I Am Still Me

Llanto de Venus en la muerte de Adonis. Juan de la Cueva Fragmento de la obra Llanto de Venus en la muerte de Adonis El llanto acerbo y muerte dolorosa, el sentimiento triste y desventura, las congojas del alma temerosa y el joven en injusta sepoltura; la hija del gran Jove poderosa que en flor volvió la forma y hermosura de su querido y deseado amante, me inspira Apolo que en su lira os cante. Si vuestro ingenio alto y ecelente admitiere mi canto doloroso y el llanto de la diosa más potente que habita el cielo de inmortal reposo, verá bajar a Jove presidente del celeste consilio poderoso...

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, ...

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...

Known primarily for his poetry of social protest Chicano poet Alurista moves in a new direction in Z Eros, which includes both erotic and political poetry. Moving rapidly between Spanish and English, he introduces readers to a language and a world that exists somewhere between the two cultures and voices. About half of this book is in English and the rest in Spanish.