Pak Jeong-de

An explosive collection of revolutionary poems that make the case that only poetry can save humanity. Korean poet Pak Jeong-de envisioned Hail, Che! as a textual performance that sings and dreams of revolution. In these poems, he invokes the names of more than 200 artists—writers, musicians, filmmakers, and painters—whom he considers comrades capable of saving humanity. Throughout Hail, Che!, he...