Orlando Ricardo Menes - Wikipedia
WEBMenes at the 2019 Texas Book Festival. Orlando Ricardo Menes is a Cuban-American poet, short story writer, translator, editor, and professor. Born in Lima, Peru, to Cuban parents, Menes immigrated to the United States at the age of 10 after a leftist coup d'etat forced his family out of Peru.
Orlando Menes | Department of English | University of Notre Dame
WEBAn NEA Fellow, Orlando Ricardo Menes was born in Lima, Perú, to Cuban parents but has lived most of his life in the U.S. He considers himself Cuban American. Since 2000 he has taught in the Creative Writing Program at the University of Notre Dame where he is Professor of English.
Orlando Ricardo Menes - Welcome
WEBMenes is the author of seven poetry collections, including the most recent The Gospel of Wildflowers & Weeds (University of New Mexico Press, 2022), as well as Memoria (Louisiana State University Press, 2019), Heresies (University of New Mexico Press, 2015) and Fetish, winner of the 2012 Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry.
Orlando Ricardo Menes | The Poetry Foundation
WEBPeruvian-born Cuban poet, editor, and translator Orlando Ricardo Menes immigrated to Miami with his family at age 10. He earned a BA and an MA at the University of Florida and a PhD at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
WEBORLANDO RICARDO MENES. Professor Department of English The University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 (574) 631-4110. EDUCATION: Ph.D. in English (Creative Writing: Poetry) [May 1998] University of Illinois at Chicago. M.A. in English (May 1982) University of Florida. B.A. in English (June …
About Orlando Ricardo Menes | Academy of American Poets
WEBOrlando Ricardo Menes is the author of The Gospel of Wildflowers & Weeds (University of New Mexico Press, 2022), Memoria (LSU Press, 2019), and Heresies (University of New Mexico Press, 2015). A 2009 National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, he is a Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame.
Orlando Ricardo Menes - Works
WEBIn verse rich in imagery and metaphor, Cuban-American poet Orlando Menes constructs a cosmic vision of the Caribbean that weaves African, European and indigenous elements into a vibrant synthesis. The voices of communist, Christian and Orisha devotee blend in baroque celebration of the Caribbean's unique heritage.
Tower of Babel by Orlando Ricardo Menes - Poems - Academy of …
WEBNov 2, 2021 · Orlando Ricardo Menes. Praise be to God for confounding our tongues and scattering us into exile. like chaff in a stray wind or the fig seeds dropped by a green iguacaon on a hogplum. Confusion is sweetest chirimoya on a dry tongue.
Orlando Ricardo Menes - Poetry Out Loud
WEBPeruvian-born Cuban poet, editor, and translator Orlando Ricardo Menes immigrated to Miami with his family at age 10. He earned a BA and an MA at the University of Florida and a PhD at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
The Gospel of Wildflowers and Weeds - Poetry Foundation
WEBAug 15, 2022 · In his sixth full-length collection, The Gospel of Wildflowers and Weeds, Orlando Ricardo Menes limns the fervent, sensuous textures of a childhood in Peru, his background as a Cuban American, and works by painters like Carlos Enríquez and writers like Federico García Lorca.
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