First published 1900
Three distinct voices emerge from different corners of Latin America to create an interwoven dialogue about colonial violence. Lina Meruane, Cristina Rivera Garza, and Gabriela Wiener each contribute poems that speak to bodies exploited, lands seized, and seeds forced into foreign soil. Meruane examines what it means to inhabit a female body under systems of control. Rivera Garza traces the state's presence in hunger, taxation, and enslavement. Wiener addresses sisters dispossessed by their own hands, creatures without love in a world that has stripped them bare. Their verses braid together stories that began centuries ago but continue today in forms both hidden and exposed. The poets reveal how colonial wounds manifest across time, showing violence that disguises itself, hides, or appears without pretense. Through this three-way conversation, they expose the complexity of colonial harm while creating space for shared experience and recognition.
Genres: african-literature, 21st-century, latin-american-literature, academic
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: multiple-perspectives, shared-experience
Setting: Latin America
Period: Colonial Era, Contemporary
176 pages · Paperback · CCCB
Content warnings: colonialism, violence