El mundo es un instrumento musical

Suite lírica es una esperada edición de la antología poética del polifacético artista barranquillero Hans Federico Neuman (1917-1992, músico, literato y hombre de radio, maestro destacado en todos esos ejercicios. Se reúnen en este volumen los tres libros de poesía que escribió a lo largo de su vida: Anáglifos (1947, con prólogo de su amigo, el “sabio catalán” Ramón Vinyes, libro que tras vagar por años, arribó quizás a mejor puerto con el nombre de Versos extemporáneos (1978, prologado por Rafael Maya; Parábola en forma de canciones, con palabras liminares de Andrés...

The highlands of Chiapas are smoldering with death. In the winter of 1997, paramilitary agents ambushed and killed many Mayan villagers in Acteal, Chiapas. Gifted writer Juan Felipe Herrera has composed a stirring poem sequence--published in a bilingual format--written in response and homage to those who died, as well as to all those who call for peace and justice in the Mexican highlands and throughout the Americas. Thunderweavers is a story of violent displacements in the lives of the most impoverished residents of southern Mexico, the Tzotzil Tzeltal campesinos. It deals with the...

Between 1942 and 1964, men from different parts of Mexico left their lands and families seeking an opportunity for prosperity in the Unites States as Braceros. Their job was to work the agricultural fields of the United States while American citizens manufactured weapons or joined the fighting lines of WWII. Braceros were instrumental in placing the U.S. as an agricultural power. While Braceros were in the U.S. they encountered poor working and living conditions, not to mention despotism, cruelty, and racism from foremen, ranchers, authorities, and residents of the United States alike. My...

Antología de poesía Cubana. Una historia de la dialéctica de la poesía y el hombre. Traducción: Malak Sahioni Soufi