“Poetry, like bread, is for everyone.”
— from the poem “Like You” by Roque Dalton
Since 1975, Curbstone Press has published works by a unique group of writers: political activists, feminists, guerrilla combatants, "independistas" from several countries, as well as ordinary working people from many parts of the world -- the U.S., Latin America, Vietnam, Europe, Eastern Europe. What all these poets share is an affinity for that place “where art and politics intersect.” Unique among poetry anthologies, Poetry Like Bread contains works by poets whose imaginations are fueled by political realities. These are poets whose works are united in a desire for a world where human needs are met and justice is attainable.
Poetry Like Bread contains works by more than 30 poets whose work has been published by Curbstone Press. Some of the poets included are: Marianne Larsen (Denmark); Claribel Alegría, Alfonso Quijada Urías, and Roque Dalton (El Salvador); Otto René Castillo and Victor Montejo (Guatemala); Gioconda Belli, Leonel Rugama, Tomás Borge, Daisy Zamora, and Ernesto Cardenal (Nicaragua); Julia de Burgos and Clemente Soto Vélez (Puerto Rico); and Jimmy Santiago Baca, Leo Connellan, Martín Espada, Don Gordon, Joan Joffe Hall, Jack Hirschman, Juan Felipe Herrera, Devorah Major, Sarah Menefee, Margaret Randall, Luis J. Rodríguez, James Scully, and Tino Villanueva (U.S.).
