Publisher's Synopsis
This new volume, coedited by poets and Professors Carlos Velasquez Torres, Carlos Aguasaco, and Yrene Santos, collects the work of the poets that participated in The Americas Poetry Festival of New York 2019. It includes short biographies and poems written by the 34 featured poets from 19 different countries who read their work in 7 different languages and participated in TAPFNY 2019. Once again, this book and TAPFNY is a sampler of the poetry written in our times and celebrates New York as an epicenter of artistic multiculturalism, inclusion, and diversity.