Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color [Paperback]

The first major literary anthology for queer poets of color in the United StatesIn 2014, Christopher Soto and Lambda Literary Foundation founded the online journal Nepantla, with the mission to nurture, celebrate, and preserve diversity within the queer poetry community, including contributions as diverse in style and form, as the experiences of QPOC in the United States. Now, Nepantla will appear for the first time in print as a survey of poetry by queer poets of color throughout U.S. history, including literary legends such as Audre Lorde, James Baldwin, June Jordan, Ai, and Pat Parker alongside contemporaries such as Natalie Diaz, Ocean Vuong, Danez Smith, Joshua Jennifer Espinoza, Robin Coste Lewis, Joy Harjo, Richard Blanco, Erika L. S?nchez, Jericho Brown, Carl Phillips, Tommy Pico, Eduardo C. Corral, Chen Chen, and more!Galleys sent to print magazines in advance of publication, finished book sent to list of reviewers created in collaboration with the author, twitter, instagram, Nightboat blog and catalog, NYC and Bay Area book launches.The first major literary anthology for queer poets of color in the United States.Celebratory & revolutionary anthology of queer poets of color writing in the United States.Puts contemporary & emerging poets in conversation with established older & deceased poets.Redefines the standard canon of poetry to include queer poets of color.Christopher Soto (b. 1991, Los Angeles) is a poet based in Brooklyn, New York. He is the author of Sad Girl Poems (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2016) and the editor of Nepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color (Nightboat Books, 2018). For more information visit christophersoto-poet.com