New York 1987, Tyler Fisher
Dec 2018
New York 1987, Tyler Fisher
Tyler Fisher
Dedicated to the Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos (1914-1953), Sherezada (Chiqui) Vicioso's evocation of New York City conjures up a sensory experience of the bustling metropolis alongside references to its international, and especially Latino, ingredients. Vicioso depicts a city that is infused with but strangely unaware of its Hispanic heritage, which her enumeration of food, music, contraband, Afro-Caribbean spirits, and expatriates calls to the surface. The poem’s minimal punctuation, idiosyncratic line- and word-divisions, wordplay, blend of archaic and current diction, and sporadically disjointed syntax underscore a crowded, onrushing, almost incantatory medley of past and present, local and transnational. …
Review Of "Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry", Marianne Rogoff
Feb 2016
Review Of "Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry", Marianne Rogoff
Marianne Rogoff
"From the center and edges of the vast and diverse landscape of contemporary Mexico, whose 'boundaries are largely the accidents of history,' the poets in Reversible Monuments ponder the limits of consciousness and search for meaning(s)."
My Right Breast And Other Poems, Carmela Ferradans
Dec 2005
My Right Breast And Other Poems, Carmela Ferradans
Carmela Ferradans
A collection of original poetry about the author's experience with cancer.
Las Lágrimas De King Kong, Carmela Ferradans
Dec 1991
Las Lágrimas De King Kong, Carmela Ferradans
Carmela Ferradans
Desde uno de los muchos páramos afectivos donde la vida transcurre entre palabras de ordenador y margaritas aguadas en el bar que ni siquiera es del barrio.
Húmeda Memoria, Carmela Ferradans
Dec 1989
Húmeda Memoria, Carmela Ferradans
Carmela Ferradans
No abstract provided.