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  • Sapeurs and Cobalt

    Sapeurs and Cobalt

    Poet Rodrigo Toscano’s “Sapeurs and Cobalt” explores the contradictions of globalization in the Congo through the elegant figure of the Sapeur and the brutalities of the cobalt mine.

  • The Zone

    The Zone

    Poet Rodrigo Toscano’s “The Zone” explores the entangled processes of imperialism, nation-building, and literary culture across the western hemisphere.