“Los Macheteros”
Collaborators’ Q&A: ArtistStacy Isenbarger: In my first read, the poem seemed to carry such a strong image I was intimidated. I felt like there wasn’t room for me to start a conversation with imagery of my own, but then that feeling settled into a desired challenge. Poet Isabel Acevedo: To me, the artist’s response brings focus to the child in the poem, which isn’t something I expected.
Artist Stacy Isenbarger is an artist, professor, mover, and shaker. She teaches Art + Design at the University of Idaho in Moscow, ID. Poet Isabel Acevedo is a Pushcart Prize nominee and two-time winner of the Academy of American Poets University Prize.