Latinx and Latine Poetry
Librarians at The Seattle Public Library selected this list of poetry by Latino/Latina/Latinx poets. Annotations from Publishers Weekly unless otherwise noted. (Created March 2025)
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Some of the Light
A mid-career poet, performer, and novelist, Hernandez has already generated the work of a lifetime, drawing on themes of history, migration, imperialism, and legacy. (Library Journal)
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Latino Poetry
This vibrant collection brings together 253 poems by 186 Latino poets from the early 17th century through 2023, showcasing a dynamic poetic tradition that engages with social and political issues and personal experiences.
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Rimonim
Written in collaboration with various communities looking to honor, unravel, and rebuild Jewish liturgies, Rimonim is a book of lyric in the most immediate sense—of poems that are meant to be read and sung. (Publisher's copy)
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The Hurting Kind
The tender, arresting sixth collection from Limón is an ode to the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth that characterizes the natural world.
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Tarta Americana
The ruminative fourth collection from Martinez blends personal narrative and broader social commentary.
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Moon Mirrored Indivisible
In his wide-ranging third collection, Matuk weaves a rich tapestry of human connection, meditating on sex, war, and ancestral inheritance.
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Promises Of Gold
In this moving second collection, Olivarez reflects on his Mexican identity through poems that explore platonic and romantic love, the joys of friendship and food, and the pain and loss at the heart of capitalist society.
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Santa Tarantula
Jordan Pérez explores the tension between fear and reprieve, between hopelessness and light, in her debut collection, Santa Tarantula, the tenth winner of the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. (Publisher's copy)
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Relinquenda
CantoMundo fellow Regalado writes of pain and uncertainty while stranded in the United States by pandemic and separated from her family in El Salvador. (Library Journal)
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Every Sound Is Not A Wolf
This collection of poems in couplets explores the bond between people, environments, and nature.
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