Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
Salcadorian-American, poetry, cultural dualities
College
Humanities
Department
English
Abstract
When we studied modern American poets in Dr. Howe’s Poetry 319 class, I wondered if there were also Salvadoran-American poets out there, as both my parents immigrated to the U.S. from El Salvador in the 1980s, fleeing a bloody civil war. At the same time I had also started writing a few family-themed poems. Finding William Archila, Leticia Hernandez-Linares, and Jorge Argueta’s work online, I felt an immediate kinship. Their works inspired much of my final where I submitted a chapbook as well as an essay exploring my place in the contemporary American scene. Dr. Howe saw me beginning to catch on fire and told me to keep researching.
Recommended Citation
Garcia, Jonathan and Howe, Dr. Susan
(2013)
"Emerging Voices from the “Paper Cut” Country: Contemporary Salvadorian-American Poetry,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 765.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/765