Global Voices introduces us to El Hombrecito, a music group that interweaves Dominican poetry and visual art into their performances, in a story written by Natali Herrera Pacheco and translated by Eleanor Weekes. El Hombrecito hopes to spark interest in the country’s literature by setting it against the backdrop of bachata, rock, or experimental music, which brings literature to a much wider audience, and also separates Dominican literature from Western, democratized influences.
Reviving Dominican Literature with “a Concert of Poetry”
Amanda Hildebrand
Amanda Hildebrand is a painter and writer based in Los Angeles. She Instagrams: @amandahilly.