Retablo alejandrino del amor

El exilio es más que suceso; es una vivencia cotidiana, una marca imborrable; es detonante de una constante búsqueda por el ser que ha sido desplazado por la fuerza y la opresión. Desde un punto de vista literario y cultural, el exilio ha estado presente de múltiples formas desde la antigüedad -Las tristes de Ovidio, por ejemplo-, hasta la época contemporánea donde, de forma ejemplar, el destierro español republicano forjó su propia tradición. En América Latina hay también una importante genealogía de escritores e intelectuales que han sido exiliados por causa de las atrocidades...

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...

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...

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