In Latin America, we believe in Baby Jesus as the gift-giver. But one day, someone suggested to Santa that he should cover the Southern Hemisphere. “Hey, Saint Nick, wanna work with us? Come on down. Down here we work on commission. For every gift you drop off, we’ll give you 20 bucks. And for every […]
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Poetry in times of conquest
By Carlos Herrera Montero In the previous article, we talked about the poetic work that existed during Pre-Columbian times. The arrival of theSpaniards in 1492 and the beginning of the conquest (XVI century, from circa 1520 to 1570) was the process of exploration, conquering and colonization of the so-called “New World” by, initially, Spain and […]
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Flowers and songs: Aztec poetry
By Carlos Herrera Montero We begin a new series of articles about Latin American literature (written originally in Spanish for el Sol del Valle) with a brief exposition of Pre-Columbian poetry. The series will not be a comprehensive study, rather cultural brushstrokes that, hopefully, will help bring together and highlight the different cultures that call […]