The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Latin American Poetry

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Ben Bollig, Jorge J. Locane
Taylor & Francis, Mar 4, 2026 - Literary Collections - 498 pages

The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First Century Latin American Poetry brings together internationally recognized experts to offer a fresh and urgent perspective on Latin America’s contemporary poetry and the culture and politics of the region in the last 25 years.

Delving into the often-overlooked realm of poetic expression, this companion provides a rich and complex assessment of Latin America’s diverse voices and a comprehensive understanding of the genre’s evolution and significance. By focusing on wider tendencies, geographical areas, and a select group of poets for individual case studies, the work gives clear and necessary insights into the recent poetry of this region. Engaging with the work of poets who challenge conventions, this edited collection illuminates the cultural and political landscapes of the last two decades, providing readers with a fresh perspective on Latin America’s rich literary tapestry.

This volume is a vital resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, and academics in Latin American studies, cultural studies, literary studies, and related fields, as well as anyone interested in the intersection of poetry, identity, and contemporary Latin American culture.

 

Contents

List of Contributors
1968
Contemporary Amazonian Poetry
1976
An Approach From Rewriting
1991
Four Contemporary Central American Poets
2005
Latin American Southern Cone Poetry in
TwentyFirst Century
The Binational Aesthetics of Robin Myers and Violeta
Poetic Practices Across National Borders
On Drug Apology by Mario Verdugo
Gender and Decoloniality in TwentyFirstCentury Latin
Transhemispheric Convergences Between the Writers
Geological Subjectivities Labour
The Visionary Poetry of Adriana Paredes Pinda
The Illegible Lives of Frank Báez
A Poet of Dispute and Sharing
Noise and Impersonal Memory in the Poetry of Andrés Anwandter

TwentyFirstCentury Latin American Poets in Spain
Latin American Poets in the
SpanishLanguage Poetry in Early
Poetry by Prose Writers
Publishing Economics and the AvantGarde in Latin America
Latin American Poetry and Biodiversity
Sense and Nonsense in Contemporary Chilean Poetry
Assessing TwentyFirstCentury
Poetic Activism in TwentyFirstCentury Latin America
The Dialogic and Critical Poetics of Sara Uribe
Natalia Litvinovas Inventive Nostalgia
Reading the World
The Black Series by Carlos Soto Román
Wet Ontology and Mapuche Geomyths in Roxana Miranda Rupailaf
The Poetry of Luis Felipe Fabre
Index
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Ben Bollig is Professor of Latin American Literature and Film at the University of Oxford, UK.

Jorge J. Locane is Professor of Literature and Culture in the Spanish-Speaking World at the University of Oslo, Norway.

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