Description: On July 19, 1979 the Nicaraguan people, under the banner of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, overthrew the 40-year-long Somoza family tyranny. Amongst those playing major roles in this popular revolution were many of the nation's leading poets and writers. Today, these men and women are focusing their creativity on the tasks of constructing a new nation and a new Nicaraguan culture. Through these interviews with 14 of Nicaragua's most important writers/revolutionaries we come to learn that Nicaragua's revolution, like its poetry, is an expression of great love, imagination and liberation.
Review Quotes: "The wonder of some of these interviews--I'm thinking of Giocanda Belli and Vidaluz Meneses particularly--the truthfulness as they tell their lives as women and literary workers in a revolutionary time... the happiness, the toll, the sacrifice that's part of the process. And most interesting to an American woman and writer--the pride of being heard, your next poem waited for--your trade "poet" respected and emulated by the young." --Grace Paley