Duende Sid Fleischman Humor Award (2020) Written by a guerrilla filmmaker

Written by a guerrilla filmmaker for guerrilla filmmakers

For the rest of his life

First published a decade ago

shrapnel-riddled metal

Rapid Review Pathology

Duende Sid Fleischman Humor Award (2020) Written by a guerrilla filmmakerEvery poem is the story of itself. Pure conflict. Its own undoing. Breeze of dreams, then certain death. from "History" Duende, that dark and elusive force described by Federico Garca Lorca, is the creative and ecstatic power an artist seeks to channel from within. It can lead the artist toward revelation, but it must also, Lorca says, accept and even serenade the possibility of death. Tracy K. Smith's bold second poetry collection explores history