Download or read book Formal Matters in Contemporary Latino Poetry written by F. Aldama and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-26 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's Latino poetry scene is incredibly vibrant. With original interviews, this is the first meditation on the thematic features of such poetry. Looking at how Julia Alvarez, Rhina Espaillat, Rafael Campo, and C. Dale Young use structures such as meter, rhyme, and line break, this study identifies a poetics of formalist Latino poetry.