Duende

Company

Library of Congress

Price

$16.00

Source

Official Store

Duende, that dark and elusive force described by Federico García Lorca, is the creative and ecstatic power an artist seeks to channel from within. It can lead the artist toward revelation, but it must also, Lorca says, accept and even serenade the possibility of death. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith's bold second poetry collection explores history and the intersections of folk traditions, political resistance, and personal survival. Duende gives passionate testament to suppressed cultures, and allows them to sing. Paperback; 80 pages. The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of…