En un puño oscuro

Este volumen ofrece una amplia perspectiva de la obra poetica de Jose Manuel Caballero Bonald, una de las personalidades mas vigorosas entre los poetas de las decadas de los 50 y 60. En su mejor libro Descredito del heroe (1977) sobresalen tanto el ornamento barroco mesurado como el contenido ironico.

Hay que recuperar la vida antes del rayo, escribe Nidia mientras un tiempo de incertidumbre nos acecha y encierra. Y es que, quienes lean la obra: CON ESTA VOZ, hallarán más de cien poemas que descubren el estado creativo de la poeta en diferentes momentos de su hacer cotidiano y por esta razón, a la hora de reunirlos los ha organizado en cuatro apartados con diferentes títulos: I. Ruta del viento; II. Quitar sombras; III. Arquitectura de las cosas y IV. Con esta voz. A través de estos versos, vemos que en la trama de la poesía que la autora va enhebrando deja pasar hebras de luz en...

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...

A major new bilingual edition of the Peruvian poet's work Cesar Vallejo is one of the best-known Latin American poets of the twentieth century. Challenging, intense, and difficult to translate, Vallejo's work has often been overshadowed by his fervent endorsement of communism. Noted scholar Ilan Stavans tackles the avant- garde poet's politics head-on in an enlightening new introduction that places Vallejo in his proper literary context, while Margaret Sayers Peden's new translation does full justice to Vallejo's complex literary style. Including Spanish and English versions of more than...