Praises & Offenses: Three Women Poets from the Dominican Republic (Lannan Translations Selection Series)

As tropical as it is topical, this landmark anthology gives voice to three powerful women poets from the Dominican Republic. Together they present a wide array of linguistic and stylistic elements, and they address shared political and cultural issues that illuminate what it means to be a woman in the modern-day Dominican Republic. Translator Judith Kerman, who began the anthology as a Senior Fulbright Scholar, notes that contemporary women poets from the Dominican Republic are the most underserved group when it comes to English-language translations. This anthology remedies that omission with poetry that is smart, edgy, and groundbreaking.