i\u003e. The first collection of its kind, with the broadest historical scope yet available in English, it was awarded the New England Council of Latin American Studies (NECLAS) 2008 Prize for Translation. He is Founder-Editor of \u003ci\u003eCaliban: A Journal of New World Thought and Writing\u003c\/i\u003e (1975-1981), and his most recent volume, \u003ci\u003eA World Among these Islands: Essays on Literature, Race, and National Identity in Antillean America\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in the fall of 2010 to a positive critical reception. He has traveled, lived, studied, and worked in various parts of Spain, South America and the Caribbean, including Jamaica, Trinidad, Guyana, Cuba, Brazil, Panama, Colombia, and Nicaragua.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 28, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52703441944883,"sku":"9781433160837","price":148.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RDFCUHBVM0RwM2grRDdWNVovNFZSQT09.webp?v=1763323250","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-poets-prose-and-other-essays-race-national-identity-and-diaspora-in-the-americas-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}