{"product_id":"selected-poems-poesias-escogidas-martin-carter","title":"Selected Poems \/ Poesías Escogidas, Martin Carter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMartin Carter\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(31, 33, 36);\"\u003e\u003cspan itemprop=\"publisher\"\u003ePeepal Tree Press\u003c\/span\u003e, 1999\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart of the Reading List compiled to accompany \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(5, 5, 5);\"\u003eDonald Locke exhibition \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/camdenartcentre.org\/whats-on\/resistant-forms\" title=\"Donald Locke Resistant Forms Exhibition Camden Art Centre\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eResistant Forms\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e at Camden Art Centre, 10 April 2026\/30 August 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"text-black-100 text-sm md:text-md\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis dual language selection of Martin Carter's poems, edited by David Dabydeen, translated into Spanish by Salvador Ortiz-Carbonares and with an introduction by Gemma Robinson, will establish very clearly that Carter is a major South American poet, in the company of Valejo, Neruda and Paz.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe late Martin Carter was without doubt one of the Caribbean's major poets, only less well known than Walcott and Brathwaite because he rarely left his native Guyana. He came to notice first for his \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePoems of Resistance\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1954) written out of his experiences of the anti-colonial struggle which included his imprisonment by the British for his political activities. His work has been a major influence on the current generation of Caribbean poets as John Agard, David Dabydeen, Fred D'Aguiar, Kwame Dawes, Linton Kwesi Johnson and Grace Nichols among others have elsewhere testified.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booksource","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57946471137661,"sku":"9781900715393","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/0331\/4362\/files\/SelectedPoems.png?v=1775729138","url":"https:\/\/shop.camdenartcentre.org\/products\/selected-poems-poesias-escogidas-martin-carter","provider":"Camden Art Centre Trading Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}