
Orlando Ricardo Menes
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Books by Orlando Ricardo Menes
Poetry
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Orlando Ricardo Menes
Drawing from history, ethnography, and anthropology, this collection speaks to Afro-Cuban heritage, magic, syncretic religion, and legacies of displacement and assimilation. These poems bring to life a distinct mesh of grit and beauty, sound and sight, in a sweep of symphonious measures that celebrates as it delights.
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