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El primer tomo de las Obras reunidas de Jorge Cuesta incluye la totalidad de la producción poética del autor, 46 poemas que escribiera en vida, y las traducciones que emprendió de ciertos poemas de Paul Éluard, Stéphane Mallarmé, Stephen Spender y John Donne.

Francisco Bustos eloquently writes of Colonia Ruiz Cortinez and Barrio San Ysidro, waiting in la linea to be scrutinized by U.S. Customs officials, and of the bi-national journey of living both in the United States and Mxico. His melodic tone defies the fast-paced world of schedules, while being actively engaged in the moment, and then fleeting down another street to encounter another tale. As es la vida qu no?, Bustos says, As es. Michael Cheno Wickert focuses mainly on living in the barrios of Southeast San Diego where life often turns toward violence and suspicion is commonplace. It is a...

Conocedor pleno de las formas poéticas, Patricio Manns construye y dinamita puentes entre la canción y el poema, entre el poema y su traje hecho a la medida. Bajo el poeta corre el río de la musicalidad y el ritmo que arrastra cuerpos y jirones, y su bramido agita y comanda las aguas que surcan territorios, mientras nos dice "es urgente zarpar". Centrados en una existencia de gran carga erótica, los poemas reunidos en este libro recuperan el goce y el dolor de un cuerpo enardecido, cuyo recorrido personal lo llevará inevitablemente al cuerpo social de América y su historia

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...