Selected Poems of Corsino Fortes

by Corsino Fortes

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Pub Date Apr 21 2015 | Archive Date Dec 02 2014

Steerforth Press | Archipelago

Poetry & Verse

Description

Concerned with giving voice to Cape Verdean life, Fortes writes in Cape Verdean Creole - and not just standard Portuguese - a powerful statement reinforcing the islands' distinctive African nature. However, his poems are often written from the perspective of an exile - and themes of exile and redemptive return recur in his work. This collection introduces English readers to Fortes, and the poet's beautiful and unique use of language.

Concerned with giving voice to Cape Verdean life, Fortes writes in Cape Verdean Creole - and not just standard Portuguese - a powerful statement reinforcing the islands' distinctive African nature...

Advance Praise

"Author of works like Pão e Fonema [Bread and Phoneme] (1974) or Árvore e Tambor [Tree and Drum] (1986), his work expresses a new awareness of Cape Verdian reality and a new reading of cultural tradition from the archipelago." -Antonio Miranda

"Author of works like Pão e Fonema [Bread and Phoneme] (1974) or Árvore e Tambor [Tree and Drum] (1986), his work expresses a new awareness of Cape Verdian reality and a new reading of cultural...

Marketing Plan

First serial placement in a major literary magazine, e.g. Harper's, The New Yorker, or The Paris Review.Event and reading with Corsino FortesPrint and e-ARCs widely availableInterviews, or in conversation events, with translator and award-winning poet Sean O'Brien

First serial placement in a major literary magazine, e.g. Harper's, The New Yorker, or The Paris Review.Event and reading with Corsino FortesPrint and e-ARCs widely availableInterviews, or in...