Poemas

Wide Sargasso Sea & 62 Other Poems is a bilingual book, written in English and translated into Spanish. These 63 poems, chiefly about life Over-the-Hill, on New Providence, are, or attempt to be, the beating heart of life among Bahamians in the country's capital. The entire island upon which the capital sits is referred to as Nassau. It is there where these 63 poems, most of them, came into the word. There poems were forged by the tensions coupled with the beauty of life among Bahamians. They reflect the real life of the people in what is imagined to be a place for tourists and tourism. These ...

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...

'Todas mis palabras son azores salvajes', primer poemario de la escritora y traductora Gloria Fortún, representa el afán que, cuando se ama, se tiene de construir un lenguaje propio aprovechando que se ha fundado una patria. Un lenguaje que cante —y a veces grite— al amor y al deseo entre mujeres. La voz de la poeta tiene un cuerpo con una presencia rotunda y disidente, un cuerpo que no cumple las normas del canon estético, ni tampoco del recato, la modestia o la moderación. Es un cuerpo que se siente bello, vivo y sensual. La protagonista se celebra a sí misma y a su carne, pero...

Los Demonios reúne poemas que definen dos períodos clave en la vida de la autora, desde 1991 a 1995. Lo personal y lo universal, lo lírico y lo prosaico se encuentran para enlazar los poemas del alma y de la tierra en un libro aparentemente disímil, bajo un título y un tono unificadores.