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The Lottery: Nocturnal Sweepstakes, Elizabeth Torres, 2023, University of Arizona Press

It is in our nature to wander: we are all migrants, everyone is displaced, home is where the heart is, but only there.

Stating this might be one way of approaching the latest collection of poetry by Elizabeth Torres, a prolific US writer of Colombian origin who dwells upon displacement in her latest bilingual collection, Lotería/The Lottery.

Her angle is …

You can read the full review on Substack.

Categories: Colombia, North America, South America, United States

Gavin O'Toole

I've spent much of my career in journalism and newspaper production: worked as a sub-editor and in other production roles at major UK newspapers including the Financial Times, The Guardian, The Observer and the Daily Telegraph / Sunday Telegraph. Covering business, finance, regulation, Latin American affairs and more. As a journalist and freelance writer I've contributed to many publications: work appears in outlets such as Al Jazeera, Public Finance, Global Government Forum, among others. Also an an award-winning writer of short stories and novelist. 

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