Sea of Broken Mirrors

Title: Sea of Broken Mirrors
Author: Pablo Medina
ISBN: 9781934909782
Publisher: Hanging Loose Press
Published: 2024
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Condition: Used: Very Good


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Publisher Description:

A new poetry collection by the award winning Cuban-American poet, novelist, and translator.

Award-winning poet, novelist and translator's new collection SEA OF BROKEN MIRRORS is a book of questions and incantations. Full of lush sonics and surreal yet contemporary imagery, the book offers Medina's take on biblical canticles. His work is grounded in descriptions of Vermont's nature --still beautiful despite the ravages of global warming--as well as memories of his youth and family. Born in Cuba and raised there until the age of twelve, Medina infuses his work with Cuban culture. For him, cultural identity is not a static reality, but a vessel riding the sea into the unknown. The poems explore how the diminishment of self (indeed, its ultimate disappearance) can be a way of engaging with the world, the ultimate essence of which is found in the language of poetry.

"I'm so heartened by the work of Pablo Medina. So challenged by the formal rigor and deep compassion (and play!) of his poetry and his supple mind and critique. SEA OF BROKEN MIRRORS is a new chapter in an ever shifting and abundant career marked by curiosity, pragmatism, and hope. Yes. Hope. I see it here too. And it makes me want to keep writing. To keep going."--Gabrielle Calvocoressi

Poetry. Latinx Studies.