Festival Internacional de Poesía Latinoamericana FEIPOL
ANTOLOGÍA FEIPOL 2016 editada por Rossy Evelin Lima y Eréndira Santillana. Poemas de Antonieta Villamil. Paginas 58 a 61. Poemas: Herida de Impunidad (Versión final Inédita), El Imperio por Un Poema.
Festival Internacional de Poesía Latinoamericana (FeIPoL)
The Antología 2016 (FeIPoL) is a poetry anthology that gives testimony of a united Latino community and includes some of the greatest and most relevant Latino poets of our time, such as: the United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, Lucha Corpi (U.S.), Saúl Ibargoyen (Uruguay), Antonieta Villamil (Colombia), Armando Alanís Pulido (Mexico), Mayra Santos Febres (Puerto Rico) and Julián Herbert (Mexico), among others.
This poetry collection is a kaleidoscope that fills our eyes with colors of hope and solidarity in times of political and social turmoil. Throughout this past year we have heard a radical politician use a rhetoric of hatred towards Latinos, immigrants, minorities and frankly anyone who looks, speaks or thinks differently. But rather than responding with hatred, our literary community has responded with a festival of brotherhood to celebrate unity. In the words of Juan Felipe Herrera, "Celebramos a aquellos / que marcharon en la noche / para hablar de paz."
The Antología 2016 (FeIPoL) is much more than a collection of poetry; it is a symbol of the triumph of kindness over hostility, of joy over bitterness, of fraternity over alienation. It is a generation of artists who have decided to raise their voices to bring forth the change they wish to see.
The Antología 2016 (FeIPoL) is a poetry anthology that gives testimony of a united Latino community and includes some of the greatest and most relevant Latino poets of our time, such as: the United States Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, Lucha Corpi (U.S.), Saúl Ibargoyen (Uruguay), Antonieta Villamil (Colombia), Armando Alanís Pulido (Mexico), Mayra Santos Febres (Puerto Rico) and Julián Herbert (Mexico), among others.
This poetry collection is a kaleidoscope that fills our eyes with colors of hope and solidarity in times of political and social turmoil. Throughout this past year we have heard a radical politician use a rhetoric of hatred towards Latinos, immigrants, minorities and frankly anyone who looks, speaks or thinks differently. But rather than responding with hatred, our literary community has responded with a festival of brotherhood to celebrate unity. In the words of Juan Felipe Herrera, "Celebramos a aquellos / que marcharon en la noche / para hablar de paz."
The Antología 2016 (FeIPoL) is much more than a collection of poetry; it is a symbol of the triumph of kindness over hostility, of joy over bitterness, of fraternity over alienation. It is a generation of artists who have decided to raise their voices to bring forth the change they wish to see.
(Editors)
Rossy Evelin Lima (Veracruz, Mexico) is founder of the International Latin American Poetry Festival (FeIPoL) and co-author of the first Nahuatl book for children in the US. She received the Gabriela Mistral Award by National Hispanic Honor Society in 2010 and the Premio Internazionale di Poesia Altino, Italy in 2015.
Eréndira Santillana (Tamaulipas, Mexico) was awarded the Sigma Delta Pi’s Study Abroad Scholarship for the Instituto Franklin (University of Alcalá, Spain) in 2015 and currently serves as the Registration Director for the International Latin American Poetry Festival (FeIPoL). Review by Gerald Padilla 8/28/2016.
Eréndira Santillana (Tamaulipas, Mexico) was awarded the Sigma Delta Pi’s Study Abroad Scholarship for the Instituto Franklin (University of Alcalá, Spain) in 2015 and currently serves as the Registration Director for the International Latin American Poetry Festival (FeIPoL). Review by Gerald Padilla 8/28/2016.
Antología Oficial del Festival Internacional de Poesía Latinoamericana, 2016
by Rossy Evelin Lima (Editor), Juan Felipe Herrera, Mayra Santos Febres, Erendira Santillana (Editor), Lucha Corpi, Julián Herbert, Armando Alanís Pulido, Saúl Ibargoyen, Andrea Flores, Javier Tinajero Rodríguez, Antonieta Villamil, Leticia Sandoval, Javier Villarreal, Javier Sierra, Eduardo Vargas López, Vanessa Torres, Priscilla Celina Suarez, Gabriela Salazar Reyna, Brenda N. Riojas, John Pluecker, Emmy Pérez, Paola Authiêvre, Rebecca Bowman, Miriam Maldonado.
Presentamos la antología inaugural del Festival Internacional de Poesía Latinoamericana, como un barco que atravesando el Pacifico o el Atlántico, el Suchiate o el Rio Grande/Río Bravo, encalla en nuestro puerto para compartirnos los tesoros de Latinoamérica hechos poema. Esta antología ofrece la voz unida de poetas latinoamericanos y tiene como escenario el Valle del Sur de Texas, la fluida frontera con México. Cuarenta y dos poetas seleccionados por un comité imparcial dan muestra de la poética actual, de la palabra auténtica que se entreteje para alcanzar el cielo mientras sigue germinando en la tierra, a la orilla de un cause de agua. Antología además engalanada con muestras de la poesía de los poetas homenajeados del festival, invitados a ser parte de FeIPoL por su trayectoria pero sobre todo debido a su labor social, al cambio que emerge de sus palabras. Su ímpetu y caminos nos demuestran que si no existen espacios, la voz del poeta se alzará por entre el asfalto para crearlos. Paperback, 184 pages. Published August 16th 2016 by Latin American Foundation for the Arts.
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Juan Felipe Herrera, Poeta Laureado de USA
Lucha Corpi, Estados Unidos
Saúl Ibargoyen, Urugüay
Antonieta Villamil, Colombia-US
Mayra Santos-Febres, Puerto Rico
Julián Herbert, México
Armando Alanís, México
Lucha Corpi, Estados Unidos
Saúl Ibargoyen, Urugüay
Antonieta Villamil, Colombia-US
Mayra Santos-Febres, Puerto Rico
Julián Herbert, México
Armando Alanís, México
Antología 2016 (FeIPoL) is a publication by the Festival Internacional de Poesía Latinoamericana and can be purchased through Amazon. Click here to purchase.
Comentario de Antonieta: Vuelvo a estas paginas una y otra vez para vivir de nuevo los días de McAllen con la imagen surreal de un camión de propaganda estilo Billboard, recorriendo la ciudad con los rostros y nombres de los poetas homenajeados, de leer solidaridad, unión, amor por la vida y la tenacidad que necesitamos para afrontar lo que venga. Gracias Feipol por ayudar a que todas nuestras voces sean escuchadas.
