Print Interviews Online
Werner, Rachel. "Artist Proflile: Brenda Cárdenas." The Little Book Project WI
Holm, Christine. "Artist Profile: Brenda Cárdenas." The Little Book Project.
Reilly, Jackie. "Betwixt and Between: An Interview with Brenda Cárdenas," In Process, MTSU
Lee, Ae Hee. "Micro-Interview with Brenda Cárdenas," Woodland Pattern.
Vardaman, Wendy. "Interview with Brenda Cárdenas" in Verse Wisconsin
"Listening to Brenda Cárdenas is, on its own, an exercise in crossing borders." -Kurt Heinz, April 2002
"Listening to Brenda Cárdenas is, on its own, an exercise in crossing borders." -Kurt Heinz, April 2002
Reviews, Articles + Interviews
praise for boomerang
“Brenda writes with the serious and sensual delight of a belling-dancing bruja shaman woman…There are no borders between the dead and the living, lovers and strangers, intellect and body heat, Nahuatl and Caló, official text and love-sound…Cárdenas is a synthesizer tuned to Lorca, Anzaldúa, Guillén Celan, Cortázar, Burciaga, and Coyote. At a time when minimalist text and line are the dominant poetics, Brenda Cárdenas dissolves ancient monuments and sets the meter for the new boom! Incredible, essential, and fearless voice of power.”
—Juan Felipe Herrera,United States Poet Laureate, 2015-2017
“Cardenas' bilingual poems are very skillful; the Spanish weaves seamlessly with the English. I think her poem, ‘Abuelo y sus cuentos: Origin of the Bird-Beak Mole’ is a perfect bilingual poem and my favorite in the collection. Other favorites are ‘Sound Waves: Tono-D,’ ‘Cartoon Coyote Goes Po-Mo,’ and ‘Feast.’
—John Olivares Espinoza, author of The Date Fruit Elegies
praise for From the Tongues of Brick and Stone
“This is a brave and beautiful book in which we are invited to partake in an unflinching look at how language divides us and brings us together much like the political strife that Cárdenas writes about. Cárdenas bear witness at a time when many want to look the other way. We can only be grateful.“
—Demetria Martínez, author of Breathing Between the Lines, Mother Tongue, and Block Captain's Daughter
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