Description: Countersong to Walt Whitman and Other Poems is the only book-length collection of Mir's poetry in English translation. The eight poems selected include several of his signature pieces from the late 1940s through the 1970s.
Review Quotes: "We need a lot more books in English about the Dominican experience. Fortunately the field is growing, and there's some good stuff out there. I recommend one start with one of the Dominican Republic's greatest poets, Pedro Mir, his Countersong to Walt Whitman and Other Poems. Pure genius." Junot Díaz writing in the New York Times