Avalanche of Wonders/Avalancha de maravillas: Poems and Translations by the Students of Poetry Inside Out Book

Avalanche of Wonders is an anthology celebrating the work of students who participate in Poetry Inside Out, the only in-school creative writing program to focus on translating poetry. This fully bilingual anthology features original student poetry and artwork as well as student translations of great Spanish-language writers. Featured authors range from celebrated poets like César Vallejo, Gabriela Mistral, and Octavio Paz to newer voices from all over Latin America, as well as Chicano/Latino poets such as Gloria Anzaldúa and Francisco X. Alarcón. This volume is ideal for introducing world poetry to students age nines and up and can be used in English, creative writing, and Spanish language classes in addition to bilingual classrooms. Avalanche of Wonders also includes the award-winning poems of five students who were selected by former United States Poet Laureate Robert Hass as winners in the national evironmental poetry contest River of Words.