Bless the Daughter Raised by a Voice in Her Head

Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. Translated from the Spanish by Kristin Dykstra and Roberto Tejada, featuring an essay by Kristin Dykstra. "Omar Perez Lopez (1964-) was born in the city of Havana and has lived most of his life to date in Cuba. A former journalist, Perez has explored a wide array of literary genres, particularly poetry, translation, and the essay...At the center of SOMETHING OF THE SACRED is the exploration of displacement. Perez sees poetic metaphor as 'the subtle displacement of something objective'...His apparent strangeness, particularly in his varied uses of Zen traditions, ...

«Ven a buscarme allí, donde los sueños no tienen fin». Un viaje al mundo de lo onírico a través de 26 composiciones; cada una de ellas con una voz propia, pero todas ellas con un hilo conductor invisible común: el anhelo de un universo compartido con el amado en relación con la fina línea que existe entre la realidad y los sueños.

AMOR AMARGO Auténtico amor amargo de archilas de brillos mate. Era ese tren de expresión cuando conmigo bailabas. De cántaros y de fuentes estás llenando tu vida, con los raptos de tus dientes en una boca cerrada. Llegó a ser amor amargo de asperezas y vagancias. Fueron armas de mujer, las supiste preferir al agua de mar tranquila sin tener fondo cruel. De cilindros envolventes, híbrido y nigromante, que después me supo a hiel.

Pablo Neruda is one of the world's most popular poets, and The Book of Questions is Copper Canyon's all-time best-seller. This updated bilingual edition is entirely re-designed and features a new cover, new interior, and an introduction by translator. In The Book of Questions, Neruda refuses to be corralled by the rational mind. Composed of 316 unanswerable questions, these poems integrate the wonder of a child with the experiences of an adult. By turns Orphic, comic, surreal, and poignant, Neruda's questions lead the reader beyond reason into realms of intuition and pure imagination. Tell...