Risking a Somersault in the Air: Conversations with Nicaraguan Writers
"This is a book that encourages and empowers those of us who are poets, those of us who writer-- and those of us who work to change society to fit the hopes and dreams of the common people." --Alice Walker"This new collection of twelve interviews with Nicaraguan writers is a fascinating testament to basic human possibilities despite the harshly political determinations we have forced upon them. Once again it is Margaret Randall's unique power as a listener that can make a bridge to this complex place we must finally recognize as our common world." -- Robert Creeley"The wonder of some of these interviews-- I'm thinking of Giocanda Belli and Vidaluz Meneses particularly-- the truthfulness as they tell their lives as women and literary workers in a revolutionary time... the happiness, the toll, the sacrifice that's part of the process. And most interesting to an American woman and writer-- the pride of being heard, your next poem waited for-- your trade "poet" respected and emulated by the young." --Grace Paley