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    Heresies: Poems
    Heresies: Poems
    Heresies: Poems
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    Heresies: Poems

    By Orlando Ricardo Menes

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    Heresies is an invocation of Latin American and Caribbean culture, history, and spirituality. Through free verse and poetic forms, the collection is visually charged and sonically rich. The poems incorporate history, legend, and magical realism to create a cross-cultural baroque feeling. Heresies is witty, probing, transgressive, and carnivalesque.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUniversity of New Mexico Press
    Release dateAug 15, 2015
    ISBN9780826335227
    Heresies: Poems
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    Orlando Ricardo Menes

    Orlando Ricardo Menes is the author of three other books of poetry, including Fetish: Poems. His work has appeared in the Harvard Review, Crab Orchard Review, Ploughshares, West Branch, Callaloo, and elsewhere.

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