Dorsía & Vincent’s Conversation
Dorsía Smith Silva (In Inheritance of Drowning, CavanKerry, 2024) and Vincent Toro (Hivestruck, Penguin 2024) explore why their writing in these precarious times is essential, especially as their writing embodies protest poetry. They discuss protest writing as a transformative experience and means to address US colonialism, Latinx identity, and the intersections between Puerto Rico, ecopoetics, capitalism, neoliberalism, and environmental and economic destruction. As they share how their poetry can lead to collective action and empowerment, Dorsía and Vincent also address some contemporary racial, social, and political injustices that many marginalized communities confront.