Al borde de un beso y otros poemas

Poetry. Asian American Studies. POETA EN SAN FRANCISCO is the winner of the highly prestigious James Laughlin Award for 2005, awarded annually from the Academy of American Poetry and the only prize for a second book of poetry in the United States. Although Reyes' first book was not as widely known as the first book of many of the other eligible poets, the judges nevertheless courageously chose this risky, radical, and deserving second book put out by an energetic but very small publisher. Reyes received her undergraduate education at UC Berkeley, where she also served as Editor-in-Chief of...

Francisco Brines parece enviarnos estos poemas desde una orilla apartada, en la luz otoñal de un luminoso y melancólico atardecer, como ante la inminencia de un último viaje. En el recuerdo se encienden destellos de una fugaz felicidad pasada, del paraíso de la infancia y de la plenitud del ser en una existencia remota, cenizas, casi siempre, de una pasión ya extinguida. Cual dolorosa filigrana, envuelve sus versos la presencia implacable de la muerte, el sentimiento de una despedida que, pese a todo, quiere ser gozosa y serena, porque gozoso y sereno se nos aparece aquello que está en...

"An analysis of Eros as the basic element underlying the direction of the poet's work : his desire for transcendence and artistic perfection. Supported mainly by a culturally and psychoanalytically oriented methodology, it is a systematic study of the evolution of the theme, particularly of erotic imagery and symbolism, across the entire poetic corpus"--Publisher.

I Am Still Me is a collection of poems written by the author as a way to encourage people that even though someone has a condition, they can still do things. Although there are some poems about dementia, the book doesnt focus on it. There is a wide variety of poems pertaining to life, nature, and stories within a poem. The photographs within the book were also taken by the author.