Mikeas Sanchez
How to Be a Good Savage and Other Poems
How to Be a Good Savage and Other Poems
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In her debut English collection, Mikeas Sánchez, a Zoque poet of the Americas, explores the Zoque people's worldview, fusing cosmology, lineage, feminism, and environmental activism. The bilingual originals are paired with an English translation for the first time, making it a must-read for anyone interested in poetry as knowledge.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 22 February 2024
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
The latest addition to the Seedbank series, marking the English debut of a groundbreaking Indigenous poet from the Americas.
In a fiercely personal yet authoritative voice, prolific contemporary poet Mikeas Sánchez delves into the worldview of the Zoque people of southern Mexico. Her paced, steely lyrics seamlessly blend cosmology, lineage, feminism, and environmental activism into a singular body of work that represents both the individual and the collective in the same instant. "I am woman, and I celebrate every vein," she writes, "where I guard my ancestors' secrets / every Zoque man's word in my mouth / every Zoque woman's wisdom in my spit."
How to Be a Good Savage and Other Poems explores the intricate intersection of Zoque struggles against colonialism and empire, as well as those of North African immigrants and refugees. Sánchez encountered the latter in Barcelona as a revelation, "spreading their white blankets on the ground / as if they'll soon return to sea / flying the sail of the promised land / the land that became a mirage." Other works take us just as close to similarly imperiled relatives, ancestors, gods, and archetypal Zoque men and women that Sánchez addresses with both deeply prophetic and childlike love.
Coming from the only woman to ever publish a book of poetry in Zoque and Spanish, this timely, powerful collection pairs the bilingual originals with an English translation for the first time. This book is for anyone interested in poetry as knowledge, proclaimed with both feet firmly set on ancient ground.
The How to Be a Good Savage and Other Poems audiobook, read by Mikeas Sánchez, Wendy Call, and Shook, is available across all audiobook platforms.
Weight: 310g
Dimension: 165 x 216 x 15 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781639550203
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