{"id":11058,"date":"2020-04-06T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-06T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11058"},"modified":"2020-04-06T08:09:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-06T13:09:55","slug":"e-is-with-a-star-in-my-hand-by-margarita-engle-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/booksyalove.com\/?p=11058","title":{"rendered":"E is WITH A STAR IN MY HAND, by Margarita Engle (book review)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Trading his poems for circus tickets,
Poems as ticket to university education,
Poems as true as love and as dangerous as truth\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abandoned by his parents as a young boy, celebrated for his poetry as a young teen, exiled from his homeland of Nicaragua as a young man, Ruben Dario<\/a> moved from traditional poetic forms to creating his own and spreading Modernism throughout Central and South America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a storytelling poet of mestizo<\/em> heritage, Dario blended Spanish and indio<\/em> tales <\/a>with those learned from books and travel, showcasing the world’s wideness in the decades prior to World War I rather than merely his own emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Margarita Engle (Jazz Owls<\/em> recommended here<\/a>, Lion Island<\/em> here<\/a> & Mountain Dog<\/em> here<\/a>) brings us another biography in verse, echoing the styles which Dario embraced during different stages of his life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Poets must speak, no matter the punishment.
We are observers with musical voices, testifying
in the courtrooms
of nature
and human life.” – Disappointment (page 70)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How is your true voice testifying to the truth you see?
**kmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book info<\/strong>: With a Star In My Hand: Ruben Dario, Poetry Hero \/ Margarita Engle. Atheneum Books, 2020. [about the author<\/a>] [publisher site<\/a>] Review copy and cover image courtesy of the publisher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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