The Fertile Rhythms: Contemporary Women Poets of Mexico

In candid, sensuous, and startlingly fresh poetic expressions, the 1980s women poets of Mexico represent a new, democratic era in their national poetry. Moving beyond the shadow of the male literary establishment, these new voices revitalize the contemporary scene in Mexico and assimilate the received poetic language of the Mexican tradition in original, and at times shocking, ways. These 22 women poets—most appearing for the first timein English translation—express an imaginative and liberated female consciousness that enriches the Mexican literary landscape.