Poets and Artists (July 2010): The South Florida Issue

OCHO #27

by Emma Trelles, Grace Cavalieri (Contributor), Diego Quiros (Contributor)

Featuring South Florida poets and artists.

108 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Emma Trelles is the author of the poetry chapbook Little Spells (GOSS183) and the full-length collection Tropicalia (University of Notre Dame Press) — winner of the Andres Montoya Poetry Prize and a finalist for ForeWord Reviews/IndieFab poetry book of the year. Her poems and prose have appeared or are forthcoming in The Los Angeles Review; Miramar; Political Punch: Contemporary Poems on the Politics of Identity; Poet Lore; The Best American Poetry; PoetsArtists; Best of the Net; the Miami Herald; & others. She has taught creative writing workshops at Antioch University, PINTURA/PALABRA, an ekphrastic project sponsored by Letras Latinas/Institute for Latino Studies at Notre Dame; the Sanibel Island Writers Conference; The Center for Literature and Theatre in Miami; and Florida International University. She is the receipient of an Individual Artist Fellowship in poetry from the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs & now lives with her husband in Santa Barbara, where she programs the Mission Poetry Series.

Reviews

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stunning portraits of poets (painted by Didi Menendez)on the cover and their amazing poems on the inside!

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Some outstanding visual artists in this issue, including one of my favorites from South Florida, John Sanchez.

[Pris Campbell · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this issue. I like the idea of occasional regional issues and enjoyed taking part in this one.