The Country Between Us

Name: The Country Between Us
Author: Carolyn Forche

by Carolyn Forche

Poetry bearing witness to political violence and human rights atrocities in Central America

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Carolyn Forche

American poet and human rights activist whose The Country Between Us brought witness poetry to wide attention. The Angel of History and Blue Hour develop a postmodern witness poetics.

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Gathering the TribesEarly poetry collection exploring women's identity and presence in contemporary culture
The Angel of HistoryPoetry exploring historical trauma, apocalyptic imagery, and fragmented personal narratives
Blue HourPoetry examining memory, displacement, and temporal rupture in contemporary daily experience
In the Lateness of the WorldPoetry meditating on aging, crisis, and endurance in late modernity with political consciousness