La poesía de los árboles

The poems in this collection mix English and Spanish while tracing the ?kool logic? of culture in transit. Scuttling from free verse and limericks to d?cimas and terza rima, the poet is our guide on a transcultural tour through downtowns, suburbs, stockyards, shantytowns, power lunches, HMOs, open mics, and open sores. Fusing pop riffs, Beat whimsy, Nuyorican punch lines, and modernist deadpan, the poet in these pages is also the comedian, the visionary, the j?baro, the agitator, the theorist, the lounge singer, the slacker ? Puerto Rican poet and performer Urayo?n Noel has coined a new sort...

Introducción biográfica y crítica. Noticia bibliográfica. Bibliografía selecta. Nota previa. ANTOLOGÍA POÉTICA. Castellanas. Extremeñas. Campesinas. Nuevas castellanas. Religiosas. Índice de primeros versos. Índice de poemas. Índice de ilustraciones.

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...

En este libro, la poeta vuelve a indagar en sus temas recurrentes: la viva representación de las yertas imágenes de su infancia, el viaje corporal por el paisaje del espíritu, el desamparo natural del hombre, la soledad en llamas de la inteligencia. No obstante, en esta ocasión, López Colomé agudiza su mirada y capta momentos epifánicos a través de la lengua. Sobre este poemario, Hernán Bravo Varela ha escrito: "Basta el santo y seña para que una puerta se abra. Sin embargo, el santo y seña pide una presencia detrás de las palabras proferidas. Pura López Colomé ha concebido la...